Comments on: Victor Frankenstein: Trodden Hero or Veiled Villain?

By: Konush

Konush — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 05:01:41 +0000

What if Victor Frankenstein was the monster, killed Walton, and wrote the letters himself. In his sickness he does say he is the murderer.

By: trevor burkhart

trevor burkhart — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:00:27 +0000

Hey,it would be awesome if i could see that back round information on Frakenstein,i have a pretty big essay to write too, anything would be a great help..

By: Chris H

Chris H — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 21:22:18 +0000

Richard, what was your background when you wrote this? I have to do an evaluation of a critical analysis, and I’d like to use yours, but I have to have some credentials on the author in order to know who you are, possible bias’, etc.

You can email me directly or answer on here, either way. You bring up some good points that I hadn’t thought about. Thanks.

By: AP Language Student

AP Language Student — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 03:06:31 +0000

this is loads of help for my argumentative essay! thanks!

By: Drew

Drew — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 22:22:43 +0000

Good analysis.. Thank you for sharing..

I think it doesn’t matter whether or not Victor is the true monster, the bottom line is that he becomes the monster’s accomplice (willing or unwilling), which is just as bad as being the monster himself..

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 01:17:15 +0000

Because society rebukes him. Nobody loves him no matter what he dies. Just like what happened with the DeLacey’s. He bent over backwards to make their lives easier, but the second they saw him, they freaked out. To him, nobody could love him.

By: emma

emma — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:31:33 +0000

in chapter 16 why does the creature feel justified in killling innocent people?

By: Heartless People

Heartless People — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:07:05 +0000

[...] the Earth spreading the disease to millions of others. They’d also be green and glow like Frankenstein. Evil would [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:46:20 +0000

Victor does do something to stop it, which is chase it into the Arctic, knowing full well that the monster is just toying with him and can kill him any time it wants. Victor understands that by chasing it, he is simply playing a game and keeping the monster away from the rest of society. And I don’t understand what you are alluding to by stating that “Victor stays stuck in his head the whole novel.” There is no denying that this is true, but the reason is because he was dying, and as for your comment “Maybe he was just making up a story in his mind,” that can be said about a great deal of novels, however, if he is making this story up, he sort of makes himself out to be a kind of a prick, which doesn’t seem like something a man like Victor would do.

On a side note, I really respect you for commenting back. I don’t want it to seem like I was attacking you, I am just trying to open a dialogue.

By: Richard X. Thripp

Richard X. Thripp — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:17:05 +0000

Yes, but Victor stays stuck in his head the whole novel. Obviously the monster is real (in the terms of the fictional novel), but Victor creates it and is too afraid to stop it or do anything about it later. I know Walton sees Victor and the monster, but maybe he was just making up a story in his mind.