Victor's Responsibility.

I do believe that Victor is responsible for the actions of the monster. It’s true that he isn’t the one directly telling the monster to do terrible things, but he nevertheless created it. By default he’s the one who should have to answer for this newborn creature.

To me it’s the same as if you were the parent of a young child. Someone that’s really young doesn’t understand why his or her actions may be right or wrong. Therefore, until they learn to take responsibility for themselves, it’s the parent who is responsible for them. You are the one who brought the kid into this world so you’re the one who needs to answer for it when they cannot. Until the thing you are taking care of is capable of making responsible decisions and can take care of itself, you are the one who has to watch over it.

Victor spent years of hard work obsessing over bringing the monster to life. It completely consumed him and cut him off from reality to the point of not speaking to his own family and even his beloved Elizabeth for years. You would think that if he were that excited to have his experiment be a success, then he’d be more than ready to take on the role of being the owner of his creature. Obviously that wasn’t the case, as he reacted with horror and shame rather than happiness at his triumph. Now he’s paying the price for flaking out and abandoning this thing that was depending upon him for guidance in the world.

Eventually I think that Victor is going to have to answer for what he’s done. His negligence and fear caused the abomination that he brought into this world to escape, and people are dying because of it. Victor truly is the one who is to blame for all of the troubles that the monster is causing. If he hadn’t been so determined to mess with things that he should have been, the monster never would have come into existence so yes, I think that all of the blame should be placed upon Victor.