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Geovani Borja

Professor Batty

English 102

14 November 2017

Humanity Lost

Monster is a creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening. In the novel

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley a monster is created from dead humans body parts. He is sculpted

to be the perfect artificial being to the eye of the creator. Frankenstein becomes so obsessed to

his creation that he starts to terminate his relationship with others in order to become more

focused on his great creation. You would think that the monster in the story would be the

Monster in the novel but in reality he really isnt. The true monster is the creator Victor

Frankenstein. He is the true monster in the story because he is evil, inhumane, and lacks remorse

or caring for things that a normal, emotional human being should care for.

Frankenstein is a novel about a scientist named Victor Frankenstein that creates a

creature out of different human body parts. Frankenstein is a scientist who wants to be known as

the greatest scientist ever. He becomes obsessed with creating his monster because he wants to

leave his mark behind as the greatest scientist ever. After he creates his monster he becomes

frightened of what hes done and abandons his monster.

When Victor Frankenstein makes the decision to abandon his monster, the creature

decides to back at Victor by killing people who were dear to Frankenstein, so he could get

attention he wanted. Once he has Frankensteins attention he requests that he creates a partner for

him. Frankenstein creates the monster but he then destroys it. This is an act of being selfish

towards the monster. Frankenstein doesnt want to hurt his ego by creating the partner for the
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monster. Frankenstein is a monster for abandoning his monster. He is more of monster for not

creating the partner. This makes the monster even more upset and causes the monster to do even

more horrible things to Frankenstein.

When Frankenstein begins to work on his creature he is healthy but throughout his

experiment his appearance begins to change. He sacrifices his relationships just to be focused on

creating the monster. He indulges himself into harming his well being. He looks exhausted

because he doesnt sleep enough. He becomes super skinny because he doesnt eat the nutrients

he needs. Frankenstein risks getting himself sick because he of his poor self care conditions. He

does all of this in order to create his monster. He doesnt care about himself which isnt normal a

for a human being to doing. He enjoys his isolation.

Frankenstein is actually enjoys isolating himself from the outer world which is very

strange for a normal being. His parents dont like him to isolate himself but he says that there

wasnt a better youth than the one he lived. (Shelley, 67) His parents continue to emphasize the

importance of not isolating yourself and continues to be his selfish self. He sees other humans as

if they were on a lower level than him. He even compares himself to a monster when he thinks to

himself can you wonder, that sometimes a kind of insanity possessed me, or that I saw

continually about me a multitude of filthy animals inflicting on me incessant torture, that often

extorted screams and bitter groans. (Shelley, 160) When he talks about filthy animals he is

referring to humans. He thinks that he is better than normal humans.

Frankenstein is so obsessed with his monster that his relationships begin to change. His

heterosexual attachment to his wife becomes a homosexual obsession to his monster. He devotes

his time and energy to creating his monster. In Article by Lewis, and Rauch they explain how his

normal relationship with his wife has changed because of his obsession. Not only have they
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diverted their libidinal desires away from normal erotic objects, but in the process they have

engaged in a particular mode of thinking which we might call scientific. This is significant

because all of his attention and time is shifted only to his monster. In a normal relationship he

would be more focused on his wife than the monster. He does this thinking it's right because

hes doing it for science but in reality hes just doing it for himself so it could feed his ego.

Frankenstein was really cruel to his monster. He creates this monster and right after he

does he just abandons it. There is really no real reason that he abandons his monster. He

promises the monster that he would create a partner for him but once he does he eradicate the

partner. The monster would compare himself to Adam from Adam & Eve.

The book Paradise Lost is a book about the story of Adam & Eve and the story of

Lucifer. Victor Frankensteins monster reads this book in the story. It interests because the

monster begins to analyze Paradise Lost. After he is done reading the story he feels like he can

relate to Adam because once god created Adam he just left him to do his own. Paradise Lost

influences the monster to ask Frankenstein since Adam in the story has a partner. God in

Paradise Lost also neglects Adam by not giving him any attention. You can also compare the

monster to Lucifer. Lucifer was Gods favorite angel but for some reason he couldnt satisfy god.

Victor creates his monster, but he isnt satisfied.

Frankenstein could be compared to God in some ways. They were both the first to create

a type of life. God creates Adam the first man ever created. Frankenstein creates his monster

which is the first artificial being created. He tries to play the role of god by doing stuff that only

god would be able to do. He thinks about himself as an almighty being that above everyone else.

They both create a being that is perfect but the both arent satisfied with what they create. In an

article by Hetherington she talks about how Frankenstein himself isnt perfect tries to create a
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perfect monster.Imperfect himself, he creates in his own imperfect image:His limbs were in

proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! -- Great God! His yellow skin

scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath. (Hetherington Vol.11 1-39) This is

significant because Frankenstein himself isnt perfect, and he tries to create a being that is

supposed to be perfect. This goes back to my point that God is like Frankenstein. God is

supposed to be this perfect being but in reality he isnt. He tries to create a perfect being but once

he does, it doesnt satisfy his ego enough.

