Character Of Victor Frankenstein

Character Of Victor Frankenstein

1. Character of Victor Frankenstein Name :- Rathod Nikita P. Roll No :- 23 Enrollment No :- 2069108420190038 Sem ester :- M.A. Semester :- 2 Year :- 2018-2020 Paper No :- 5 ( The Romantic Literature ) Email-id :- [email protected] Submitted To :- S.B. Gardi Department Of English, Maharaja Krishankumarsinhji Bhavanagar University

2. Frankenstein is a novel written by Marry Shelley. Victor is a main character of the novel. He was born in Geneva. He is an a mbitious , i ntelligent and hardworking Scientist.

3. Continue…… He is completely obsessed with the concept of reanimation or reawakening the dead, which is just what he does create life from a corpse , and it pretty much ruins his life. Victor Frankenstein is a young man Of Romantic Age.

4. Continue…… He wants to do something new. That’s why he chooses science. He wanted to study the secrets of many sciences. He takes a great interest in observing man and in trying to learn more about his soul. He was interested in mystery. One day , a thunder storm struck the town

5. Continue….. a nd when the lightning flashed, he saw a large tree burnt up and reduced to thin pieces of wood. He wanted to find out the mystery of this. So he became interested in the laws of electricity and mathematics. The first professor whom he met at the university was Mr. Krempe , whom he taught natural sciences to Frankenstein. He was rough in manner, but totally devoted to his science.

6. Continue…. Then Mr. Waldman was the professor who taught him chemistry. He was a sweet natured man in his fifties and praised the modern sciences. Professor Waldman inspired Frankenstein to invent something for the benefit of mankind. He advised Frankenstein to study all branches of natural sciences including Mathematics.

7. Continue…… He became deeply interested in the various sciences and read widely. As the time passed he was especially attracted to the mystery of the human body. He has many questions in his mind, like What power was it that gave life? Where is the force, which gives life to the body? He wants find out the answers of these questions.

8. Continue….. He wants to create human body in his laboratory. He wants to know t he secrets of human l ife. He was eager to k now everything. He was curious. He wants to b ecome a creator.

9. Continue…. That’s why he went to the grave yards in search of different parts of the human body like bones, skull , hair etc. he collects the body parts. It was very difficult task putting together the very thin veins and nerves of the human body , fixing the bones, the cell and other tiny parts. He worked for days and nights for his creation and he did not even notice when the seasons changed.

10. Continue……. He forgets everything . He is busy to c reate human Body , he forgets himself. He lost contact o f family and f riends because o f his creation.

11. Continue….. He creates human body. But it looks like a monster . Monster is 8 feet long, with the help o f science he gives a l ife to monster. Because of his ugly l ook and huge body Victor and people d oes not accepts him.

12. Continue….. Monster wants love and support. But because of his ugly look nobody accepts him. That’s why he is alone. He feels loneliness. Then he learns many thing. And he reads paradise lost , and he reads the diary of victor. And then he knew everything. He decides to takes revenge. And then he kills many persons who belongs to victor’s family

13. Continue….. Victor loves Elizabeth. Then he kills Elizabeth. Victor becomes alone. Monster wants female monster. But victor denies to crates female monster. And that’s why monster kills Elizabeth. In the whole story monster wants love and support. But in story he does not get love and support. And that’s why he became cruel and kills many innocent people. Then at the end of the story victor also dead.

14. Conclusion…… Frankenstein is the perfect tragic hero , or character who is doomed to suffer due to his own actions. Victor is selfish. He questions authority , and everything surrounding him. He is highly intelligent , caring , and actually a good person , but it was his ambition and God complex which ultimately drove him to ruin.