The wise Uncle Ben once said to Peter Parker: “Remember, with great power. Great responsibilities come with it." There is no greater power than that acquired by the infamous Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein when he discovers the secret to creating life. Shelley's Frankenstein is a creation tale that depicts acts of human conception and discovery. The Oxford English Dictionary defines creation as “the action or process of bringing something into existence from nothing by divine or natural means; the fact of being thus created.” He challenges the natural order of things and creates a world of his own. The multiple acts of creation and discovery carry a certain set of responsibilities and implications, as illustrated by David Collings who analyzes the responsibilities that arise from these acts in his essay "The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley's Critique of Ideology". The primary act of creation is evident through Victor Frankenstein's creation of the Being, depicted most prominently in the novel. However, there are many other acts of creation and discovery that may not be apparent at first glance. One of the most important is Victor's discovery of the knowledge needed to create life. In addition to initially creating the Being, Victor also plays a vital role in the Being's evolution into a furious and vengeful creature. Perhaps above all other acts of creation and discovery is Victor's personal creation of himself into a monster. As stated by Collings, most of these acts of creation on Victor's part are brought about unconsciously due to the lack of a mother figure but also partly due to his desire for fame and glory. However, he is blinded by his motives and forgets that with his...... middle of paper...... characteristics. Victor Frankenstein is given this power when he discovers the secret to reanimating dead remains, thanks to which he creates the Being we all call Frankenstein. In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley describes this extraordinary power and the change it causes not only in Victor's life but in the world. Along the way young Victor Frankenstein creates more than he initially believed, but his greed and vanity prevent him from recognizing the responsibilities and implications that come with it, all explored by David Collings in his essay “The Monster and the Maternal Thing: Mary Shelley's Critique of Ideology”. As Uncle Ben once said to Peter Parker “remember, with great power. Great responsibilities come with it." Victor gained great power but ignored all the responsibilities that came with his creations, thus creating himself as a monster.