Frankenstein Psychological Analysis

Victor can blame himself and feel extremely guilty about many situations easily, show love and care towards the people he is close to, but be distinct at times, and he can be obsessive.
Victor’s obsession with creating life from inanimate objects starts out during his time as a university student. His professor M. Waldman sparked Victor’s interest in science, chemistry, and of the balance and contrasts between life and death. Victor then wants to figure out how to create life. He came up with the idea of creating a “new human”, and he spent years trying to create it, while neglecting his family, friends, studies and social life. He became very lonely and grew pale, and had devoted his life to making the “new human”. In today’s society, (the 21st century) this kind of obsessive behavior would make people believe Victor was crazy, and he would need professional help. Some people might be scared of the idea of creating a new human, and accuse him of playing God.
Victor cares very much for his family and friends, but especially his sister Elizabeth. Adopted by Victor’s mother Caroline from a peasant cottage in Italy, Victor loved Elizabeth and vowed to cherish and protect her. In the story they are very close, but Victor’s time away from home and lack of communication during his years working on the monster, caused Elizabeth to feel distant from him. In chapter 22 of the book, Elizabeth confesses her love to Victor, but feels as though there may be someone else that Victor loves, since he had not confessed his love to her yet. Victor wants to marry Elizabeth, but he distains from the offer until he has completed a task for the monster to make a companion for it. Victor displays more examples of becoming distant while traveling with Henry Clerval, one of Victor’s close friends. During a stop in Scotland, Henry is joyful and having conversation with people, while Victor is set apart from the crowd, and worries about the monster making a scary appearance in front of everyone. Throughout the story, the monster is the main reason why Victor is distant and un-social.
Because Victor had created the monster, multiple deaths of the people that he knew occurred, including Justine, a housemaid that moved in with the Frankenstein’s. She was accused of murdering William, Victor’s younger brother. After the discovery of the body, a servant discovered Justine had a locket next to her while she was sleeping, which was last seen with William. She was put on trial, and eventually confessed out of fear, and was then executed. The real murderer was the monster, and knowing this, Victor felt as though he had murdered Justine. Victor became consumed with guilt, he started to feel depressed, and considered suicide.