s family members. The monster tells Victor, If I have no affections, hatred and vice must be my portion (108). This means that he will no longer care and chooses to use evil revenge to replace what should have been. The monster also chooses to abandon society. The monster soon learns of his place in the world and that he will never be accepted. He then chooses to remain absent from the society of man. The monster is miserable from the inclemency of the season, and still more from the barbarity of man (75). After scaring many people and being chased out of a village, the monster take refuge in a small hut and remains their in a state of utter and stupid despair to stay away from the humans (100). He comes out only at night to quench his thirst and equate his hunger. The creation will try one more time at being human but will fail miserably. He then abandons society for good, and stops trying to learn or be like any human. He then decides he needs a mate so that they can leave and never be seen by society. In the novel both characters have tragic flaws that make them susceptible to each other, themselves, and society. Frankenstein has two major flaws. He cares only for his work and wishes to become godlike because of it. The monster also has two major flaws. He is Satan-like and is ugly and wretched beyond belief. Tragic flaws keep characters from getting what they desire which does not allow them to live the perfect life in which they wish to live. Victors caring only for his work causes most of the problems in this tragedy. While creating his monster, Frankenstein forgets his family and friends and ignores the natural world, rendering him no love (Tropp 63). All he has is his work. He is willing to devote his entire life, his ostensible goal, to the creation of his monster (Walling 35). Frankenstein looked forward to the completion of his creation with tremulous and eager hope (121). He is selfish in his ways becau...
