Victor Frankenstein is a very selfish character, he creates this monster and disconnects himself with his childhood sweetheart Elizabeth. He is the just the most annoying character to me because he strives to be a creator of life and goes to he university to learn all he can yet he can not take responsibility for his actions and in tern he gets 3 people killed in the process. I understand the importance of his character and how he plays off of Robert Walton's character but Victor is just the most apathetic, depressing character. I honestly enjoy the richness of the monsters character the most.
Frankensteins monster is a facinating character and I love how he evolves and grows as this somewhat humane being. Frankenstein doesn't really try to better himself where as his monster does, he tries to integrate himself into society and figure out who\what he really is. My favorite part of the entire book are chapters 12 through about 17 where the monster spends time with the De Lacey family. Through these people the monster learns to read, speak and he even learns a bit about history. Even though we get a glimpse at this slight bit of humanity that lies within the monster we quickly learn how separated he still is from society. Because of the depth and character Shelley puts into this monster, he is my favorite character.
There are a couple reoccurring themes in this book however, the one that stuck out to me the most is the statement that knowledge is power, and too much power is dangerous. When Victor learns all he can at the university about the secrets of life he is over obsessive and becomes infatuated with it. He then creates the monster that he is too selfish and scared of to deal with. On the other hand the monster also gains knowledge by watching the cottage people and attempts to use his power and fails miserably by scaring them and ending up right back where he started, he crosses a fine line of being a monster and being human.
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