ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Victor Frankenstein is a fictional character and the main protagonist and title character in Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.

Detailed explanation-2: -Victor Frankenstein is Mary Shelley’s protagonist (not to be confused with the monster) in her novel, Frankenstein.

Detailed explanation-3: -Frankenstein is a real tragic hero, a character who brings about his own doom through his or her own actions.

Detailed explanation-4: -The creature is often erroneously referred to as “Frankenstein", but in the novel the creature gives himself a name He calls himself, when speaking to his creator, Victor Frankenstein, the “Adam of your labours".

Detailed explanation-5: -If the Monster is the true protagonist of the novel, Frankenstein is his antagonist. Frankenstein directly thwarts the Monster’s goal of human connection by refusing to sympathize with the Monster himself and refusing to create a companion for him.