Mary Shelley wrote the book “Frankenstein; The Modern Prometheus,” to tell a story about a man who’s humanity is going down like a ski slope. Mary Shelley’s idea of humanity is interesting and she showed a lot of it into Victor Frankenstein’s character. Shelley’s ideal definition of humanity contradicted Victor’s own humanity. Victor’s creative mind help create a being that will strip him of his humanity. This essay will help explain her ideas and my ideas on Victor’s alienation, responsibilities, and feelings of being human.
Before the creation of the creature Victor said, “No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself” (Shelley 45). This meant that he did feel like being human, because his friends and family surrounded him to give him comfort. This happiness of feel
Victor really showed no compassion on his family’s deaths until it was too late. Elizabeth and his dad died within a couple of days of each other (Shelley 169-170). If Victor confessed about the monster and proved its existence, then maybe the townspeople would help him kill or imprison the monster. An earlier hint of Victor’s lack of compassion was when his mother died and Victor had his mindset on, what is later to be, creating life.
ing human did not last long, because he had an idea that forced him to alienate all the people he cares for. Alienating society made Victor forget about society’s acceptance of beauty. “Breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelley 61). This was what Victor said after the monster woke up. Society typically looks at appearance and judges something or s
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