Victor Frankenstein was an “educated fool,” his thirst for knowledge, while being scientifically incessant was also unorthodox in his prodigious creation. None but GOD could absolve him from placing himself in a position unbefitting for man. Sin and perhaps Science sometimes brings about misery and death. To go outside the natural realm of man’s physical abilities and to do so with human body parts taken from various places is depicted as Victor states “Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil, as I dabbled among the unhallowed damps of the grave, or tortured the living animal to animate the lifeless clay?,” (Shelley 32). Being aware that the places where he is gathering his resources from is disgusting and pernicious even to him, is a semi-forewarning and evidence that he is intellectually out of control. Victor obviously has an awful lot of trepidation about what he is doing, feeling just a little morally wrong and that he will succeed in restoring the spirit of life in his creation and somehow finds the strength and knowledge to achieve just that.
After his goal has been accomplished and he is staring into the face of his own creation: he sees the features of an adverse happening. Not only is he appalled at the facial appearance, but is also horrified by the physical aspects as well. When Victor horridly replied, “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe….I had selected his features as beautiful…. [H]is yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath…” (Shelley 34). She makes you “see” the monster as a big and hideously ugly thing. I think that by Victor being a man, he didn’t realize that he didn’t put as much "beauty" as he thought he did into designing the facial attributes because he was so obsessed with giving his creature life: something no one else had ever done.
Ok, first off, I want to comment on the first part of the blog. This is more in reference to the beginning. I agree, “None but GOD could absolve him from placing himself in a position unbefitting for man. Sin and perhaps Science sometimes brings about misery and death.” There is the never ending battle between science and religion. The two can intertwine in science such as medicine and medical. Yet, the can be very much against each other is cloning other mutating experiments. I really like your post about the creation and the physical aspect of the monster. Just in reading the post I would not have known that you, Renee, wrote it. I love your thought and opinions in this piece even if they bring up a tiny debate. Please say more in class.
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