Mary Shelley "Frankenstein" Is a story about a monster that kills people. Know who this monster is is up to the interpretation of the reader. Now in the story of "Frankenstein" we have two main characters Victor Frankenstein and his creation in which I call the creature. These two characters have many similarities and many difference that are portrayed throughout the story. Also many people have had many different views of this story and whether the actual monster of the story is Victor himself or the actual creature in which he created through all of his scientific experimentation that he has done. At first glance many people will say the actual creature that he has created but when we actually dig a little deeper into the story we may reveal the real monster within Victor himself. Victor Frankenstein was really into science and he studied books by Agrippa, Paracelsus and Alberus Magnus. These books were only to be shunned by his professors at which he went to school and studied at. The reaction that the professor's gave was ""Every minute," continued M. Krempe with warmth, "every instant that you have wasted on those books is utterly and entirely lost". Pretty much what the professor was saying was that the contents of the books that he was reading was not factual enough and that Victor wasted his time reading them. But Victor being the guy that he is did not take the professor word for it and pursued his studies of these books to try and prove everyone wrong. He spends years on this creation that deprives him of his family as he is obsessed with getting this project accomplished. He failed to write his family for long periods of time. Eventually he finishes his creation of this creature only to be afraid of the very thing that he longed to create. It seems kind of odd to spend that great amount of time on something only to be afraid of the very creature that you have created. This would be the demise of Victor Frankenstein and would show his true character as he fled from the sights of the very creature he created. The creature that Frankenstein had created was described as "to make the being of a gigantic stature, that is to say, about eight feet in height, and proportionably large". Now this creation was huge in a since and was scary looking but why make such a huge creature like that if you know you would not be able to control it. This would be the reason in which i would call Victor frankenstein the monster. He set this creation off in to the world uncontrollably and he had to suffer the consequences to his action. Having this creature set off into the wild led to William being killed. Also it led to his bride and his dad being killed. Now many people would blame the creation for all of these murders since he was the one who actually killed the people but i say what about the deranged creator who neglected the family the creation actually killed. I believe on similarity that both Victor and the creature had was the fact that neither had any remorse for what they have done. Victor neglected his family for years and the creature out of anger killed his family. Both waited until the damage was done to react and this is why they are similar. The reason why the creation killed his bride was because Victor did not show the creation any emotion or sympathy when he asked for a female companion to accompany him. Victor Frankenstein replied "Begone! I do break my promise; never will I create another like yourself, equal in deformity and wickedness". This is all after he got the creatures hopes up and started to create the female companion for him. He went back on his word so the creature promised him on his wedding night he would be with them. The creature sure was with them as he killed his wife. To add more to the agony of Frankenstein his dad also died because of all the stress of all of the killings in the family. Being the creature i could understand the frustration in which he was put in. He was promised a female mate and then it was taken away and on top of that his own creator treated him like an outcast. Thats kind of a tough thing to swallow coming from anybody especially a creature with emotions. Victor Frankenstein has brought a lot of grief and misfortune upon himself and is to blame for creating such a creature. First off his creation was to big to control and it wasn't like he had an off switch to cut the big guy off or anything. Next he unleashes him on the town by abandoning him after he created him, Furthermore he makes the creation anger knowing that the creature is a murderer. These are a lot of things that could have been avoided throughout the story that could have turned this tragic ending into a happy fairy tale ending. If only he would have listened to his professors. As far as differences and similarities there aren't many. The only real big difference between them two were there physical traits. But in the end they both ended up looking ugly and rundown. Similarity wise i would say the were both heartless, ruthless, and they both only cared about themselves. They to me were mirror images of each other and it reflected throughout the story. Even though his creation carried out all of the killings Victor still had a hand in it. The shadiness that he portrayed and the unwillingness to listen to other people showed his true colors. He was the mad man that thought up this creature. The creature was his design in and out and i think he planned for something bad to happen. He seemed like there was something wrong in his head from when he was young and reading the books in which everyone told him not to waste his time on. Surely inside one of those books in which he was reading they should of had a warning about the creation of beast and unleashing them in to the world. All in all this was a great read about to monsters. The book leaf you see the monster physically and on the inside portrayed through both main characters.