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i-will-change-this-someday · 6 months ago

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Genuine question, does Victor actually ever compare himself to God?

Like, almost every single Victor hate post is like "this dumb idiot with a god complex is just a college dropout haha, if I made the Creature I would love and nurture it, not like loser McGodComplex over there."

But I looked it up, and the word "god" is in the book 26 times, and most of them are just exclamations.

The only time that Victor is likened to god (that is relevant, Walton does describe him as "God-like in his ruin" or something else really gay) is when the Creature claims he "should have been thy Adam, but is instead a fallen angel" or whatever he said.

So the one that sees Victor as a god is the Creature, and not Victor himself, which I think is very interesting. It's a kinda like how kids think their parents always have the answers or can fix anything.

I also wonder if the Creature thinks that Victor made him for some "divine purpose" or something. (Sorry if he already said something of the like in the book)

#I do think Victor could be a snotty little know-it-all sometimes but I don't remember him actually comparing himself to divine beings #it's been a little while since I read the beginning of the book so I don't remember Victor at his most “”egotistical“”#Fun Fact: the word “wretch” is in the book 64 times (although some of those are “wretched”)#victor frankenstein #frankenstein #My post #it doesn't even have to be a Victor hate post half of any analysis of Frankenstein is just hating him.#I didn't even get into how annoying it is that people use “college dropout” as an insult #What's wrong with dropping out of college?#also he was literally considered one of the smartest students there #“Hurrhurr he's not even a real doctor” he never called himself a doctor???#when you make a fully functioning body out of corpses with resources from the 1800s then you can dunk on Victor #again to the “I would treat the Creature well” comments no you wouldn't #people can't handle physically disabled people they definitely can't handle a giant corpse monster

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