Friday, August 14, 2015

Monsters in Frankenstein

Dear Juniors, 

Welcome to A.P. English Literature! I hope you enjoyed reading Frankenstein over the summer. It's a great book for delving into literary devices like symbolism and allusion. Don't worry, we'll discuss more in class!

This is your first blog post assignment. Please comment on the following prompt:

Who is the true monster in this book--the creature, Victor Frankenstein, or both? 

Write a paragraph or two commenting on why you think this is true.

Your comment to this post is due on Tuesday, August 18th by 9 p.m. Be sure to write your name in your post so that I can give you credit.

Happy blogging, 
Ms. Delman

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  2. The monsters in this are both Frankenstein and his creature. Frankenstein creates his creature and then abandons him in cold blood without any thought for the creature's wellbeing. When he is cast away from society, the creature blames Frankenstein for his misery and isolation because Frankenstein was the one who created the creature without a companion and without guiding and protecting him. Frankenstein did not even listen with sympathy or really listen at all to the explanation of his creature's desperation. All of these actions executed by Frankenstein have to be driven in at least a subconscious manner, by monstrous or evil tendencies.

    However, we have to take into account that Frankenstein didn't listen to the creature because he was blinded by the fury towards his creation that the murder of his brother, William, and the framing of family friend/servant, Justine, had caused. His guilt and anger could have blinded Frankenstein to the struggle of the creature that he blames for these event, but the fact that he was the creator in the first place indirectly names him as the perpetrator. We cannot forget, however, that the creature directly perpetrated these murders. He was the one who sought out Victor's innocent and vulnerable loved ones. He was the one who killed them in cold blood. That is the definition of monster. It is also imperative to consider that almost all the humans that the creature came across on his journey had attempted to slaughter him within seconds of catching sight of him, solely based on his appearance. Mary Shelley was trying to convey humanity through her novel. All of the events in this novel were caused by the actions of "humans" and the confusion and disconnect that they cause, so is there really any monster in this situation?
    -Britta Gruner
    P.S. I originally wrote this in a different way and I clicked publish and it got erased for some reason and I had no way to find it, so I'm sorry if this isn't quite up to par. I was just a little frustrated with the blog. :) I hope you liked it.

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  3. I believe that Victor and his creation are both monsters. Victor is a monster because he did not take responsibility for his creation, and left him to fend for himself. He left him blind and vulnerable to the outside world, knowing that he would be shunned, and outcasted. Victor doesn't take any responsibility or initiative to aid his creation. He basically shuns him adding on to the misfortunes that his creation had to endure. Victor does not help him get through his misfortunes or help him understand why people treat him the way they do. He does not help release Justine when he has information that could get her released, but instead keeps it for himself, and does not release that information until his own life is at stake. Victor was irresponsible and did not take care of his creation, but if he helped him, the creation might not have been malevolent. If he explained to people what his creation was, that he wasn't so scary, and actually guided him to be the human that his creation longed to be; I believe that these unfortunate events could have been avoided. But on the otherhand I also believe that Victor did what many people in his place would do. He was also in a different time period, where if someone fought, they fought with fists and knives, not guns, and I would not want to get in a fist fight with someone bigger than me and already dead.

    I believe Victor's creation is a monster as well, but is a monster as a result of the treatment he received from others. In an obvious sense the creation is a monster because of what he did to, William, Justine, Clerval, and Elizabeth. At these times it is important to not read with only OUR eyes, but in the eyes of Victor's creation's. He was only subjected to hatred, many attempted to murder him, no one tried to help him, he has only been alive for 2 years (so he hasn't been able to learn how to control his emotions), and his own creator abandoned him. The creation is a monster, but I believe that if these things were not inflicted upon him this would have been a completly different story. We see that, when he is stalking the family's cottage, he helps them. He anonymously gathers wood for them, and helps in the garden. We see his initial true nature, that was tainted by the animosity that he was subjected too. I do not believe that the creation was initially a malevolent being, but has only experienced complete disrespect and discrimination, that these events led him to become a monster. If Mary Shelley, wrote the book in the Creation's perspective I think we would believe Victor was the main monster.
    Overall I believe to a certain extent both are "monsters" but at the same time, they aren't. They are just two human/human-like beings reacting with human nature to the misfortunes that has been inflicted upon them. 
    PRINCESS PARANGAN
    P.S. Like Britta, I couldn't post my first one, so I had to write a second one. It all of a sudden deleted and I shed a tear. I was so mad. Anyways I'm sorry, if it's not as good. I was really frustrated. By the way I'm doing this on my phone, so I am sorry for any errors. Thanks for reading! I hope it was okay to read!

