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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is frequently categorized as a foundational work of science fiction or a cautionary tale regarding human ambition. However, a closer reading reveals a far more unsettling psychological study: an interrogation of abandonment, institutional hypocrisy, and the pathology of a creator who utilizes his own privilege to claim absolution.

Central to the novel’s tragic architecture is the character of Victor Frankenstein, who serves as a case study in profound irresponsibility. He occupies a position of ultimate authority, engineering a new life form without a single shred of foresight or ethical preparation. Yet, upon animating the creature, Victor's immediate response to his own creation is not paternal duty or scientific stewardship, but visceral disgust. He flees his apartment, effectively abandoning a blank-slate consciousness to navigate the world in total isolation. When he returns to find the entity gone, his internal relief is an indictment of his character; treating the vacancy not as a catastrophic failure of oversight, but as a convenient erasure of consequence.

By refusing to acknowledge his baseline accountability, Victor constructs a narrative where he is permanently the victim. He consistently pathologizes his creation, characterizing it as a malignant force of nature rather than a direct product of his own systemic neglect. In doing so, Shelley offers a scathing critique of religious and societal power dynamics: Victor acts as an irresponsible deity who demands total deference from his subject while withholding the vital nurturing required to exist within human society.

The tragedy of the creature is therefore rooted in a profound structural injury. He is introduced into a world where vulnerability is met with immediate, violent contempt. Denied language, community, and maternal care, his subsequent descent into violence is not an inherent trait, but a learned reaction to a hostile environment. Society and creator alike condemn his physical form, thereby foreclosing any possibility of integration or redemption. The creature is systematically denied visibility as a human being, leaving terror as the only mechanism through which he can compel his creator's acknowledgement.

Do you ever feel like you only exist to a person only when they see you?

Because i do.

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