Frankensteins Monster More Human than its Creator
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When critic Harold Bloom commented on the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, he said "the greatest paradox and most astonishing achievement of Mary Shelley's novel is that the monster is more human than its creator." This statement holds very true, as the monster shows both guilt and altruism during various junctures in the novel while Victor believes himself blameless for the death of his family and friends and is self-centered throughout the entire novel.
At the end of the novel, Victor dies aboard the ship of Robert Walton. Minutes later, the monster enters the ship and is confronted by Walton. The monster has come to the ship not to gloat or threaten, but to apologize to Frankenstein for his crimes, exclaiming "Oh Frankenstein! .... What does it avail that I now ask thee to pardon me?" (208). The monster tells Walton he feels so guilty that Frankenstein "suffered ..