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  4. In the novel Frankenstein, I consider both Victor Frankenstein and the creature he created to both be monsters. Starting with the creature, he's hideous. His appearance is that of a terrifying monster and would scare normal people away. However, his form doesn't match his personality. He is inquisitive and lonely. More than anything else, he desires companionship, as evidenced by his request to Frankenstein to create a female version of the creature and the family he was longing to join. After the mistreatment he received, despite his honest intentions, he believed that he would be shunned by humanity forever. When Frankenstein refused to create a companion for him, he saw that his future would still be lonely. In a fit of anger against his creator, he lashes out against Frankenstein’s family and becomes the monster others feared him to be.

    The creature is not the only monster in the novel. Victor Frankenstein is also a monster. He pursued dangerous sciences in order to animate an inanimate object. When he finally brought the creature to life, he immediately regretted it, shunned it, and tried to forget about it. He neglected his creation, which should be something like a child to him. When the two finally talked, Frankenstein wouldn’t listen to reason and still resented him. He also refused to give his creature a companion, because he was paranoid that the first and second would not leave humanity alone. His inability to trust the creature, then resulted in the murder of his family and his best friend. Frankenstein is a monster for creating a sentient being, then tossing it away, and refuses to give it companionship.

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  5. Cassandra Giannousis

    Both Victor Frankenstein and the creature can be considered monsters in the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Victor Frankenstein is a monster of the psyche. Consumed by greed and obsession, he irresponsibly unleashes a being on the world. He plays God without seeking out other opinions, and does not consider the substantial consequences of his actions. Frankenstein also treats his creation abominably, abandoning what he terms “the wretch” and treating him with nothing but contempt. Once he has made up his mind to hate his “enemy,” Frankenstein resolutely blocks out any shred of empathy which might soften his opinions. Above all, Victor denies his creation any and all companionship, refusing to give the creature the only thing he desires – another like himself.
    The creature is also a monster, but in the more traditional sense. He is huge and disfigured, terrifying to look at; and although his appearance is the cause of his monstrousness and not a permanent indicator – he slowly becomes the identity people assign to him – he still chooses to commit atrocities. The monster devotes himself to making his creator’s life miserable, rejoicing in how emotionally vulnerable Victor is. He kills Frankenstein’s innocent loved ones, who are completely irrelevant to his personal conflicts. This makes the monster brutal and uncontrollable; apparently his conscience becomes temporarily blinded by rage. While he has certainly been wronged, this does not absolve him of the murders he has committed.

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  6. The real monsters in the book are Victor Frankenstein and the monster he had created. Victor in a sense was sort of a father to his creature. He brought it in to the world, so it was his responsibility was to take care of it and teach it how to make a presence in the world and how to live in the society at the time. Instead, he did the complete opposite. He gazed upon his creation with disgust and decided to abandon it. Not teaching it morals, not teaching it nice manners and not accepting it and nurturing it like what a father or creator should do.

    I also would like to argue that the creature is a monster as well, for killing Victors loved ones. Elizabeth, William, and Henry. The creature does these actions because of Victor. Since Victor, did not job of preparing the creature for the outside world and society, it finds out that society judges him by his appearance. If Victor had done his job of being a “father” he would have told the creature that they might not accept him right away or not even at all, but you just can’t let them bother you like that. If the monster had Victor there for support life that, he maybe wouldn’t have killed those people or get injured.

