How was victor Frankenstein selfish?

Answer 1

One, he created the monster. He did out of pure self-indulgence, a desire to wield the power of life. His lack of contact with his family, his stealing corpses from gravesites...this points to a purely selfish need to discover knowledge. Two, once his creature is living, he immediately runs away, claiming self-preservation. In reality, he's just so disgusted by the sight of it, he leaves it all alone in the world, no more capable of taking care of itself than a child. So he's basically shirked all responsibility, leaving his creation to fend for itself. Three, he repeatedly withholds information and even lies concerning his creation. When William is killed, he remains silent. When Justine is arrested, he remains silent. When she is found guilty and executed, he remains silent. What could be more selfish than letting someone die for someone else's crime?

Answer 2

Victor created life in his creature as an experiment. When he was not happy with the "daemon" that he created, he abandoned it. Leaving the creature alone in the world without love and companionship. The creature turned on Victor by doing to him, the same fate as the creature. i.e., the creature destroyed all of Victors loved ones. Victor was also selfish in that he refused to create a female creature to alleviate the creature's loneliness. If he would have done this, the creature would have left him alone.

Answer 3

In the book the monster does not kill himself. He simply says that he will 'take himself away to the further shore' where he won't have to interact with man-kind any more.