Alessandra Sanfratello

Mrs. Anderson
Statement of Facts & Argument
January 9, 2017

My person was hideous and my stature gigantic. What did this mean? These

questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them. (chapter 15) This quote

disproves the monster as the one who should be convicted for the murders of innocent people

and puts Victor even more at risk of being convicted for crimes against humanity because not

only has he created new life in an unethical manner, he is now responsible for the monsters

actions. The monster questions his being and does not know what is moral versus what is

immoral. He is like a newborn child and therefore does not have a conscience that allows him to

make thoughtful decisions, making Victor assume all of his actions.

After creating the monster Victor says, A new species would bless me as its creator and

source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. I might in process of

time (although I now found it impossible) renew life where death had apparently devoted the

body to corruption." This shows how Victor views himself as a creator of this monster and that

he thinks he is doing such great work through this experiment. He admits to creating new life in

order to make up for death and the suffering of humans, but he did so in an immoral and

unethical way. Not only did he create this monster in such a way that needs care and support,

he then decides to abandon it and disown his own creation despite his egotistical views on

himself when he first created it. "I gazed on my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and

hellish triumph; clapping my hands, I exclaimed, 'I too can create desolation; my enemy is not

invulnerable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall torment

and destroy him.' (chapter 16) Victor disowning the monster only makes the monster even more

vengeful towards Victor and his malicious thoughts worsen over time. Victor leaving the monster
makes him feel lonely and he is not taught how to act in this world and he does not know right

from wrong making Victors conviction even more so plausible because Victor assumes

responsibility of this creature and should have raised it and taught it how to act and live.