Vengeance is a major theme prominent throughout Frankenstein. \u201cBill\u201d seeks to destroy his creator, the creator, who instantaneously abandoned him after noticing his hideous appearance. Is it right of the \u201cmonster\u201d to kill Victor\u2019s family and friends? Or is it in fact a human trait to make sure that an individual is on an equal platform as their counterpart?<\/p>\n
Throughout the novel, while narrating the story to Walton, Victor refers to his creation as the devil, the demon, or the wretch. The \u201cmonster,\u201d on the other hand, addressed Victor in a divine manner and looks upon Victor to fulfill his requests and rightfully so, because it is his right to be nurtured by his creator. \u201cOh! \u00a0My creator, make me happy; let me feel gratitude towards you for one benefit! Let me see that I excite the sympathy of some existing thing; do not deny me my request\u201d (Shelley, 157). Victor deprives Bill of this basic human necessity. Bill is neglected by his creator and detested by other beings around him. The only being the \u201cdemon\u201d could seek help from was Victor but he wasn\u2019t there for him. \u201cFrom you only could I hope for succor, although towards you I felt no sentiment but that of hatred. Unfeeling, heartless creator! You had endowed me with perceptions and passions, and then cast be abroad an object for the scorn and horror of mankind\u201d (Shelley, 152). Victor unjustly denies Bill of the fundamental need of any new-born being, a guardian.<\/p>\n
Undoubtedly, this act of Victor wasn\u2019t humane. Bill perceives Victors act to be immoral and murders William. By doing so, he commits an act of retributive justice. In Islam, justice is based on the concept of \u201can eye for an eye\u201d. \u201cIn the Torah We prescribed for them a life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, an equal wound for a wound: if anyone forgoes this out of charity, it will serve as atonement for his bad deeds\u201d (Quran, 5:45). Revenge has been classified as a natural human instinct in Islam and in many other religions. It was, and still is, a natural human characteristic to inflict proportionate loss and pain on the aggressor as he has inflicted on him. Although by murdering William, Henry Clerval and Elizabeth, the \u201cmonster\u201d commits criminal acts, he is justified in making Victor feel the same way that he feels. If Bill doesn\u2019t get to have a guardian, a friend or a partner, Victor (his creator) doesn\u2019t get to have those relations either. Bill obviously wouldn\u2019t be allowed to enter a supreme court so he has to take steps to make sure he is on an equal platform with Victor. Similarly, after the murder of Elizabeth, Victor develops an obsessive urge for revenge. Neither Victor nor Bill are \u201cmonsters\u201d if they take justice into their own hands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Vengeance is a major theme prominent throughout Frankenstein. \u201cBill\u201d seeks to destroy his creator, the creator, who instantaneously abandoned him after noticing his hideous appearance. Is it right of the \u201cmonster\u201d to kill Victor\u2019s family and friends? Or is it in fact a human trait to make sure that an individual is on an equal<\/p>\n