Feb. 20- Frankenstein

Walton wants to be a poet yet he only gives himself one year to do so, so he becomes a discoverer. Victor is a scientist and both he and Walton are artists and with these characters Shelly is critiquing the Romantic Artist. 1831 addition adds in a greater sense of his obsession with natures' secrets. Fate driving Victor or "I was fate"- With that quote it implies that Victor lets himself off the hook for his actions. Does he really let himself off the hook? Does he believe that what he did was wrong, or is he trying to justify he actions to the reader?

Victor's childhood was full of love, people, education, and friends, "No creature could have tender parents than mine" (19). Victor transfers his desires to create something great via Mr. Waldman. Is Victor's desire for fame cause his creation to become a monster? I think that his desire to become famous causes him to try to finish his 'project' as fast as possible, not allowing for mistakes and the need to fix them. Even though he doubts creating the 'being' he still did so he could become famous. It supports his self-confidence that he believes he could do something so remarkable as create a human-like creature. His imagination is clouding his vision of reality. He be comes obsessive and compulsive about his creation and his reach for fame. He believes he is the creations 'father,' so that he can control the relationship between him and the creature.

Victor believes that in creating life, he is killing himself. Everything that Victor is doing is for his EGO. Yet when creating art you need to be creating through the ego which the writer needs to be androgynous. Victor creates the monster so large because he wants to finish sooner. He thinks of only himself and the fame he will achieve.