    Annamae David

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  7. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley,I believe that Victor and his creation are both monsters. I believe that Victor is a monster because after creating his creature, he abandoned him and left him alone not knowing how communicate to anyone. Victor showed any shame in leaving his creation to fend for himself. When Victor finally came face-to-face with his creation after a while, he didn't show much, if any, affection towards this creature that was telling him about the lack of love and acceptance he received while by his lonesome. Victor was an emotionally abusive monster towards his own creation.

    Victor's creation was not any better than Victor but, in a way I can feel sympathetic and understanding towards the creature. He was never taught by someone who cares for him how to express himself in an appropriate way. Through out the book the creature longed for someone to love and to love him back. He is not the best looking thing in the world but he (at first) was not the monster that he had been labeled as. He went out of his way to help a family who was in a difficult position because he thought it was a good thing to do. He learned to communicate with those around him in case he ran into someone who could over look his appearance and accept him for who he in on the inside. After stating this, I believe that his murderous side is what makes him the monster he is depicted as. He did not seem remorseful for his actions. I believe he became a monster due to his treatment from others.

    All in all, in my opinion, Victor is a monster who created a monster.
    - Kaetlyn Andrey

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  8. In the book Frankenstein, I believe that Victor is the monster in the story. Victor followed his ruthless obsession to try to find the secret to life, and in turn he was able to bring a life form - created from an assortment of dead human parts - to life. After realizing his creation was "hideous" and "horrific", he abandoned his creation and left him in a world that would later target him as a "monster" because of his grotesque physique. In doing this, Victor was monstrous for abandoning his creature who very well could have died without his support or help.

    Further on in the story, when Victor encounters the creature after the being had murdered Victor's young brother,William, he tells the creature to stay away from him or else he would physically harm him. He even threatened to kill him. He showed no sympathy or care towards what the creature had gone through, and he only labeled himself as the victim of his actions. Finally, Victor refused to give the creature a companion that he so desperately desired/needed. He only focused on the possibility that the first and second creature could destroy mankind together, possibly by creating a new species. Victor proceeded to destroy the monster's final hope for companionship, and thus sealed his own fate - as well as those of his loved ones - which was left in the hands of the creature.

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  9. I believe that both Victor and his creation are monsters, but each in different ways. To begin with, the creature is a perfect fit for what many consider a monster; Ugly, brutish, slaughtering innocents with no remorse. Only that he later admits to feeling remorse and partaking in the killings with great pain and self-loathing. All the same, no matter the intentions or regrets of the creature, what it did, in my eyes, still qualifies it as a monster. IN its rage-filled quest for revenge on Victor for its own creation, it ended several innocent lives who had done no harm to it. While the creature also was seeking revenge against the horrid nature of society, this was a generalization about all humans made from just a couple of encounters. With all that considered, while the creature may not be the monster that many consider him to be, it is still very much a monster.

    Victor is an even more complex case. Through his own maniacal obsession and lack of foresight, he unleashed the "monster" on the unsuspecting world. later on, he breaks his promise with the monster that would've resulted in an end to the terror, and in doing so caused the loss of his own beloved wife. Towards the end, Victor became driven by the same motivation as the monster: Revenge. Clearly not a noble motive, this puts him on similarly low moral ground to the "monster." At the very end, both monsters expressed their remorses for their actions before dying separately; however, as I mentioned before, repentance doesn't absolve one of guilt, at least in terms of reparations to those who were harmed.

    With all of this considered, I am firmly of the belief that both Victor and his unholy creation are equally monstrous, and in their monstrosity, reveal some of the worst aspects of both society and the individual. But that's a topic for a different day.

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  10. I believe both Victor and his creation are both monsters. I believe Victor is a monster because he created life purely for the sake of his own selfish ambition, heedless to the life his creation could lead. Upon sight of his work, he lashed out as if it was the reason for his misfortune and not himself, calling it a "fiend". The creature looked up to Victor; he was his creator, while the creature was his "fallen angel". Despite the creature's sentiment and obvious respect towards Victor, he shunned his creation and took no pity on it and refusing its request for companionship in the form of another female creation. Victor held no love or sympathy for his creation, similar to a child with no understanding of the world around him, who desperately needed it. Because of this, Victor was perhaps more of a monster than his creation.

