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Victor Frankenstein is considered to be an early reiteration of Lord Byron’s Manfred, who, by nature lacks humility. His insatiable ambition is his downfall, and we can see this pattern emerge in Victor. In the beginning, his arrogance is balanced with a kind of childhood naivety. However, as he gets older, this trait becomes increasingly more dangerous. As a child, he feels entitled to Elizabeth, almost as if he owns her, and this relationship continues throughout the novel as victor takes for granted that she will always wait for him as he is reluctant to marry her. Victor’s Ambition causes him to aspire to the god-like endeavor of creating life, but it is this same ambition that blinds him to the obvious method that involves his returning to Elizabeth. Victor is so one-track minded that

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  • Victor Frankenstein is considered to be an early reiteration of Lord Byron’s Manfred, who, by nature lacks humility. His insatiable ambition is his downfall, and we can see this pattern emerge in Victor. In the beginning, his arrogance is balanced with a kind of childhood naivety. However, as he gets older, this trait becomes increasingly more dangerous. As a child, he feels entitled to Elizabeth, almost as if he owns her, and this relationship continues throughout the novel as victor takes for granted that she will always wait for him as he is reluctant to marry her. Victor’s Ambition causes him to aspire to the god-like endeavor of creating life, but it is this same ambition that blinds him to the obvious method that involves his returning to Elizabeth. Victor is so one-track minded that
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  • Victor Frankenstein is considered to be an early reiteration of Lord Byron’s Manfred, who, by nature lacks humility. His insatiable ambition is his downfall, and we can see this pattern emerge in Victor. In the beginning, his arrogance is balanced with a kind of childhood naivety. However, as he gets older, this trait becomes increasingly more dangerous. As a child, he feels entitled to Elizabeth, almost as if he owns her, and this relationship continues throughout the novel as victor takes for granted that she will always wait for him as he is reluctant to marry her. Victor’s Ambition causes him to aspire to the god-like endeavor of creating life, but it is this same ambition that blinds him to the obvious method that involves his returning to Elizabeth. Victor is so one-track minded that his ambition gives him tunnel vision. He can neither anticipate the consequences of his actions, nor can he evaluate the ethical implications of what he has done. His lack of empathy is also born out of his arrogance. For example, when Justine is wrongfully convicted of William’s murder. He dismisses her suffering, saying that his experience is worse because he is not “sustained by innocence”(Shelley, 60). It, of course, does not occur to him to testify of the monster, and thus absolve Justine.
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