"Remember that I have the power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master; - obey!"
Victor has truly created a monster. This once kind, gentle being that wanted nothing but to be loved, has now become a creature overcome by despair. Because of the cruelties of man, he has known nothing but hatred and persecution and because of this, wants to inflict pain upon the world. If Victor had only shown his creation a bit of compassion, it might have grown into something entirely different.
Victor's hate for his creation not only caused the monster pain, but led to Victor's ruin as well. Henry Clerval, who was the most devout and loyal friend to Victor, was murdered because of Victors failure to love. Victor was constantly in agony because of what he had done, all of which could have been prevented if he had only shown the creature he brought into this world one thing... love.
So true! It makes you wonder how the story would have changed if Victor would have stayed when the monster woke up and jst talked to him or tried to teach him and raise him. He didn't neccessarily have to love him, he just would of had to be a bit more considerate and sacrifice his time to make the monster's life better. At the same time though, if Victor had valued the monster as a person he probably would have created more of the monsters and it would have stripped the real miracle of life, and would have further upset the balance of life and death, and taken away the power of people's religion.
ReplyDeleteI for one have a slight crush on Henry... how could you not? He's pretty dang impressive.
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