The Real Monster, victor frankenstein Mary Shelley’s narrative, Frankenstein is the story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils…by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.(52)” This was the time and the place in which the creature came to …showed first 75 words of 741 total…

…showed last 75 words of 741 total…indirectly by Victor Frankenstein. People who have read the novel, have commonly referred to the creature as Frankenstein; this suggests that Frankenstein is the real monster in the plot. Frankenstein’s selfishness, his cruelty towards his creation, and the indirect deaths of his family and friends are some of the aspects that make Victor Frankenstein the real monster of the story. Although many people believe the creature to be the monster, these facts prove otherwise.