"The guilty are allowed, by human laws, bloody as they are, to speak in their own defense before they are condemned. Listen to me, Frankenstein. You accuse me of murder, and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature. Oh, praise the eternal justice of man!" (Frankenstein p. 69)
In the novel Brave New World, technology allows humans the power to create life. Because of this power, humans attempt to make the perfect society; however, this society leads to the downfall of many characters. For example, John is an outcast in both the New World and the Reservation causing him to eventually commit suicide.
In both Brave New World and Frankenstein, creation is the central cause of disaster. Victor, the narrator of the story, continuously alludes to his eminent downfall. I believe this downfall will have to do with the creature he created. The creature has also experienced misery and loneliness due to the fact that he is different than all other humans. Victor is at fault for the creature's pain because of his power of creation.
The excerpt above points to the irony of Victor's denial of the creature. Victor wants to kill the creature for the creature's assumed murder of William. But in reality, does killing as a punishment for "murder" really solve anything? Victor needs to own up to his actions because the past can never be erased.
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