Victor as a Father Figure in Frankenstein

Like a mother, Victor brings new life into the world, technically making him the father of the creature. The
fact that Victor describes the creature as,
Something Dante could not have conceived, suggest that hes had high-standard education, with Dante
being an Italian poet. However, disgusted and scared, he runs away from his son, illustrating the event of
when a mother aborts her child. This is when the idea of the creature being a doppelganger comes into
the picture; when Victor and others neglect this child, the creature learns that while possessing such
looks, no one will accept him. He alternates personalities by killing and threatening, all due to the
emotional pain he endures from peoples disdain; he is regressing, just like his father. On the other hand,
his father is overcome by joy and eagerness to be able to stop death, despite the fact that it is dangerous.
This can be considered as the son inheriting the father personalities, they both have villainous character
within them but they are both doing it for the good; for example, Victor wanting to protect his family from
the creature and wanting to stop death, and the creature only wanting to have someone with the same
appearance to stop all the resentment thrown at him. This chapter also enhance the regression of Victor
at the time of Elizabeths reanimation. At first he describes the event to be a catastrophe, a wretch, but
the time comes when his grief over Elizabeths death conceals the danger of his previous creation, forcing
him to recreate her life. On that account, this makes it Romantic act, as this shows that his emotions are
more powerful and more important than the analytical side of things. To add to that Romantic part of the
novel, in chapter 5, Victor starts to reminisce over nature, as if using it to hide away from his toils. He
claims to:
...remember the first time I became capable of observing outward objects...perceived that the fallen
leaves had disappeared and the young buds shooting from trees...
As well as suggesting the Romanticism in childhood, Victor shows the power of the beauty of nature and
how this heals his emotional troubles. Again, the use of character falls down to consequences, that one
event always leads to another. It is the father and son connection that gives the reader the horror that
there is no hero in the story; both Frankenstein and the creature have done terrible deeds that leads to
even more terrible results, and, as I mentioned, there is no one who can stop this from happening.

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