In Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", is Victor Frankenstein responsible for the deaths of his family & friends?

[jung-hwa75]

If you've read Frankenstein (or even if you haven't), is the doctor responsible for the deaths of his little brother, his family's servant, his friend, and his wife?

Basic story:
>Victor creates monster, plays the role of god
>Once created, Victor sees his horrid creation and flees out of terror
>the monster is left to fend for himself, as Victor neglected him
>the monster kills Victos little brother out of rage
>Victor knows this, yet he remains silent
>an innocent women is out on trial for the boys death and is executes
>victor does nothing and makes no attempt to stop or find the creature


By any laws would Victor be guilty of murder?

10 points if you give our opinion of what laws would be applicable! (:

[banys]

Yeah pretty much since he created the monster, but this is the wrong category for this question

[caffar]

It's made to be on 2 sides
Either he's responsible
Or he's not

He created it & should have taken care of it
Or
It escaped, learned, & vengeance drove it to ruin Victor's life, so it's the creature's fault

Whichever side you like, I like to believe Victor should have taken better care of it, like taught it & since he made it, it's like his kid
But still, kids know good from evil & if they do something bad they should get punished

[jan46]

It's FrankenSTEEN, if you don't mind.
I think the worst thing he could be accused of is throwing all those darts into the constable's car tires. And the cat. Don't forget the cat.