Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Question Time!
So, I am finally done with the book... wow. Not the ending I anticipated, but whatever. Anyway, after all the murders and "getting back" at Victor that the monster ends up doing, I continue to wonder if it was too much. Clearly stated: Are they even? I mean, I can see how the murder of a brother might suffice, but everyone he knows? Come on! I would have to say the answer to that question is no. Victor created him for gosh sakes! The least he could do is show a little respect. But no, he has to continue. If I was Victor, I would have died knowing that I owed him.
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I think that they have to be close to even, even with all of the monster's murders. Victor created a power that the author clearly recognized as a power that should stay with god and god alone. By creating life Victor upset the balance of life and he should pay for it. I'm not saying that all of those people should have died I'm just saying that I understand why shelley made those things happen.
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ReplyDeleteEven- Victor created him but he also created the hell that forced the monster to isolation and misery. What give Victor the right to deny his creation the pleasures of life and not only breath?
ReplyDeleteI agree with DJ! I think the monster was a little too murderous...like, really? He really had to go kill everyone in Victor's family? Come on now...he went through the hell on earth but now he's going to have to go through the hell after earth...right? lol
ReplyDeleteKaitlyn- But will he go through the hell after earth? He wasn't created by God, he was created by Victor. So does the creature have a soul? Maybe why he was able to kill so easily was because of his lack of a soul?
ReplyDeleteI liked megs point about creating life, but was victors intentions ever to be even with God. To hold himself to the same standards as God? To me, I think that this whole debate is quite dependent on the question if the monster is "human" or not. In reality, the monster could be no more then just a dog, or your kitty, or your horse, ... which in fact you breed, and have "authority" over.
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