A recurring theme in literature is "the classic war between a passion and responsibility." For instance, a personal cause, a love, a desire for revenge, a determination to redress a wrong, or some other emotion or drive may conflict with moral duty. Choose a character in Frankenstein that confronts the demands of a private passion that conflicts with his or her responsibilities. Show the nature of the conflict, its effects upon the character, and its significance to the work.

Answer and Explanation:

A character who presents this theme is Victor Frankenstein himself, since his passion for science promotes the desire to create life, like a god. As this passion is overwhelming, Victor surrenders to it and creates the creature, rejecting it immediately afterwards, without thinking about the consequences. However, the creature begins to promote a wave of deaths, destruction and despair, causing Victor to rethink his inconsequential actions and is afraid to have acted according to his own passions. All the suffering caused by the creature is seen by Victor as his own responsibility and this moves and emphasizes the importance of the work, showing how the human being is a victim of his desires and how he is afraid of what he causes.

i would like to compare these two interpretations of the crucible : 1) eric christ's interretation and wade bradford's interpretation. the main differences between there interretaions is that in the first one you can notice direct link to joseph mccarthy whereas the second one represents how the town is filled with hysteria.the second interpretation shows that author believes that the story   about puritan town in salem is based on actual events while the first example shows the sencible reference to sort of bias.