The monster, the result of successful scientific experiment, represents the evils of science. Shelley was writing in time when science was taking new leaps and bounds, concerning many people who felt that nature was being taken for granted, and who sensed that the power science was giving humans was actually dangerous. In this novel, she has the protagonist create the monster to demonstrate that: 1) Science should not take responsibility for tasks that are a part of nature (such as creation), because 2) Nature can not be controlled.
Victor Frankenstein creates his monster, abandons him, and assumes all is done. But he can not control what he has created. The monster thinks and feels and takes action. He, in fact, ends up controlling Victor's life. This is a strong message that if humans try to use science to control nature, it will actually be the science who controls the human.
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