    Likewise, Victor's creation was also a monster, albeit not in the traditional sense. True, it physically represented the dark side of mindless obsession and ambition with a grotesque appearance, but it displayed kindness and the capacity for compassion, and indeed cared for the family who unknowingly gave him shelter. However, due to Victor's hostile attitude toward the creature coupled with its own sense of exile from an intolerant world, it channeled its anger, sorrow, and frustration into violent methods, killing everyone Victor held dear. Its actions are akin to a child trying to push boundaries to see what they can and cannot do, and its killings are justifiable, however appalling. It might have thought death was impermanent, seeing as how Victor created life himself. Despite this, I believe the fact that it did not seem to show remorse and did not try to channel his emotions nonviolently, I believe it is indeed a monster.

    -Trinity Hicks

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  11. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, I believe that neither Victor nor his creation is truly the monster. How can we label someone to be a “monster” when it is simply human nature?
    Victor, out of human curiosity, created the monster and was obsessively fascinated by this new thing he discovered called science. Blinded by his grandeur he worked meticulously night and day almost like a mad man to create this “magnificent being” that he thought of in the beginning. Obviously once his creation has failed and due to him being terrified of the soulless creature he created, Victor abandons his creation and fled with his tails between his legs. I would say anyone else would do the same if they were in the same position. Criminals in the modern society have done monstrous deeds and yet, they aren’t labeled as monsters. Although I’ve said it repeatedly throughout, I would like to further emphasize the point that their actions are entirely, by human nature, normal.

    In addition to that, both characters feel joy, pain, loneliness, love and more throughout the book. Monsters do not generally feel these things. They are heartless, soulless creature with every intention to destroy and yet, they both feel so much and they hurt so much. In my opinion, if you still have the integrity to feel guilt, sorrow, and heartbreak, you are not truly a monster yet.
    You do not know when you will encounter a similar situation and then, would you label yourself as a monster when it does happen?

    Kristine Aulachong

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  12. In the novel, the monster is both Frankenstein and the creature. Now, even though Frankenstein doesn’t physically portray our common interpretations of a of monster, his actions and personality reflect something similar to it. To start off, Frankenstein's act of abandoning his creation, that he spent months in the laboratory creating, is monstrous. He did not give any sort of care to the life he created. With this, he left the creature without any sort of guidance or fair warning of the cruel world that they live in. When being told by the monster about his miserable experiences, Frankenstein did not show any feeling of guilt or empathy to what the creature had to go through. Additionally, he robbed the creature of a chance at happiness by destroying the second monster. Again, Frankenstein gave no thought to the creature’s feelings, and began to think about about the worst possible things that can happen even though he knew the monster just longed for love. He also did this with full knowledge that his family members innocent lives were at stake.

    On the other hand, the creature had the physical interpretations of a “monstrous being,” but that is not what makes him a monster. I believe that no one is born a monster, it is events in a beings life that forces them to become cruel. As stated by the creature, “‘My heart was fashioned to be susceptible to love and sympathy, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred it did not endure the violence of the change without torture such as you cannot even imagine’” (Shelly 229). The creature was born a beautiful being, but it was the ugliness of humanity that caused him to take his form as a monster. The only reason to consider the creature being a monster is because he took the lives of innocent people and chose to torture the heart of Frankenstein just for his own satisfaction, and his deep want for vengeance.

