Assignment paper no 5 : Character of Victor Frankenstein

Assignment 

Name  : Pina Gondaliya 

Enrollment no : 2069108420200012

Paper no . 5 Romantic Literature 

Roll on  18 

Submitted : Department of English 

Mary Shelley 

Mary Shelley was widely known as a novelist. She was daughter of William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, she met the young poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. In 1812 and eloped with him to France in July 1814. The couple were married in 1816, after Shelley's first wife had committed suicide. After her husband's death in 1822, she returned to England and devoted herself to publicizing Shelley's writings and to educating their only surviving child, Percy Florence shelley. 

Mary Shelley's best-known book is Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a text that is part Gothic novel and part philosophical novel; it is also often considered an early example of science fiction. It narrates the dreadful consequences that arise after a scientist has artificially created a human being. 

Two main Characters of the Novel 

1 Victor Frankenstein 

He is the main character, a man driven by ambition and scientific curiosity. His quest for absolute knowledge and power will eventually end in his own ruin. 

2. Monster 

The work of Frankenstein's hands, the creature is his double, his persecutor, and his victim. The lives of him and his creator are inextricably entwined. 

Let's discuss the character of Victor Frankenstein. 

Victor Frankenstein 

Victor Frankenstein's life story is at the heart of Frankenstein. A young Swiss boy, he grows up in Geneva reading the works of the ancient and outdated alchemists, a background that serves him ill when he attends university at Ingolstadt. There he learns about modern science and, within a few years, masters all that his professors have to teach him. He becomes fascinated with the "secret of life," discovers it, and brings a hideous monster to life. The monster proceeds to kill Victor's youngest brother, best friend, and wife, he also indirectly causes the death of two innocents, including Victor's father. Thigh torn by remorse, shame, and guilt, Victor refuses to admit to anyone the horror of what he has created, even as he sees the ramifications of his creative act spiraling out of control. 

Victor changes over the course of the novel from an innocent youth fascinated by the prospects of science into a disillusioned, guilt-ridden man determined to destroy the fruits of his arrogant scientific endeavour. Whether as a result of his desire to attain the godlike power of creating new life or his avoidance of the public arenas in which science is usually conducted. Victor is doomed by a lack of humanness. He cuts himself off from the world and eventually commits himself entirely to an animalistic obsession with revenging himself upon the monster. 

Victor relates his story to Robert Walton and then dies. With its multiple narrators and, hence, multiple perspectives, the novel leaves the reader with contrasting interpretations of Victor : classic mad scientist transgressing all boundaries without concern, or brave adventure into unknown scientific lands. Not to be held responsible for the consequences of his exploration. 

Victor's ambition :

" For when I would account to myself for the birth of that passion, which afterwards ruled my destiny, I find it arise, like a mountain river, from ignoble and almost forgotten sources; but swelling as it proceeded, it became the first torrent which, in its course, has swept away all my hopes and joys."

Victor speaks this quote as he reflects on his obsessive fascination with artificially creating life. The poetic style reveals Victor's education and eloquence, but the quote also reveals his fundamental lack of self-awareness and moral responsibility. He describes his ambition as an external force beyond his control by comparing it to raging river sweeping away everything in its path. His ambition might have been a powerful desire, but it was still an internal feeling that he could have tried to control rather than allowing it to direct his actions without considering consequences. 

"So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Victor, more, far more, will I achieve : treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation. "

This quotation shows how profound Victor's ambitions are. As he learns about the progress that contemporary science has made, his first reaction is to fantasize about how much further he could go. This reaction shows his lack of humility and his arrogance. Rather than pausing to consider how impressive the discoveries of others have been, Victor immediately focuses on outgoing them. His drive to surpass the accomplishments of others may be part of why he fixates on the bold and reckless goal of artificially creating life. 

Dr. Vasi and Victor Frankenstein 

Dr. Vasi was one of the characters in the Indian hindi cinema 'Robot'. Vaseegaran creates a sophisticated Android Robot. When Victor creates human beings. Monster and Chitti are both scientific experiments. Both feel emotion. Both became violent. But at the end of the movie Vaseegara controlled his scientific creature. But in the novel Frankenstein Monster was rejected by his creator. Victor does not accept his creation because of his ugly look. When Monster becomes violent victore doesn't control his creation. So compared to Dr vasi Victor is not a good scientist. Because he doesn't accept his creation. If we created anything we would be able to accept it in any situation. 

Victor is a modern scientist unleashed upon an unsuspecting Society. Not fully aware of the consequences of his creating a new race of humans, he spends his entire life trying to destroy the same creation. Victor is also the unbridled ego who must satisfy his urge to know all and use that learning to create a new race of man. His excesses ultimately destroy him. Victor represents the id, the part of the psyche that is governed by the instinctive impulses of sex or aggression. 

Citation

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