Who do you think is to be pitied more---Victor Frankenstein or his monster?

Question

Please explain a little bit. I need help with ideas and this is due tomorrow. I have some ideas but I need opinions.

Answer 1

I really have little pity for Victor Frankenstein. As the 'real' monster in the story, he got what he deserved. He played God and lost. He was too obsessed or too foolish to think about the consequences of any of his actions, perhaps too stuck on himself as well. So sure of himself that his creation would work. What did he expect patching together pieces of dead flesh? He sewed him together, pieced him together, was with him day and night before he gave him life...and yet when he does come to life he's shocked because the creature is ugly and hideous. What did he expect? Did he not have eyes to see with? Like what was his long-term plan here? Did he not know that the creature would need to be taken care of? Did his parents teach him no responsibility? As the creator who recklessly abandons his creature...he should be the one held responsible for ALL the actions the creature took. So he deserved an awful life in return. He gets no sympathy from me.

As to the creature, he is to be pitied more. He didn't ask for this existence. He had nothing to do with it. He was abandoned at 'birth.' He was rejected by every person he ever came into contact with. He was strong but helpless in many ways. Capable of doing harm but not allowed to do good. A very painful, very lonely existence.

Answer 2

Due tomorrow? Don't you think you should have started this a little earlier?

Victor should be pitied for his arrogance, the monster for his ignorance. Victor made his choices, the monster had no choices.

You need to flesh it out though, better get crackin'! Time's a wastin'.

Good luck on your paper. I'm sure you'll do fine.

Answer 3

this is a difficult question to answer. In some respects, Victor is more to be pitied. He literally looses all that is important to him because of his choices. In the end, he is really not even "alive". As a reader, I naturally feel some empathy for his creation because all he is searching for is acceptance from his creator. Good luck!

Answer 4

Both are. Victor for the damages he causes because of his obsession and thoughtless way he goes about achieving his dream. The monster because how does one with a human heart have a life with creatures created by the will of God when he was created by the will of man?

Answer 5

The creature. He was born as a grown man, but knew only as much as an infant. He was left alone, to learn on his own. He was never able to experience love because of his appearance and was treated as an outcast. His entire existance was a miserable one.

hope that helps a little bit...I last read Frankie 2 years ago

Answer 6

The monster of course,never pity a fool that plays God!!

Answer 7

I think his monster because not only does his existence have no meaning, he cannot find meaning also since he cannot live peacefully as a normal person because of his apperance.

Answer 8

The monster! He is a stranger in a land strange to him, looking only for friendship and to be ubderstood and accepted--and he is not; he is only persecuted and tortured and hunted down. He is a Christ figure.