Frankenstein: Creator vs. Creation
"My father was not scientific, and I was left to struggle with a child's blindness, added to a student's thirst for knowledge." (Shelley 36) It doesn't make much sense that Frankenstein would blame everything on his father. He is trying to convince the reader by saying that if his dad were more intelligent, none of it would have happened. That's is the same case for Frankenstein and his creation. Like Frankenstein and his father, the nature of the situation between the creator and his creation is a two-sided relationship. Although we know who plays the role of creator and creation, it is still hard to tell who is in control. We know that the creature is at the mercy of its creator because Victor is the only one with the knowledge to create another creature of its kind. But, at the same time the creator is at the mercy of the creature because it is a lot stronger and can kill people without much effort at all.
I don't believe there is a hero or a villain in the story because both the creature and its creator can be considered villains in a sense. It also becomes very clear why neither can be called a hero. I think that the does a good job in justifying their actions and criticizes them at the same time.
After the only family that it has rejected the creator it begs its creator, Victor, for a favor. It demands that Frankenstein creates another creature of the same kind. The creature explains, "You must create a female for me with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being. This you alone can do" (Shelley 130). The creature felt as though it didn't belong and...