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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bedrockgames" data-source="post: 9610359" data-attributes="member: 85555">[USER=8461]@Alzrius[/USER] and [USER=18]@Ruin Explorer[/USER], I love Frankenstein and I think it would be great if we could have a friendly conversation about it (not blaming either of you, but I think if we put our egos aside we can see it is a book that afford multiple interpretations). I can see where [USER=8461]@Alzrius[/USER] is coming from. While I think of Victor as neglecting the creature and not taking responsibility throughout the novel, at a certain point, the question is what should he do? Once the creature demands a mate, and he begins work, he realizes it could pose a threat to all humanity (whether this is in fact the case, we can debate: not sure if the creatures would actually be able to breed as he seems to suggest, and if so, not sure they will pass on Creature DNA or just teh DNA of whoever he took the reproductive organs from). But he raises a legitimate concern, and at that point, what options does he have? I do think he behaves somewhat stupidly at this stage, but he isn't going around murdering people like the creature is. That said I tend to view Frankenstein as a tragic villain because his obsession leads to the creature, his neglect sends the creature on a destructive path, and he could have done more to protect the people around him from the creature (if I remember, and I am already starting to get hazy from my last read, he is worried that if he tells people what happens they won't believe him or he'll end up institutionalized or something. But it isn't like he has no sense of remorse about it When you are talking about characters I think it is okay for folks to disagree about this stuff. Every time I read the book I come away with a slightly different interpretation because I notice something new, or something I noticed before seems of greater importance. Also FYI [USER=18]@Ruin Explorer[/USER] for some reason your post above quoting Alzrius notified me as being quoted. Just letting you know in case there is a formatting issue in the post</blockquote>

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