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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

"I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on" (Shelley, 165).

The motif of abortion came through in a few different aspects of the novel. First, the easiest to be noted, the creature felt aborted by his creator. Much like a woman wrongly decides to abort her child, the creature felt the same way. He felt that Victor held a responsibility with his creation for the creation and is aborted and left in the dust by his creator. Likewise, the creation is an unwanted life who only wants his chance at a happy life. Next, the female creation is aborted by Victor again. Victor creates all of the abortions of the novels through his action. In the creation process, the female is aborted much like Victor's abortion of the creature. Lastly, Victor causes Walton to abort his dream and goals. The warning from Victor evokes fear in Walton's plans of his voyage. Through this, Victor causes the abortion of Walton's "baby" his dreams of passing current scientific barriers. 

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

"'Like Adam, I was apparently united by no link to any other being in existence, but his state was far different from mine in every other aspect'" (Shelley, 92).

The dynamic relationship between Victor and the creature is demonstrated through the events of the novel. The creature and Victor depend on each other through their relationship. When Victor wants to cross scientific barriers, the creation of the creature was a must. Likewise, the creature depended on Victor's knowledge to create a similar companion. While both Victor and the creature blame their misfortunes on one another, they also need each other for their achievements and wants. Victor hated the creature for bringing his dismay and demise of his close friends and relatives. The creature blamed Victor for making him a loner without a companion to share his life with. Although each do not like one another, they both needed to realize how much their livelihood and goals depended on one another. When Victor decided to destroy the female creature, he created his fate much like when he decided to create the creature in the first place. Furthermore, much like the creature's allusion to Adam, Eve, and their creator's story, the story of Victor and the creature could have followed a similar story. If Adam's creator refused to create his companion, Eve, misfortune could occur.