Victor Frankenstein Argumentative Essay

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1. Victor Frankenstein was a flawed person, driven by an unhealthy curiously and a quirk in personality that forced him to believe his words are equivalent to that of law, after the loss of his mother he was so deeply wounded that, although in good taste, he wanted to prevent anyone from ever feeling that pain again, as he laid next to her grave he spoke "No one need ever die. I'll make sure of that," (??) he wanted to create life and play God in a sense. Through the use of his astounding intellectual capabilities and the evolving sciences in which he was surrounded by, he created his monster. How he should be treated or rather Victor's responsibility is a conflicting question because this is based on the definition of human, the monster is referred to as such because he can't necessarily be considered human, this then raises the question of wether he should be treated as a new born or a pet (degrading maybe …show more content…
Basic rights of the living are an order regardless of his method of conception, seeing as Victor is the monster's creator the duty falls to him. Upon Victor's initial beginning of the project, he spent mass amount of wealth, time, and health to gather the parts and resources needed to create his "son" he found the monsters parts to be an image of perfection while individual and felt in turn the monster itself would be beautiful. He continued believing as such and created the creature, he grew horrified as the monster arose and he slowly came to the realization that his perfect son was nothing but a portrayal of the unnatural created through inhumane means, to which he remarks "how can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavoured to form? His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as