MARY SHELLEY'S FRANKENSTEIN

Throughout Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, she portrayed Victor Frankenstein’s creation as the monster of the novel because he was disfigured and hideous on the outside. She portrayed Victor Frankenstein as a handsome and caring victim. Looks can be deceiving but actions are always true. Victor was not the victim in this novel. The only kind of victim he was, was a victim of his own actions. Frankenstein's ignorance was first shown while he …

…even imagine"(164). The monster acted with more respectable and reasonable decisions than Victor did. He was abandoned, exiled, despised, and denied any form of happiness only because his creator was not emotionally ready to bring him to life and deal with the consequences of doing so. The creature was the true victim of the novel where Victor Frankenstein was a strong willed, selfish, young man who was being taught a lesson by his own creation.