Frankenstein

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of recreation, intellectual stimulation, and the thrill of ’the chase’. Frankenstein himself refers to his own creation as, “…the life which I had so thoughtlessly bestowed” (88). Victor is solely interested in the beneficial aspects on the surface of creating, just as his interest in the exterior ‘monster’ is superficial. Not only is Victor’s quest selfish, but his goal is frivolous as well. Victor’s initial opinion of his creature is that of disappointment, although he succeeds in his destination to create a living being from inanimate pieces. The disappointment is not only irrational, but also shows his further jaded ideal of perfection in the fact that he considers ugliness a weakness. If that were true, ugliness would be the monster’s only weakness, as the story goes on to tell of the selfless acts of kindness the creature administers. Victor describes his supposed miserable failure as a deformed monster when he says “His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of lustrous black, and flowing his teeth of pearly whiteness; but these...