Rebellion is portrayed as a pretty powerful tool in Frankenstein. The monster's "father," Victor, is a negligent and selfish parent. He created a (humanish) being and then abandoned it to fend for itself, providing it with no knowledge or resources or instruction. Victor gave no thought to what his "son's" life would be like; he only thought about his own glory and achievement. As a result, this being resented his creator, his parent, and...
Rebellion is portrayed as a pretty powerful tool in Frankenstein. The monster's "father," Victor, is a negligent and selfish parent. He created a (humanish) being and then abandoned it to fend for itself, providing it with no knowledge or resources or instruction. Victor gave no thought to what his "son's" life would be like; he only thought about his own glory and achievement. As a result, this being resented his creator, his parent, and when he grew up enough to understand how he should have been provided for, he rebelled against this parent in anger, killing his creator's brother, and requesting the one thing that could make him less miserable: a companion.
Ultimately, having been denied every opportunity for happiness by his creator, this creature rebelled further and made every attempt to render his parent as miserable as he felt himself to be. He succeeds in this, although, even at the end of his life, his creator never fully understands how he failed in his responsibility as a parent.
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