We can say that the true victim of the novel is Frankensteins creation. Since the

monsters creation he was forced to be alone. His own master did even bother to try to

understand the creature. From his creation he was abandoned. According to Alicia Eller the

monster goes through a bunch trauma due to Frankensteins actions. We are allowed a peek into

the trauma that the monster is experiencing, bringing a human-like quality to his likeness. He

continually asks who he was before, and what he was. Since the monster was created by

Frankenstein. He feels clueless about himself. He is confused because he doesnt know what he

is or why he is created. This causes the monster to suffer mentally and emotionally. Frankenstein

is an emotionless bastard that abandons his creature. He doesnt any regret which is pretty

sinister of him. He is a emotionless monster that was willing to abandon his creation that he

spent so much time on creating.

We are afraid of monsters because theyre ugly beings who only have the intent to do

horrible things. The story Frankenstein the monster is supposed to be the creature that

Frankenstein creates. The roles are switched in the novel and the real monster is the creator

which is Frankenstein. He creates a creature that is supposed to be perfect but once he creates

him he just abandons him because the monster isnt good enough for Frankenstein.
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Frankenstein victimizes himself from the beginning of the story. He blames his father and

experiences for what he has done. (Page 52) He brings himself his own misery because he no one

forces to him to create this monster. Frankenstein forces himself to remove himself from the

world. He becomes obsessed with science and locks himself up. Frankenstein experiments on

animals in order to defy mortality. He does this to practice before he creates his actual monster.

Uncertainty he wouldve lived a normal life he wouldnt be suffering like he was in the story.

You can say that Frankenstein is selfish because throughout the story he couldve done

somethings that wouldve solved his problems. He doesnt do these things because he doesnt

want to hurt his own pride. He couldve avoided the killing of people who were close to him.

The monster gave him an opportunity to make up for abandoning him. He asks for a partner and

if Frankenstein would cooperate the monster would stop the killing. Frankenstein proceeds to

create the monster but once he creates the partner he destroys it and runs away. Frankenstein

could have gone through with creating the partner and it wouldve stopped the killing. Since his

ego was too great to hurt he went on destroying the monsters partner.

The superego that Frankenstein creates for himself is the reason why he is going through

hell. He alienates himself in order to focus on his studies. The ardour that Frankenstein has

makes himself distance from his close ones. Once he creates the monster he tries to return to the

normal world but it isnt easy for him. Once he returns to living as a normal being this is how

horror and disgust begins. He becomes stuck in his subconscious, and he tries to get out, but he

cant.

An article written by David Higgins he analyzes the characters and their personality. He

describes Frankenstein as a knowledge hungry being. He talks about his passion and desire in

creating his monster have become an abnormal. His ardour, his passionate and excessive
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desire for knowledge and glory, takes him into a dream world and leads him to neglect himself

and his family. Once the Creature has been created, Frankenstein re-enters the world of normal

human responses, where the sight of such a being provokes horror and disgust. Higgins point

is that Frankenstein becomes overly obsessed with creating the monster that he begins to cut off

all ties to him and also begins to ignore his well being. Once he created the monster he becomes

disgusted and horrified. It doesnt make sense that he would sacrifice his time and his

relationships that once he created the monster he was unsatisfied. He is monster in the sense that

he doesnt care about the sacrifices that he had to make in order to make his monster. Its also

disgusting of Frankenstein of just suddenly being disgusted by his own creation after working so

long on it and putting all his attention towards it.

Monster usually kill human beings for their own pleasure which causes humans to fear

them. We become scared of monsters because theyre these beings that are hard to kill or get

away from. Most of the time they have a super ability that gives them the upper hand against

humans. In Frankenstein the monster isnt really the monster in the novel. He is an intelligent

creature and doesnt kill for the joy of it. He kills to get back at Frankenstein for ignoring him

and his requests. Frankenstein brings all this pain to himself.

In conclusion, the true monster in the novel is Frankenstein and not the creature he

creates. Frankenstein becomes this monster once he begins to work on his creature. He focuses

only on his studies. He doesnt check up on people who are close with him and also doesnt take

care of himself. Even his appearance becomes ugly like a monster. He becomes super skinny and

his face looks disgusting because he doesnt rest well. He ignores the monster that he created to

be one of the perfect beings. He ignores the monsters request to create a partner for him. He

couldve avoided all the misery if he wouldve become less obsessed with his monster. He
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couldve saved the lives of the people who were close to him, but he didnt want to hurt his

pride. Frankenstein didnt create the partner for the monster and it angered him. The monster

kills the people who are dear to Frankenstein. To the very end Frankenstein was a horrible selfish

being.
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Works Cited

Higgins, David Minden. Frankenstein : Character Studies. Continuum, 2008. Continuum

Character Studies. EBSCOhost

Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, and Malvina G. Vogel. Frankenstein. Baronet Books, 2008.

Hetherington, Naomi. Creator and Created in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. The Keats-Shelley
Review, vol. 11, no. 1, 1997, pp. 139., doi:10.1179/ksr.1997.11.1.1.

Levine, George Lewis., and Alan Rauch. One Culture: Essays in Science and Literature.
University of Wisconsin Press, 1987

Eler, Alicia, et al. Who Is the Real Monster in Frankenstein? Hyperallergic, 15 Nov. 2013,
hyperallergic.com/93413/who-is-the-real-monster-in-frankenstein/.