Destiny and Frankenstein
"Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction." Victor Frankenstein says this right before telling Walton his story.Destiny played an important role in the book Frankenstein. Victor sees it as the force that caused his downfall. He blames most of what has happened on destiny. At first it was his
destiny to build the monster, afterwards he says it is his destiny to destroy it. Victor feltas if some force was making him experiment, that some force was making him make the
monster and he had no control over it. This is why when he was building the monster he
shut him self off from everything else and committed himself to his experiment. He
didn't have to do this but something was driving him to, and it might have been his
curiosity and his wanting to cheat death, or play god, or do something no one else had
ever done before, but also, he may have had those characteristics because he was destined
to have them. Maybe this all happened so he and others can understand that you shouldn't
play god, but then after he built the monster it was his destiny to destroy it. As a result of
Victor's actions, many of his loved ones died, Elizabeth, William, Justine, and his father.
After Victor made the monster his destiny became to be punished for it, but could Victor
have prevented all this? Maybe, and maybe not.
The answer to that question depends on whether you believe in destiny or not. Is
destiny really so powerful that Victor had no control over it? Could Victor's destiny have
been different if he hadn't built the monster? Could Victor have sustained from building
the monster, or was destiny too powerful? How about the part when Victor destroys the
female monster, what would have happened if Victor hadn't destroyed it, or was it his
destiny to destroy it? Later on in the book he follows the monster into the cold, what if he
didn't, would he have still died? In all of this Victor made decisions, he decided whether
destiny to build the monster, afterwards he says it is his destiny to destroy it. Victor feltas if some force was making him experiment, that some force was making him make the
monster and he had no control over it. This is why when he was building the monster he
shut him self off from everything else and committed himself to his experiment. He
didn't have to do this but something was driving him to, and it might have been his
curiosity and his wanting to cheat death, or play god, or do something no one else had
ever done before, but also, he may have had those characteristics because he was destined
to have them. Maybe this all happened so he and others can understand that you shouldn't
play god, but then after he built the monster it was his destiny to destroy it. As a result of
Victor's actions, many of his loved ones died, Elizabeth, William, Justine, and his father.
After Victor made the monster his destiny became to be punished for it, but could Victor
have prevented all this? Maybe, and maybe not.
The answer to that question depends on whether you believe in destiny or not. Is
destiny really so powerful that Victor had no control over it? Could Victor's destiny have
been different if he hadn't built the monster? Could Victor have sustained from building
the monster, or was destiny too powerful? How about the part when Victor destroys the
female monster, what would have happened if Victor hadn't destroyed it, or was it his
destiny to destroy it? Later on in the book he follows the monster into the cold, what if he
didn't, would he have still died? In all of this Victor made decisions, he decided whether