Comparing Victor And The Creature In Mary Shelley's...

At first glance Victor Frankenstein and the Creature seem extremely different, but the more they are studied the more similar they become. Both share the pain and experiences of isolation and alienation, not by society but by their own doing as well. Victor and the Creature are each highly intelligent, with a drive and desire for knowledge. Not only are they intelligent, but they are both capable of love and hatred, towards each other and society. Anger proves as a major resemblance between the Creature and Victor, which is normally brought about by society. Each one of them wants to help others and want what is best for others. Victor and the Creature try to help the people around them. When times become tough, and they look for answers …show more content…
The Creature, someone who is in great pain, most especially because he has been isolated and alienated by human beings. Victor also experiences isolation, however members of his family are lost, and has a secret that he feels he cannot share: that he is to blame for the creation of the horrid monster. Victor locks himself away in his laboratory for days at a time, this continued for nearly two years, until Victor finally completes his creation. He became more oblivious to time the deeper he into his research he got. The allure and fascination of his scientific pursuance was so immense to in the two years of his research, he never visited his family in Geneva, therefore marking Victor’s start to severing ties to his family and society. Like Victor, the Creature hides himself away from society, in fear of provoking humans with his ghastly …show more content…
The Creature proved this when he indirectly learned how to speak the language and read merely by observing the DeLacey family. Not only are they extremely bright and inventive, but they are both capable of deep emotions such as love and hatred, towards society as well as each other. Anger also proves as a major emotional commonality between the Creature and Victor, which seemed to normally be brought about by society. This anger and evil that this monster depicts comes out when the he presents himself as a friend to the DeLacey family that he has secretly helped. Rather than accepting the monster as one of them, the family immediately sees the ugliness of the monster and rejects him.
At first glance Victor and the Creature seem extremely different, but the more their characters are studied the more they have in common and the more comparable they become. The Creature resembles Victor, not physically, but rather characteristically and personality-wise. For instance, while the Creature is afraid of how society views and reacts to him and his appearance, while Victor is worried by what his family and society would think if they knew the truth; that he was at fault for the multiple murders that occurred because he is the one who created the

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Comparing Victor And The Creature In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein