Who more evil Frankenstein or his creation?

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Joseph Maher

Frankenstein

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Acts of evil are seen in many different ways from different points of view: some people judge the evil acts by how they where influenced others judge the acts for what they are. Evil is defined in the dictionary as ‘morally objectionable behaviour’

For the purposes of this essay I will be focusing on the novel Frankenstein. The question that I will work on is ”who more evil Frankenstein or his creation.”

Throughout the novel of "Frankenstein," neither Victor Frankenstein nor his monster acts more irresponsibly than the other does. Sometimes the circumstances of their actions contradict their intentions, but neither of them is more morally at fault for their actions. The question, who is more evil Frankenstein or his creation, I believe can only be answered as neither of them are more evil then the other. This can be proven by the stages that both of them grow morally. The stages of moral growth in Frankenstein, his monster, and most characters in the book are ignorance to the evils of men, aspirations for glory and virtue, desire for fellowship, subsequent in failure, and then the only wish for death.

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It is true that Frankenstein and his monster both perform acts of evil. Frankenstein creates the being that eventually murders his entire family, leaving Victor in sorrow. The monster commits the despicable acts. However, neither of these men is responsible for their actions. Both Frankenstein and his monster are born innocent to the wrongdoings of mankind this can be proven by how the creation acted around the D’lacey family, his passion to be apart of them causes him to confront the blind D’lacey member, but subsequence’s in rejection. Victor even though he gave life to the creation, was obsessed ...

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