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Frankenstein's Creature: Monster or Victim Mary Shelley, the author of 'Frankenstein' portrays a resurrected creature as either a victim or a monster depending on the reader's response. In the following essay I am going to explore whether Frankenstein's creature is a victim or monster; how Mary Shelley put this across in the novel and how Mary has created complicated complex characters. A victim is considered to be someone or something that is: "harmed or killed by another"; "harmed by or made to suffer from an act or circumstance" or "A person who is tricked, swindled taken advantage of". The word originates from Latin, 'Victima', which is defined as "a person or animal sacrificed to a god". These definitions link to Frankenstein's creature because he is sacrificed to knowledge and science; injured emotionally and because of Victor's obsessions is made to suffer. Also William, Justine, Elizabeth, Victor and the other characters...

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