Blog #2

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Victor could have ended his pain once and for all. He could have spared the life of his beloved friends and wife through the creation of a female for the creature. But Victor just couldn't do it. Nearing the completion of the female creature, Victor's internal conflict began setting in. Victor came to realize that composing the female creature is a selfish act. Too many possible threats may arise due to the formation of another wretched creature. Victor exclaims,"She might become ten thousand time more malignant than her mate, and delight for its own sake, in murder and wretchedness," and " They might even hate each other; the creature who already lived loathed his own deformity, and might he no conceive a greater abhorrence for it when it came before his eyes in the female form?," ( Shelly, 121). These quotes reveal the internal conflict Victor is facing in deciding whether to create the female or not. Although this act may better his situation (although this is not guaranteed), he is also inflicting the curse of these creatures for generations to come. When it comes down to it, Victor does not want to be scolded by humanity for being the man who cursed them with such horrid beasts.