Personal Responsibility In Frankenstein

The novel Frankenstein demonstrates a connection between taking personal responsibility and the snowball effect. Certain circumstances throughout the novel where responsibility is not taking results in a situation in which something good or bad increased at an exponential rate. An example of this from the story would be when Victor Frankenstein did not take responsibility for the monster and the monster began to unintentionally scare and kill people. If Victor were to take responsibility from the beginning, the majority of the monsters actions could have been avoided, therefore avoiding situations from increasing exponentially. Those who took responsibility were also affected, both physically and mentally. The novel Frankenstein shows a connection

At the beginning of the novel when Victor created the monster if he were to look after it instead of abandoning it, many situations could have been avoided. Just from taking responsibility at the beginning Victor would have been able to prevent the monster from stealing and killing his family member’s. Even though Victor did not take responsibility at the beginning he was given a second chance when the monster met him outside of Geneva asking Victor to make him a companion. "You must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of ... What I ask of is reasonable and moderate; I demand a creature of another sex”. If Victor were to take responsibility at that moment and creating a companion for the monster he would have been able to stop further situations from accruing. If Victor were to take responsibility at that moment he would have avoided the death of his best friend Henry and his wife Elisabeth. Throughout the story Victor had the opportunity to avoid many situations or stop them from becoming worse. In this situation the snowball effect projects onto the monsters actions due to the fact responsibility was not taken, this could have all been avoided by Victor’s choices. If responsibility were taken from the beginning, the connection between the snowball effect and responsibility would not

From theft too murder, the monster was the cause of many horrible things. Although all the monsters actions can be led back to Victor Frankenstein, he was not the only one who felt to blame. The monsters first murder victim was William, as the monster rested in the woods he was approached by a young boy. “Hideous monster! Let me go. My papa is a syndic—he is M. Frankenstein—he will punish you.” (Chapter 16). The monster learns the boy is related to Victor Frankenstein, and kills William. William’s death affected two people Elizabeth and Victor. Elizabeth took responsibility for Williams’s death because she gave him the locket that was presumed to be the murders motive. Taking responsibility affected her so greatly she became physically ill. Victor took responsibility for William’s death because on his way back to Geneva, Victor saw the monster in the woods and realized the monster killed William. Victor took responsibility because he created the monster and abandoned him. Victor also became physically ill from taking responsibility for Williams’s death. Williams’s death was the cause of executions of Justine. Justine was executed for a crime the monster committed, Victor also took responsibility for this death because it to was caused by the monster he created. The monsters next murder victims were Henry and Elizabeth. Similar to the other murders Victor also took responsibility for