Victor Frankenstein Autonomy Quotes

This desire of Victor is a strong force that compel some of his major decisions throughout the rest of the book. As Manfred did before he attains a radical autonomy;Victor seeks solitude in nature, and asks spirits to allow him reprieve from his torture (Shelley, 117). The monster appears and enforces that Victor should “do [his] duty towards [him]” (Shelley, 118). Expressing the responsibility Victor has attempted to ignore in the hopes of gaining a pure independence. The monster says, “[he] would with satisfied conscience, destroy [his] monster” (Shelley, 119). Verbally recognizing how Victor wishes to be free of this responsibility. Victor, in discussion with the monster, seems to realize that this is a responsibility he cannot avoid and that “did [he] not, has his maker, owe …show more content…
Victor breaks his promise in a most dramatic fashion: “I thought with a sensation of madness on my promise of creating another like to him, and, trembling with passion, tore to pieces the thing on which I was engaged” (Shelley, 175). While this act may have temporarily seemed to rid him of this unwanted burden it only catapults him farther into a dependence with the monster. Victor mentions it when he speaks of the powers that the monster holds blinding victor to the monster’s true intention on the wedding night (Shelley, 194). Victor still tries to preserve the autonomy he has by conquering and vanquishing the monster on his own, and keeping elizabeth out of touch with what was happening (Shelley, 197). This is only to his own detriment as when he insists Elizabeth to retire on her own (Shelley, 197). He loses what remains of his autonomy as his dependence of the monster grows stronger following Elizabeth’s death. The monster persuades him and keeps Victor engaged in a wild goose chase (Shelley,

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