The Creator's Faults in the CreationOften the actions of children are reflective of the attitudes of thosewho raised them. In the novel Frankenstein : Or the Modern Prometheus byMary Shelly, Dr. Victor Frankenstein is the sole being that can takeresponsibility for the creature that he has created, as he is the only onethat had any part in bringing it into being. While the actions of thecreation are the ones that are the illegal and deadly their roots aretraced back to the flaws of Frankenstein as a creator. Many of Frankenstein's faults are evident in the appearance of hiscreation. It is described as having yellow skin, dark black hair, eyessunk into their sockets, and black lips (Shelly 56). Frankenstein, havingchosen the parts for his creature, is the only one possible to blame forits appearance. Martin Tropp states that the monster is "designed to bebeautiful and loving, it is loathsome and unloved" (64). Clearly it isFrankenstein's lack of foresight in the creation proce!
             ss to allow for acreature that Frankenstein "had selected his features as beautiful," (56)to become something which the very sight of causes its creator to say"breathless horror and disgust filled my heart"(56). He overlooks theseemingly obvious fact that ugliness is the natural result when somethingis made from parts of different corpses and put together. Were hethinking more clearly he would have noticed monster's hideousness. Another physical aspect of the monster which shows a fault inFrankenstein is its immense size. The reason that Frankenstein gives forcreating so large a creature is his own haste. He states that ,"As theminuteness of the parts formed a great hinderance to my speed, I resolved,contrary to my first intention, to make a being gigantic in stature ..."(52). Had Frankenstein not had been so rushed to complete his project hewould not have had to deal with such a physically intimidating creature.Tropp however states that ambition may have had...