Comparing Victor And The Creature In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Victor and the creature have many differences between them. Victor is very ambitious in the activities he does and knows what he wants, while the creature has been left alone with nowhere to go by the person who created it and is not given the right guidance. Shelly’s purpose of the contrast between the creature and the creator is to show the different upbringings and how those upbringings effect people, show Victor the difference between reality and imagination and to show the thinking process between Victor and the creature.
The creature and victor have two different upbringings; the creature was left alone by the creator and has no guidance on where it could go next and had to find everything by him self and teach him self while Victor was born in to a great caring family with everyone loving him. In Chapter 11 the creature explains to Victor his experiences and explains his life after Victor ran away from him. The creature went to a hut in which farmers lived and did many things nice for them such as get some fire wood because he knew that the people were tired in that area. But also a lot of people prejudged Victor by screaming at him of his freakish looks and his big hands, The creature got …show more content…
In chapter 11 Victor when Victor and the creature finally meet at the top of the Alps victor says “Devil” to the creature while the Creature thinks a different approach and telling Victor to "Be calm! I entreat you to hear me before you give vent to your hatred on my devoted head” The Creature re is really abhorred by Victor because of the killing of his brother Charlie and his maid Justine and wants to kill the creature, However the Creature wanted to talk to Victor hoping for resolution and telling his story to him. This shows the different thinking process between the creature and the
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