We have all come to school without our homework. And what's the first thing we do? We look that teacher straight in the eye and tell them, "My dog ate my homework." As students we make up excuses like this to try to get out of trouble. In Mary Shelley's novel she shows us this through her character Victor. Victor chooses to place blame for his actions on his dad, and his monster. Victor does this to relieve stress and guilt from his life. There are many dangers that come along with doing such actions.

Victor blames others leading up to, and surrounding the monster's creation. Victor's course leading up to creating the monster began early in his life. "Natural philosophy is the genius that has regulate my fate... (p.40)." Natural philosophy became the main focus of Victor's studies. Victor immediately procured all the works he could of...