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An 8 page
paper which discusses various themes within Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" which speak
of paternal and maternal abandonment. The paper also discusses other forms of
abandonment and lack of responsibility as they involve Shelley's story. Bibliography lists 4
sources.
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spiritual issues, the social issue of abandonment being only one of many such conditions. In "Frankenstein," by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is thoroughly immersed in his personality that is ignorant,
presuming, and selfish. Through these characteristics we are provided with a man who is caught in, and part of, the social reality of abandonment. Victor clearly abandons his creation, which
is in many ways his child, and he abandons his one true love, Elizabeth. He is, in turn, perhaps first abandoned, in his mind, by his mother, which may well
have been the cause of all the ensuing abandonment. In the following paper we present an examination of these abandonment issues, and themes related to these issues, such as lack
of responsibility, selfishness, and parenting concerns, in "Frankenstein." Victor and the Creature In the main character, Victor Frankenstein, we are presented with a man who wishes to somehow
surpass all the capabilities and restrictions of man. He dreams of moving beyond the boundaries of life and create his own being. In many ways this has been equated with
the desire to have children and giving birth itself. Frankenstein is obsessed with the idea and has, as we shall see shortly, abandoned his supposed love for this ideal of
his. He also demonstrates no sense of responsibility in this particular theme. "[I] was his poor parenting of his progeny that lead to his creations thirst for the vindication of
his unjust life. His failure in the creation of his child, is specifically the creatures monster-like persona and Victors own tragic life and end" (Anonymous Frankenstein: The Novel frankenstein.html). This
is first evidenced in the fact that he is not pleased with his creation. Fredricks states that "societys valorization of the beautiful is responsible for the monsters abandonment and abusive
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