Frankenstein the Unloved Creature Walton, Victor, and the monster all had hopes and dreams of a greater understanding of the unknown. Victor had the knowledge and the will power to create life; but he lacked the compassion for his creature. The monster in fact had more compassion than his creator did. “ The monster is at once more intellectual and more emotional than his maker; indeed he excels Frankenstein as much (and in the same ways) as Milton’s Adam excels Milton’s God in Paradise Lost”(Bloom 215). Victor’s lack of compassion and failure to love; lead to the monster’s downfall and his later demise.Victor tried to hard to create life and act like God. He unlike God had no heart or compassion for the life he had created; and if he did then it would have caused a different outcome in the novel. “ I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet (56).” This is one of the many examples of Victor’s abilities to create life. Instead of showing love for his creature, he abandoned it and then hated the fact that he had indeed created a monster. “…the dreams vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” This hatred that Victor felt towards his creation lead to the monster’s feelings of hate for his creator. The monster from the very beginning like any new born wanted to be loved. He instead was abandoned from the moment of his birth and left to die. This left him alone in the world to find his own place. He was left with no understanding of love or hate. The monster went on to find his place in the world but was hated by all. This left him feeling very lonely, until he found a family which he adopted to be his own in secrete. He learned great many things from this family; speech and compassion were two of the great lessons learned. He one day decided ...
