Alright, I know you all have strong opinions about Victor, the Creature, and the pair's respective "crimes." So, is the Creature really a monster? And what about Victor?
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Bailey Manor
12/8/2015 09:18:10 am
Victor is the real monster because he is the one who created the creature. He is the one responsible for the creature's actions because he is the one who made the creature. Everything could have been avoided if Victor would have never created the creature in the first place.
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Rachel Franzen
12/8/2015 09:24:50 am
Yes, I agree with Bailey to a point. Victor is definitely a monster for creating FrankenSteve, and basically leaving him to fend for himself, however, FrankenSteve is also a monster because although it was Victor's fault that the creature was killing people and hating against mankind, FrankenSteve could have avoided doing all of that. He knew what he was doing was wrong, and yet he still decided to murder all those people. They are both monsters.
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Bailey Manor
12/10/2015 08:51:55 am
I believe that the creature wouldn't have killed anyone if Victor would have given him attention. He only turned to doing evil things after he was rejected by everyone. How would you feel if you were completely alone in the world? It wasn't just the fact that society ignored him, but they beat him with stones and made cruel comments. If Victor wanted to create a creature, he should have made sure to pay attention to it.
Jacob Rielly
1/27/2016 01:08:59 pm
In my opinion creating the creature makes Victor a genius, not a monster. He clearly made a break through in science and then the monster is what did wrong.
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rachel coyne
12/8/2015 09:20:53 am
I believe the real monster to be the creature, however it is Victor that let the creature become a monster. Had the monster been nurtured, he may not have killed anyone. On the other hand, who is to say that the monster would not have killed anyone even if it was nurtured. The monster clearly has a mind of its own, and even Victor may not have stopped that. The monster should also know better because when he was observing the Delacey's, they were never harmful to eachother.
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Jordan Walkky
12/8/2015 09:24:25 am
Between the two, I think Victor is the real monster. Victor was the one who created the creature and he is the one who SHOULD, but did not, take responsibility for his creature's actions. The creature has a certain behavior due to the lack of nurture in his life and the feeling of abandonment. Victor blames the creature for how the creature ruined his life but if he had not created the monster in the first place.
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Jacqueline
12/8/2015 09:25:07 am
Victor and the creature are both monsters. Victor had a great upbringing with a loving family but ended up crazy enough to play God and create another creature. He was heartless and left the creature all by himself and didn't care for it at all. Later when he had the chance to prevent the creature from killing any more people, he chose not to so everyone he loved died. It just goes to show that when you messing with nature is not a good thing. The creature on the other hand didn't chose to look the way he did nor did he do anything terrible in the beginning that the people should have run away. But once he learned about human civilization and about who he is, he just should have moved on with his life. If he would have shown Victor he was peaceful from the beginning, maybe everyone wouldn't have reacted the way they did to him.
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Esther Gland
12/10/2015 06:50:45 am
Okay, so they're both monstrous but in different respects. The creature is a monster because of his lack of nurturing and the choices he felt he was forced to make. Victor is a monster by choice. He chose to create and abandon his creature. So while the acts of the creature are arguably more severe, the motivation behind them is more justifiable than Victor's.
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Jack Hannack
1/15/2016 09:24:50 am
I would disagree that Victor is a monster. The definition of a monster is: an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening. Victor is not imaginary nor large or frightening (he may be ugly). He just lacks human morals and crosses moral boundaries. The creature on the other hand definitely becomes a monster because he is large, ugly, and frightening.
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Rachel Franzen
1/18/2016 06:45:02 pm
Yeah, but Jack, the Creature is not imaginary either. I have to agree with Esther on this one. They are both monsters, but just in different respects as she previously stated. Both Victor and the Creature did terrible things, which is what gives them that rightful title of being a monster.
Nick Kalmes
12/10/2015 09:04:33 am
The creature is the real monster. He is the one doing the killing. It's not like the movies where he accidentally drowns the girl because he doesn't know better. The creature knows what he is doing. Yes Victor probably shouldn't have created him in the first place, but Victor wasn't responsible for his actions.
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Bailey Manor
1/15/2016 09:04:18 am
Since Victor is the one who created the creature and then abandoned him, how is he not responsible for the creature's actions? All that the creature needed was a companion and someone to learn from.
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Jacob Rielly
1/27/2016 01:06:58 pm
Victor could have defiantly helped out the creature by giving him a decent looking face. This way maybe people would have been more easily encouraged to help him earn how to live life.
Becky Fesenmaier
1/15/2016 09:11:52 am
Going along with what Bailey said as well, Victor was responsible for the creature's actions. Victor was the "parent figure" of the creature and parents are usually responsible to a point for their children's actions. A parent is responsible to shape and mold their children into quality people and not let them have bad qualities in them. This is why I believe Victor was responsible, because since he was the creature's parent figure, he was fully responsible to help shape the creature and give him morals and the right mindset.
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1/18/2016 01:08:00 pm
Yes yes yes. Nick hit it right on the nose! The monster is of course the real monster! The monster absolutely knew he was doing bad things by killing people, and that didn't stop him. Oh, let's just have this big lumbering abomination roaming around and feel sorry for it. Oh my, maybe we shouldn't! The "creature" is definitely the real monster.
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Jack Hannack
1/15/2016 09:17:55 am
The definition for monster is: an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening. The creature is certainly not imaginary (in the story at least) but he is large, ugly, and frightening. I believe at the beginning of the story the creature is just a creature, however, when he begins killing people I think he truly becomes a monster.
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Jacob Rielly
1/27/2016 01:04:48 pm
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I think that the creature had a 'beautiful' inside, but was not pleasant on the outside. The creature is blinded to by rage because no one accepts him and this is why he becomes bad natured.
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Dan Polson
1/21/2016 12:27:14 pm
The Creature was definitely the real monster in Frankenstein. All Victor did is create the monster. It was the monster's own feelings about humanity and his creator that conditioned him into being a murderous brute who has only targeted innocent people.
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Jacob Rielly
1/27/2016 01:01:58 pm
I agree the creature is the real monster here. Victor created a horrible looking person who was very curious. It was the experiences that the creature went through that made him evil. He learned in a bad way that had nothing to do with Victor.
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