Frankenstein #3

Victor Frankenstein is morally blind. Victor believes that he had done nothing wrong by creating this monster. He blames the monster for the deaths of his friends and family when in reality he should be the one to take the blame. If the monster had not been created, than his friends and family would not have died. Since he created the monster, he should take blame instead of hiding from the truth.

Victor doesn't think that he is responsible for the death of his brother William. When Justine is put on trial, Victor has the chance to speak up and admit the truth to what really happened but he chooses not to. By not speaking up to admit the real killer, the monster, it shows that Victor should be held partially responsible for Justine being sentenced to death. In my opinion, Victor doesn't not really feel remorseful for an innocent girl being sentenced to death. Sure he goes away for a little bit but I think that it is all an act. If he was truly remorseful, he would have spoken up at trial but he chose not to.

Later in the novel, the monster and Victor meet again. The monster tells Victor his desire for a female companion. He tells Victor that no one will be harmed if his demand is met but if it is not, than he shall be expecting a visit from the monster on his wedding night and Elizabeth will be killed. Victor decides not to meet the monsters demand and on the wedding night, Victor inexcusably leaves Elizabeth alone and she is murdered by the monster. There was no reason to leave her alone. The only reason I can think of why he left her was because he felt like if anything happened it wasn't his fault, it was the monsters fault.

I do think that deep down Victor desired for Elizabeth to be killed. He could have prevented the death but decided to do nothing to stop it. I think that Victor and the monster are in fact doubles of one another. They both have the same feelings but only the monster is able to accomplish their goals. The monster can stand for Victor's "heart of darkness." It can be this because Victor lacks the will to do anything himself but he knows that the monster will and he takes advantage of this.