How Does Frankenstein Play God

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Playing God is no easy task and it is greatly explored in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, where monster and man are all too similar. In Frankenstein, the monster and Frankenstein start off as two very different “creatures” for example physically the monster is big and hideous, which is why he is shunned by society while Frankenstein is, on the outside, everything a normal human should look like, yet he isolates himself from society. While the monster hides from prying eyes because of his deformity he yearns for companionship, unlike Frankenstein. Ironically in my opinion both scientist and monster play God in this story with how Frankenstein creates life while the monster takes life away. The pair both rival on who is considered “more human” on one hand Frankenstein looks like a human but on the other hand he distances himself from loved ones just to play God and tries to create a “human.” In Gris Grimly’s Frankenstein it states “The summer months passed while I thus engaged, heart and soul, in one pursuit” (Grimly 38). …show more content…
His humanly ethics were tossed aside not only in the pursuit, but with how he achieves his goal, he disturbs graves and steals people’s bones. Furthermore he showed no morals or shame until it was too late. In page 138 and 139 Grimly exemplifies a drawing of Frankenstein sewing human parts together with a solemn look on his face. As if what he was doing was not morally wrong, and perfectly natural. Frankenstein’s isolation recommences even after the monster is created because his own creation kills everything and everyone he held dear as a way of revenge. After Frankenstein loses his loved ones the roles are reversed and it is the creator who seeks revenge against the creation. “I was possessed by a maddening rage when I thought of him…” (Grimly 168). Correspondingly to the monster’s feeling Frankenstein sought after him making the chaser, the
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