Redemption of the Monster

Redemption of the Monster

Mary Shelley has written the characters in the novel of Frankenstein with relation to her personal life. This makes the characters in the novel relatable to actual personalities that we see in our society. Because of this, I believe that Victor Frankenstein’s personality is that of an insecure, attention-driven, and impulsive individual. It is ironic that Bryan Shelley’s personality resembles Victor Frankenstein’s as we can interpret from Mary Shelley’s life experiences.

As a child, Frankenstein was ignored by his father of whom he sought approval from, he tried his best to be recognized by his father. All his life, his attempts to be praised by his father resulted in a deep sense of insecurity and impulsiveness. Frankenstein was determined to become someone exceptional. He pursued this through the study of the dark side of science. Unfortunately, Frankenstein’s insecurity developed into paranoia, he wanted to do something extraordinary ignoring practicality. Frankenstein explores impulsive behavior in the novel by creating a monster, ripping his female creation apart, and chasing after the monster through the arctic all without thinking of the consequences. His impulsivity hampers his decision making as we see when he decided to chase the monster while ignoring the rational consequence of ultimate failure. All these personality flaws make us believe that Frankenstein is responsible for not caring for his creation.

Frankenstein’s creation was called the monster, mainly because of his appearance. Like any other human born into this world he was like a piece of clay. The fact that we turned him into an evil being reflects our faults, not his. We can also see how he connected with different people all throughout the story and how he developed his personality in a very short span of time. This only makes us conclude that Frankenstein affected the monster in only a negative way while he had the potential to possibly surpass human