Loss of Innocence

Hello, hello! Number Six back again with one more blogabout Frankenstein.  Although this may be a bit out of place for our website, I want to address how manipulation plays a key role in the novel.  Technically, this manipulation drives thenovel and therefore the characters' loss of innocence, so we're all good here.  On one side of the manipulation we have the creature, while on the other, we have none other than Victor Frankenstein himself.  In this case, both characters attempt to use manipulation to their advantage, but in my eyes, only one prevails, and that is the monster.  

Throughout the novel, Victor Frankenstein uses manipulation in order to try and defend himself for the creation of his monster.  Strangely enough, I mainly see his manipulation at work on himself.  Even though almost every progression in the story should prove him to be at fault, he manipulated himself into believing that he is only a victim of an uncontrollable series of events.  

On th eother side of the manipulation is the creature.  Truthfully, I sympathize much more with him than I do with Victor, which can only be proof of the success of his manipulation.  With his side, the manipulation is much more explicitly used and is meant to make others feel bad for him and the hard life he has had to endure.  The monster specifically uses this method on his creator, Frankenstein, in his nonstop quest to gain a female creature like himself.  The fact that Victor even decides to listen to the monster and begin the process of creating the female monster displays how well manipulation worked here and how successful it was in making Victor feel sorry for the monster.  How diabolical, right?

Even though I said I would be taking a quick break from analyzing the story in terms of loss of innocence, I lied.  I just want to briefly tie it back to that theme and clarify that Victor's eventual breaking of that manipulative hold the monster had on his is what ultimately leads to both characters' loss of innocence.  It is the original trigger leading the the numerous events which all play a role in that combines loss of innocence.  

Tragically, this is my last blog post about Frankenstein, but have no fear!  I'll be back before you know it with some new analysis on loss of innocence and some new literature to dissect.  

Until next time, 

-Number Six