"Abhorred monster! fiend that thou art! the tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance for thy crimes. Wretched devil! you reproach me with your creation; come on, then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed." -Victor Frankenstein (pg. 68)
So, for my other opinion blog, I'm talking about how realistic/probable this story is. First of all, creating a life from different corpses is absurd, but there are huge questions that arise because of the lack of simple logic. This quote is a perfect example of three things I don't understand in the book:
1. "for thy crimes" = the monster's bloodlust and criminal activity condemns him to a fate worse than hell. Victor hasn't even seen the monster for two years! How does he know the monster is a criminal? The only evidence of the monster murdering William is that he was seen as the scene of the crime, which could be suspicious or a coincidence. Either way, Victor is basing his critical judgement of the creature solely on his first encounter with the "demon."
2. "you reproach me with your creation;" Victor was the one who made the creature; he is responsible. That's like blaming a kid coming to school late because the parent slept in. He blindly accuses the monster of vicious crimes just because of his appearance, and even if he did commit crimes, it was Victor's nurturing-or lack thereof- that conquered over the creature's good nature.
3. "come on, then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed." = Come here so I can kill you. Lastly, what does Victor thinks he is going up against? He created a gigantic, hideous monster from different dead body parts in a slaughter house, only to see that the creature is as intelligent, if not moreso, and he wants to fight him? ARE YOU CRAZY?! How did he not realize that this thing he was making was going to be huge? I guess he didn't expect to succeed in his experiments, or else he would have thought of what to do with a sasquatch. The present situation is a fight of a huge beast versus a suicidal, emaciated scientist. Who do you think is going to win that fight? Y'know, the monster might be the more intellectually advanced being after all....
So, for my other opinion blog, I'm talking about how realistic/probable this story is. First of all, creating a life from different corpses is absurd, but there are huge questions that arise because of the lack of simple logic. This quote is a perfect example of three things I don't understand in the book:
1. "for thy crimes" = the monster's bloodlust and criminal activity condemns him to a fate worse than hell. Victor hasn't even seen the monster for two years! How does he know the monster is a criminal? The only evidence of the monster murdering William is that he was seen as the scene of the crime, which could be suspicious or a coincidence. Either way, Victor is basing his critical judgement of the creature solely on his first encounter with the "demon."
2. "you reproach me with your creation;" Victor was the one who made the creature; he is responsible. That's like blaming a kid coming to school late because the parent slept in. He blindly accuses the monster of vicious crimes just because of his appearance, and even if he did commit crimes, it was Victor's nurturing-or lack thereof- that conquered over the creature's good nature.
3. "come on, then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed." = Come here so I can kill you. Lastly, what does Victor thinks he is going up against? He created a gigantic, hideous monster from different dead body parts in a slaughter house, only to see that the creature is as intelligent, if not moreso, and he wants to fight him? ARE YOU CRAZY?! How did he not realize that this thing he was making was going to be huge? I guess he didn't expect to succeed in his experiments, or else he would have thought of what to do with a sasquatch. The present situation is a fight of a huge beast versus a suicidal, emaciated scientist. Who do you think is going to win that fight? Y'know, the monster might be the more intellectually advanced being after all....
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