Thursday, November 29, 2012

Frankenstein / Mary Shelly / Ch. 17-18



“I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart, so that you shall curse the hour of your birth” (Shelly 105).  The creature wants a female.  If the creature knows how ugly it is does it not think that its mate will also see this in him?  I feel Victor could have reasoned with the creature a lot better than he did.  The creature wants a female but does it deserve one?  He asked Victor to judge him so why does not victor say his decision as a judgment not just his prejudice.  Victor is still self-centered to think that the creature would harm him because he is the only one who can help the creature.  If victor would have fought the creature then could he have prevented his family’s demise? If he won unlikely as it was he would have killed the creature before it could cause more harm.  If he died then the creature would have no one to help him so he might have left humanity to itself or went on a rampage which would eventually cause some kind of hunting party to kill it. 

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