    -Jonar Dantes

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  13. Tiffany Quevedo
    I consider both Victor and his creation as monsters in the novel Frankenstein, not only because of their rough form of seeking revenge, but also the consequences after their actions. I stated that Victor Frankenstein can be declared as a monster because of his strong ego and passion into trying to prove to others and himself that he can also create a living creature and not only God . While doing this, Victor is obsessed with his experiment which causes him to look at his unfinished invention as something more important than his loved ones (which is why he never wrote back to his family in Geneva). However, the real reason why Victor can be seen as a monster is because he is; along with the monster, looking for revenge, blaming the monster for the death of Clerval, William, and his wife Elizabeth.
    Victor's monster, in addition of behaving like one, is also considered a monster in this novel because he is best fitted as a great description that one could have in his or hers imagination. At first, the monster was released to the real world not knowing anything about it, therefore, the monster was sensitive and amazingly caused no harm towards others, until he later on experienced the cruel nature of humanity. The monster felt betrayed knowing that his own creator Victor Frankenstein, abandoned him,and also neglected his offer into creating another creature like himself, that is why the monster is making his creator as miserable as possible for the sake of revenge for what he and humanity did to him.

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  14. The true monster in this book is the creature that Victor constructed. Victor could be thought of as selfish but I do not believe he had any malicous intent when constructing his creation, he simply wanted to be the first, I don't think he really had any thing else on his mind which is why he didn't realize until after it was finished how horrid the monster truly was. Victor could have no way of knowing what would ensue. Now when you take into account the monster he tried to contact civilization a few times but was unsuccsesfull and driven out, but instead of trying other means (maybe by finding Victor and convincing him that he truly means no harm) he turned to violence first by killing William after he finds out he was related to Victor (it is also worth noting his previous plan was to kidnap the boy). The monster could have stopped there but he instead framed Justine leading to her death. By my count the monster is either directly or indirectly responsible for the deaths of five people. It is ridicoulous to assume Victor to be responsible for these deaths he loved his family and would never hurt them.It is also selfish of the monster who after having seen the life and horrors that he has lived to wish it on another be it Victor or the request for a companion.

    Victor has made many mistakes in his life, he seems quick to come to a conclusion and not consider his options but these things make him a human, not a monster. Victor turned away from his promise to build a new monster because he had learned from his mistakes and endured the consequences that arose from them. The monster would make those same mistakes again and again because he does not think of the injustice that he is causing even after he has seen its effects, he is wreckless. Some people who read this book see the monster as his own person, capable of making his own decisions, and I would have to agree, the monster is a person, and that person is a monster.
    - Written by Evan Klang

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  15. In the novel entitled, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, both Victor Frankenstein and his creation are monsters. Firstly, Victor is the monster, because he crosses the boundary in which no human should cross. Victor uses science to create another being. Through this action, Victor attempts to play God. He lets his arrogant personality as well as his obsessive tendencies get the best of him. Not only does Victor create a monster but he also refuses to take responsibility for it, which Victor proves the night he allows the monster to roam free after its creation. Victor’s monstrous ways are also evident through his interaction with his creation. Even though Victor is the creature’s creator, he only shows his creation animosity. Victor displays prejudice towards the creature immediately. In that way, Victor Frankenstein proves to be a true monster.

    Victor’s creation becomes a monster as the novel progresses. Every person is born innocent; that is not to say that the creature is a person or that it was born. However; the creature awakens without being guilty of any sin, even if his creation, itself, is a sin. The creature has humanly emotions and only wishes to be loved and accepted, but the rejection from the human beings that he so ardently admires, only leads to his destructive manner. At first, the creature portrayed good human nature through his helpful and considerate actions, but then he turns to revenge and hatred and depicts terrible human nature. That is the point in which he turns into a monster; when he murders his creator’s loved one and lives the rest of his life tormenting his creator. Even though he claims to have felt guilt for his actions, he continues to harm people. Humanity’s dark side shapes the creature into a monster, but it was through his own free will that he remained a monster.

    -Zena Jaber

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  16. Both Victor Frankenstein and the monster are monsters, but the real monster is the creator and not the created. The creature that Victor created is a monstrous in appearance, and is thus referred to as “the monster.” The monster becomes an outcast in the very human society that he wished to be apart of. His physical deformities puts him on the receiving end of human violence. The violence that the monster consistently receives leads him to accept that he will never be accepted by human society because of their prejudices against his appearance. He begins to blame Victor for creating him and then neglecting him. Due his maltreatment and isolation, the monster murders to retaliate against both Victor and society. But while the creature’s violent actions label him a monster, the true monster at hand is Victor.

