Essay | The Torment of Guilt

Mary Shelly's Frankenstein gives Victor, the protagonist, a God like ability, which, is to be able to create life. His gift or his curse lead only towards affecting third-parties lives as well as Victor Frankenstein life. Victor was not only responsible for creating life; he is also responsible for the destruction of life due to his creation.

In chapter five the reader is able to see a creation of Victor Frankenstein coming to life He was able to give life to an unanimated character. "I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard in a convulsive motion agitating its limb (42, ch5)." Victor put time (nearly two years), devoting and vigorous work into a creature, only to infuse life into that inanimate creature. He loved the creature and when the creature came to life his glee quickly fade. "The beauty of...
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