The Antagonist
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Although it is difficult to unravel to determine whether The Being or Victor Frankenstein is the antagonist due to the complexity of both characters and their circumstances, the antagonist is in fact The Being. Neither character can be classified as good or bad but rather the slightly more heroic character and the slightly more villainous character because it allows each to act outside the morals that are associated with the labels "good" or "evil," in fact the villain of a story never believes themselves to be the villain the audience is responsible for that determination. The most obvious slue supporting The Being as the antagonist is his actions, his main motivation is to make Victor understand the loneliness and misery he suffers from since his creation by doing so he slowly kills off everyone that Victor cares about. This dedication to inflict pain upon Victor correlates with the definition of an antagonists role to set obstacles in the protagonists path to create complications. Next is the physical response from Victor that causes The Being to be the villain of the novel, for instance Victor's illness in the beginning of the novel is due to The Being's hideous nature and then later after he keeps loosing loved ones he is determined to kill his enemy that his creation caused. At this point in the story both the hero and villain are seeking the same goal: to destroy the cause of their suffering which is each other.
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