    Initially, Victor was already a person obsessed with ambition, but this ambition grew into something dangerous. The result of his scientific research led to the creation of a being that by all means should not be existing. Immediately, Victor neglects his creation. Consequently, when the creature’s violent actions became known to Victor, he refuses to assume responsibility for his creation and is unwillingness to reveal the truth out of self-pride. This leads to the murders of the Victor’s beloved ones. Believing that he is the only victim, Victor does not attempt to express sympathy for the monster. Victor becomes hell-bent in revenge against the monster and begins to lose himself. His gradually deteriorating sanity eventually transforms him into a monster. Victor inevitably assumes the very inhumanity that he criticized the monster of possessing.

    Perhaps if Victor cared for his creation, the creature would not have been the way he was.

    -Isabella Enriquez

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  17. In Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, I believe that both Victor and the Creature are the monsters. The word monster can be defined as "an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening" and "an inhumanly cruel or wicked person"("monster"). The Creature in the eyes of a normal human fits the description of large, ugly, and frightening. Although the Creature's physical appearance is not the only factor as to why he is a monster. Despite being born as a grown man, the Creature's mindset was innocent before learning negative behaviors from the world around him. After experiencing the cruel nature of humans, he resorts to violence and becomes a monster drowning in rage and despair while lacking self control. On the other hand, Victor, the Creature's creator, is a monster in his own way. The day his creation was born, he chose to abandon it simply because it was ugly. Leaving the Creature to fend for himself, Victor paid no mind to the creation, he spent so much time on. When meeting for the first time, Victor treats the Creature with disdain not even taking the time to understand his experience. He never thinks about how the Creature feels, and only thinks of himself. Unable to hold the responsibility over his actions he continues to hurt the Creature even after the Creature offers to make peace in return for someone to be by his side. Although not looking like a monster in the eyes of a normal man, Victor is a cruel and wicked person in the eyes of the Creature. The two main characters of Shelley's novel are not necessarily "good" nor "bad", in my opinion they would be simply be described as human. Yet both being both destructive I would also describe Victor and the Creature as a monster.

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  19. In contrast to many of the claims made previously by my classmates, I would like to argue that neither Frankenstein nor his creature are the true and most prominent monster in the story, but instead society/humanity as a whole. Frankenstein’s creature is shunned by the first humans that he comes into contact with (including Victor Frankenstein himself) on the basis of his appearance, going as far as to attack him with stones and other objects. All the creature wanted at the time was food and shelter, instead he was met with violence and forced to flee in fear. The creature refuses to go near the next human settlement that he comes across stating that,” after my late dearly bought experience, I dared not enter.” The creature encounters much the same treatment when he finally decides to seek refuge with another human family, and afterwards decides to run with another of his kind, isolated from the harshness of humanity.

    Victor, being a part of humanity and the creature’s creator, does as much damage to his creation as his creation does to him. Neither though, can compare to the larger group’s monstrous behavior against the creature. The creature, at least, has some sick reason to his killings. Humanity needs no reason to shun him. In my opinion, that’s what a real monster is.

    -Samantha Scott

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  20. In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, I believe that there are two monsters. The first monster I believe is the creature. He is depicted as a horrifying, enormous creature made of dead things and with the stroke of lightning, he became alive. Since the creature was like a child needing to be taught about the world, he did not know right from wrong. The creature was left to wonder the world, to find out that he was different from humans, which feared him for the way he looked. The creature became infatuated with seeking acceptance which created an unstable environment for Frankenstein. He stalked and killed Frankenstein's loved ones for attention. And forced Frankenstein to not lose sight of him.

    The second monster is Victor Frankenstein. This man was consumed by his desire to create life, defying the creation of life. Once he achieved his goal of the creation of life, he abandon his creature. Frankenstein also had a big ego thinking he is like god, being able to create and destroy life. But after creating life, Victor was not able to destroy it causing him to go insane. He was also cruel to his creature, because he did not fulfill the creature’s only request of having a companion
    -Sabrina Castellanos

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  21. OKAY THIS BLOG DELETED MY POST TWICE SO I'M REALLY SORRY IF I SOUND MAD OR ANNOYED OR IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE TERRIBLE.

