Abandonment and Frankenstien

Victor was brought up in a very close family. Never in the book does he talk about his family in a negative way. He describes his mother in a very angelic light and seems very fond of her. His mother was the daughter of a merchant, who through mischance lost all his money and became poor. Upon the death of her father, Caroline married Victor’s father.

The event of Victor’s mother’s death seems to be the turning point in Victor’s life. Up until this point Victor had seemed a more centered person. Maybe he was a little eccentric, but up until this point he didn’t seem to be insane. I think that when this happened Victor felt like he had abandoned by his protector, especially because she had died taking care of his surrogate cousin Elizabeth. Could he have maybe felt contempt for Elizabeth for taking his mothe

I think maybe Shelley was trying to make a comparison between Victor abandoning the monster and God abandoning man. The symbolism to support this comes when the monster says that he became evil because of Victors leaving him. I think that it is implied that if Victor would have followed through with his responsibility to the creature that it would have been benevolent towards humans and the misfortune that followed wouldn’t have happened.

Victor then describes going off to college at the University of Ingolstadt. By the time he arrives he is already very involved in ancient philosophy and science. Because of this fact he is scoffed at by M. Krempe, professor of natural philosophy. He doesn’t take this criticism too well and seems to show some contept for the instructor.

There are a few reasons why he did this. Maybe it was because he actually sees the monster as evil and it scares him. More likely though is that he realizes the implications of his creation. Soon after he leaves the monster he becomes deathly ill for the first time.

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