Question

How is Victor Frankenstein the "monster" in the book Frankenstein as opposed to the Creature?

Answer 1

If you look at the actions of both of the characters in Frankenstein, the monster is actually righteous until humanity shuns him for his appearance. He preforms tasks for the family in whose house he secretlt takes shelter in in order to help them and he saves a child from drowning because it is the right thing to do. Also when he loses faith in humanity, he decides that he wants a mate to spend his life with in seclusion so that he will not have to face the evils of man. This I think is also knowble. The monster's worst actions come from when he is wronged. This is when he acts impulsively in anger and does horrible things - which could be because he is still in many ways a child.

Victor on the otherhand, is selfish in his need to defy nature, does not take responsiblity for the monster even though as his creator he is like a parent to the creature. He judges the creature based on his appearance and then after he has promised the creature a wife, reneges his promise and destroys her right in front of the creature because he thinks that the creature goes against the laws of nature. That the creator would reject his creature in such a way makes him a hypocrite and monstrous.