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Essay / Responsibility of Victor Frankenstein - 898
Victor Frankenstein takes full responsibility for the deaths of his friends and family due to his failure to learn from nature and past experiences in terms of his creation. Victor ignores the teachings of nature and builds a monster capable of destruction, he ignores his previous self-education experiences and aggravates the monster to kill, and fails to protect his loved ones through his inability to deduce the creature's goals of his previous activities. Victor does not take into account the lessons of nature when he creates the monster. Frankenstein does not recognize that the beast is alien to the beauty and righteousness of nature when he sculpts its figure. During his work, Victor believes that “[his] eyes were insensitive to the charms of nature”. Victor is so determined to create the monster that he is blinded by the creature's appearance. Once his work is finished, Frankenstein is stunned by the disgusting nature of his work. He exclaims in horror: “How can I describe my emotions in the face of this catastrophe, or how can I describe the wretch whom with so much pain and infinite care I had tried to form? Her limbs were in proportion and I had picked out her features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! The beast's features are so obscene that they cause people to flee or attack. Besides its frightening appearance, the monster is bigger, stronger and faster than an ordinary human. Victor implements larger "parts" into the creature's construction to simplify the process. The monster stands eight feet tall, a good two and a half feet taller than the average person at the time. Aside from its massive stature, the demon is defined as possessing immense strength and speed. Victor states that an attempt to continue the creation...... middle of paper ... how distraught Elizabeth would be if he died before the wedding and "decided not to fall before [his] enemy without a fierce struggle. It's not that he's unmotivated, Frankenstein is more than willing to "end" the monster if he found out where he is. Even with his vicious animosity towards the creature, Victor is completely unprepared for what is to come. He doesn't warn anyone of what he believes to be his impending end, because that would be "scary." He is undoubtedly not of sound mind, lacking any plan to defend himself. Victor finds himself in the worst situation imaginable and is too blinded by his rage to understand it. The crisis could have been avoided if Victor had let anyone know about the monster. Unfortunately for Victor, this is not the case, and his friends and family pay the ultimate price for his deficiencies..