    In my opinion, Victor Frankenstein and his creation from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, are both monsters. I believe that Shelley purposely writes out her novel so that Victor's creation seems like the one and true antagonist, but she also leaves subtle details here and there that shows that Victor is also to blame. He craves recognition and glory in the scientific world, and by doing so, creates something terrible that he regrets. After he's finished "building" it, he becomes so horrified and disgusted with himself that instead of taking responsibility for his actions, he dismisses his creation while calling him names. One could argue that by doing so, he indirectly caused the death of his wife/cousin, best friend, etc. In the following months, he refuses to acknowledge the monster, which leads to him becoming hostile, hateful towards humans, and lonely.

    On the other hand, Victor's creation is obviously a monster because he murders Clerval, Elizabeth, and William for "redemption". While murder is still murder, I just wanted to point out that the monster's actions are caused by feelings of abandonment and Victor's failure to help him find his place in the world, much like how a caregiver or parent would. The monster is so full of hatred and self-loathing that he chooses to take his anger out on the person who caused him to feel that way- his creator. By strangling those closest to Victor, it shows that he didn't want them to suffer or inflict pain that wasn't necessary, and that he wanted to hurt Victor emotionally. The monster sees this as "redemption" because he already suffered the loss of someone that could have and probably would have been important to him, at Victor's hands. Despite how justified either one thought he was, or atoned for his actions, both Victor and his creation are monsters in their own unique way.

    Sharon Lui

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  22. My Blog didn't go through on time because I noticed I wasn't logged into my account. Sorry for the inconvenience and please understand.

    The real monster in the novel is the creature but the creator himself who dared to “play God”, Victor, is also the monster.
    As the novel goes, we can see that the real monstrous actions are made by Victor Frankenstein: first he rejects his own creation, has a lot of ignorance, and the passion for his work makes him revert to isolation. Victor selfishly still chooses to remain isolated, despite the great pain he is causing his loved ones. Viktor realizes the moral side of his actions only when he starts working to create a female companion for the monster. Victor is internally a monster by choosing isolation and having ignorance for those who care for him as well as his own creation.
    Though the creature looks likea monter in the outside, inside he simply wants to be accepted by society. The monster lives up to his name when he starts murdering the loved ones of Victor out of revenge. The monster's unmoral action lead him to become the monster he is.
    -Jahziel Bhojwani

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  23. I think I had the same problem as others with my work getting deleted before it got posted and I also had a little technical difficulties.

    I believe that the true monster is the creation. Victor started his experiments with the intention of creating something remarkable. He devoted his life to becoming a pioneer to this new way of science and wanted so desperately to become recognized for his work. He had no original intention of creating anything that would harm people or cause damage to the world. The creation on the other hand was just an experiment that turned out horribly wrong. When Victor first saw the monster he was disgusted by what he created and wanted nothing to do with it, abandoning the creation out of fear and repulsion. After the monster had fled, he started to teach himself about mankind and how they acted towards him vs. other things. He saw violence, love, sorrow, and joy. Even though he was a witness to these events he never knew what they felt like. He only learned them and learned what they caused. He saw rage against him which lead to violence and he saw what triggered the rage. An argument can be made that the creation is a psychopath because he feels no real emotions and lashes out with extreme violence and hatred. He also felt a need to hate his creator and thought that his hatred controlled him and allowed him to dictate their relationship. For instance, when he first meets William he wants to kidnap him as his companion, but upon learning of relationship to Victor he murders him to inflict pain on Victor. He also begins to use his supposed hatred as blackmail against Victor to create him a bride. The creation thought that Victor owed it to him since he abandoned him, but in reality, lack of love does not constitute murder. Victor is simply a human who feels a variety of emotions towards his creation and understands what pain truly is. The monster knows of pain, but he will never actually feel it.

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