Frankenstein’s decision making is whimsical and driven by obsession. He acts without planning and he decides without consideration of future consequences. In addition to the creation of the monster, and the regret for such action, Frankenstein begins to create another being of the same nature. He does this out of sympathy for his lonely, unstable monster, and to finally begin to take responsibility for his actions; he created the being and he is therefore responsible for it the way a parent is responsible for providing their child with food and shelter. In making the new monster, he quickly disgusted with the near finished project, with the realization of what he was once again creating, and he destroys it. But Frankenstein had not thought rationally. When the idea formed in his mind, he acted on it too quickly. By regressing on his progress, he condemned his entire human family to death. His monster witnessed the scene and became furious. The risk of creating his mate did not outweigh the loss of the lives of more innocent people he loved.

Victor was selfish in his creating the monster because he isolated himself from the people who cared about him. His family wrote him letters for months, and he never replied. His obsession overcame all association with society, as well as the condition of his mental and physical stature. Victor was a mad man in his pursuits, but when he finally finished his work, and his creation came to life, he immediately regretted what he had done. Instead of taking the responsibility to educate, or even destroy the creature, he flees from it. Victor leaves a giant, rotting, adult baby to fend for himself because he was too scared and ashamed to aid him. The world revolved around the success of his creation, but suddenly took a violent halt when the monster became the first ever being of its species. Confused and vulnerable as he is, the monster pleads with Victor to make him a female counterpart, so that he will not endure the savage human world alone. But, in the process of the horrible task, Victor becomes bitter, and destroys the remains of the woman he has composed. Selfishly, he forces his monster to suffer the loss of love as revenge for the life he took away from Frankenstein’s brother. However, Frankenstein created the monster therefore the only person to blame for the chaos and destruction, would be himself.

Frankenstein's monster has good reason for his inability to control his emotions. After he was rejected by the De Lacey’s, the family that he loved and admired for their inner beauty and their ability to accept those people who society rejected, he was unable to feel anything more than desperate, miserable and broken. The De Lacey’s were exiled from their native country for being honest and good people when refusing to allow an unjustified execution commence. The monster empathized with their situation. There was no onset evil burned within his heart in the duration of his creation. Through this family he learned about life, language, geography, loyalty, hardship; he lived as they had lived. This created an intense desire for him to love and receive love in return. But his appearance was so abhorred that he was incapable of such affection, as perceived through the eyes of man. His rage and bitter hatred for humans is understandable in this situation, after he had been so morally degraded and dejected from everyone; not one person would give him the time of day to explain his unfortunate life story. Even the family he was confident he could persuade otherwise, feared him, beat him, and abandoned him.

I do not believe that Victor procrastinated in his creation of the female representation of the monster. To procrastinate is to busy one’s self with other tasks and duties, unrelated to the object or goal which they should be completing. Victor was not idle in his thought process. Instead he was anxious and uneasy and he struggled with serious internal conflicts. Whether or not he should create another monster as horrid and vile as the original, was a difficult decision. Murder and destruction of innocent people and property would be at further risk if the plan was a success. Although he had made a promise to his preliminary creation, that he would in fact make a companion to be his confidant, he could not sit well with his decision. The time, effort, and moral ethics it took for him to complete the task would be of great magnitude. Victor was not procrastinating so much as he was conflicted and suffering with the mission he swore to complete.

Commentary on scientific exploration is also prevalent in Shelley’s “Frankenstein”. There is a similarity in “The Birthmark” and “Frankenstein” in that the novels begin with emoting feelings of love and growth between the characters. Unfortunately, scientific obsession takes over and destroys this love and hinders all growth within the relationships because passion triumphs reason in both literary works. As a result, death consumes at least one innocent life. However it is not he who toiled with nature that must sacrifice himself, rather it is the person/people he loved. Alymer and Victor were both in the wrong for concocting their creations, despite the fact that Alymer was pleased in the results of his denial of nature, and Victor was broken by the outcome of his.

Aminadab is a foil to Alymer’s character. Physically, where Aminadab is described as having a bulky frame and unkempt hair, Alymer is described as having a slender figure and intellectual face. Internally, in regards to characterization, Aminadab had a “great mechanical readiness” and was “incapable of comprehending a single principle”. Yet he was able to understand that the beauty of human life was greater than the beauty of the superficial appearance of that life (when he admitted that he would not part with the birthmark if Georgiana was his wife). Not so much scientific as it is didactic, he still was able to comprehend a singular principle that outweighed the authority of any principle relating to science. Aminadab represented man’s physical nature; he was a solid individual weighted with wholesome values, and Alymer was more of a ghost or spirit; lifeless and existing on principles that were so insignificant that he had no legs to stand on when it came to understanding life and love.

Scientific advancement at the time was flourishing, but Aylmer's character reflects how some people strived for scientific discoveries beyond the point of was rational. Incredible recognition was to be gained if Aylmer was able to create the potion to rid the impurity on Georgiana's face. However, there was a fatal consistency in the results of his previous experiments. He never had any actual success, but he persisted in his attempts. Aylmer was a mad scientist, working incessantly in his laboratory; risking whatever it took, including the life of his newlywed, to attain satisfactory results that would selfishly improve his acclaim in the scientific community.

Georgiana's submissive nature brings forth the idea that Jane Austen proposed in "Pride and Prejudice", "A single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife". In "The Birthmark" Aylmer is at the height of his scientific career and therefore wants to marry a beautiful woman. Austen's style was neoclassical, and "The Birthmark" was written as a gothic novel therefore the reference to a previous style of writing shows that some individuals of the time were trapped in the society that they grew accustomed to in the past. Georgiana is one of those individuals who could not look forward at the gradual advancement of woman, how they were becoming opinionated and developed second thoughts about the commands given to them from men. Similarly, as seen through the “Fall of the House of Usher” Roderick too was punished for struggling to maintain the traditions of the past and refuse the modern advancements and ideas of the present and future. Roderick and his family dynasty die out completely, as a result of his ignorance, which is parallel to the manner in Georgiana passes into her next life. Had she been more resistant and defended herself, she would not have consented to her husband's ludicrous scheme, and she could have lived.

As other people raved about the angelic hand print, Alymer had pleasant dreams of removing it from his wife’s body; no matter the risk he encountered, and no matter the possibility of her death. His obsession alludes to the theme of the story which is that science is a part of nature and cannot be used to counteract against it. Alymer did not truly love his wife, instead he loved the great challenge that her “defect” had presented him. He was successful in performing its removal, but he lost her in the process. Nature engraved that speck upon his wife’s perfect face. By removing it from her cheek, he simultaneously removed her from the world of the living. It is human nature to be curious and to test the limits of what is possible, but another part of humans are also crave companionship, and Alymer killed the woman who loved him more than she loved herself.