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.

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 is 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 request that he creates a partner for

him. Frankenstein creates the monster but he then destroys it. This made the monster even more

upset and causes the monster to do worser things to Frankenstein.

experiment his appearance begins to change. He looks exhausted because he doesnt sleep

enough. He becomes super skinny because he doesnt eat the nutrients he needs. He asks risks

getting himself sick because he of his poor self care conditions.

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

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 destroys 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. The monster reads this book in the story. He says that he is Adam because once god

created Adam he just left him to do his own. The reason why he asked for a partner is because

God creates a partner for Adam. 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 a

article by Hetherington she talks about how Frankenstein himself isnt perfect tries to create a

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 suppose

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

isnt good enough for him.

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

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

Frankenstein creates. The roles are switched in the novel. 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.

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. He forces himself to remove himself from the from the

world. He becomes obsessed with science and locks himself up. He experiments on animals in
order to defy mortality. He does this to practice before he creates his actual monster. If 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 and runs away. If he wouldve

gone through with the partner he wouldve stopped the killing. Since his ego was at an all mighty

high he destroys 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

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

creating his monster have become a abnormal.His ardour, his passionate and excessive 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. This is significant

because he also sees that Frankenstein has become overly obsessed with creating the monster
that he loses himself. He only has mind on making this monster. He ignores his well being and

the well-being being of others.

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 of the misery if he wouldve become less obsessed with his monster. He

couldve saved the lives of the people who were close to him but he didnt want to hurt his pride.

He didnt create the partner for the monster and it angered him. He kills the people who are dear

to Frankenstein. To the very end Frankenstein was a horrible selfish being.

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