Frankenstein Fate Quotes

Victor returns home after he learns that his brother has been murdered. When he finds his monster outside the gate to his town. He knows that his creation is responsible for his brother’s death. He lets fate enslave him when he decides to not speak up about what he knows and lets Justine be falsely accused. He again is shifting the responsibility of his actions on to something other than himself. One article states, “Through his constant decision to remain silent about the monster’s existence, he allows the fate of the monster to run his life. The ‘ignorance is bliss’ attitude of the fateful often leads to the ‘ignorance is deadly reality’ “(Ginn 11). By not choosing to take control of what he knows and speak up he unknowingly is trading in …show more content…
While observing the villagers in a town he notices them communicating to one another. He sets out to learn their language to. In chapter 13, the creature states, “I ardently desired to understand them, and bent every faculty towards that purpose” (Shelley 85). Even though he wasn’t created with the ability to speak or communicate with humans he changed his fate and learned. The creature is actively making a choice to try and change. He feels as if he is an outcast and deeply desires to be seen like everyone else. He observes the townspeople and begins learning and mirroring their every movement. The monster is exercising free will. An article claims that people who believe they possess the ability to change their circumstance they are triple as likely to experience the change (Feldman 1). The monster felt he was different and set out on a quest to change his destiny whereas Victor also knew that he was different. He was an exceptionally gifted man but he didn’t want to change his fate for good he just continued to roll with whatever was presented and before long the damage was too much to undo. Shelley uses the character of the monster to give an alternant opinion and to show that there is a way out of

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