Which is more powerful: science or human nature? Victor Frankenstein's access to science allows him to successfully create life; however, he fails to consider that this monster has very human emotional needs. Frankenstein, while not prepared for parenthood, is also not prepared for what he creates. Victor is a teenager who has lost his mother, and her death inspires his need to beat death and become a God-like creator of life. He is consumed with creating something that lives and breathes, yet he ignores the emotional aspect of the monster. Humans have a need for love, community, companionship, and acceptance and so does Victor’s creature. Frankenstein forced a life upon this monster that is devoid of these essentials. While the monster searches,…show more content… These feelings fuel the monster’s revenge against his forced isolation. While Victor physically abandons his monster, he realizes the monster, “…might have spoken, but [he] did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain [Victor], but [he] escaped and rushed downstairs” (pg. 45-46). Frankenstein’s uncertainty about the monster speaking betrays his ignorance towards his creation; this lack of knowledge is another form of abandonment. By rejecting the monster’s stretched out hand, an action that infants do, Frankenstein is completely abandoning him as a parent. As Frankenstein’s monster fends for himself in the world, he feels isolated and says, “But where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days, no mother had blessed me with smiles and caresses…” (pg. 85). He recognizes the absence of parental figures in his life, and he feels unloved and truly abandoned. As the monster studies the cottagers, he cries, “Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. `Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even YOU turned from me in disgust?…I am solitary and abhorred” (pg. 90). The monster questions his own life, and regrets his own creation. His use of capital letters of the word “YOU” amplifies both his anger and blame towards Frankenstein. He is ashamed with his appearance and how it brings “disgust” to his creator. His use of “abhorred” is very powerful and potent as he describes his isolated
