Debate Responses

Who suffered more? (Creature, Victor)

-Victor suffered more - he lived with the horror of what he had done and the creature killed his wife,
thus leading to Victor spending the rest of his life hunting the creature.
-When Victor creates the creature, two things cause the creature pain and suffering. First, given the
creature is unaware of its ability and senses, the pain it feels comes from its inability to understand
what is going on.
-The creatures suffering, on the other hand is a result of Victor's isolation.
-But then the creature also suffered. He was left alone without anyone to guide him.
- His creator abandoned him and he was incredibly lonely.
-The blind Old DeLacey, the first human that he approached, accepted him for a short while but was
then rejected after Felix found him talking to creature.
- His joy at how he would get a companion, but then his hopes were crushed when Victor refused to
complete the experiment.
Who hates the most? (Creature, Victor)
-The creature turns vengeful not because it's evil, but because its isolation fills it with overwhelming
hate and anger. He wants to make Victor as isolated as he is.
- Isolation from family and society is his worst imaginable fate, and the cause of his hatred, violence,
and revenge.
-The creature is left totally alone by Victor. From his own reading, he discovers what a creator should
do and is angry at his abandonment by his creator.
-He is also angry at the way his creator made him because others see him as ugly.
-However, the greatest betrayal the monster sees is Victor's destruction of his "bride". He can no
longer hope for any true companionship and his true hatred for Victor begins.
- The monster kills Victor's best friend and then Victor's wife because Victor had killed what he had
hoped would be his best friend and wife when Victor destroyed his bride.