Wise Uncle Ben once said to Peter Parker: “Remember, with great power. This involves great responsibility. There is no greater power than that gained by the infamous Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein when he discovers the secret of creating life. Shelley's Frankenstein is a creation tale that depicts acts of human design and discovery. The Oxford English Dictionary defines creation as “the action or process of bringing something into existence from nothing by divine or natural action; the fact of being thus created. He defies the natural order of things and creates his own world. The multiple acts of creation and discovery carry with them a certain set of responsibilities and implications, as described by David Collings who analyzes the responsibilities that result from these acts in his essay "The Monster and the Mother Thing: The Critique of Ideology by Mary Shelley. . The main act of creation is evident through Victor Frankenstein's creation of Being, which is most prominently represented 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 being Victor's discovery of the knowledge necessary to create life. In addition to initially creating the Being, Victor also plays a vital role in the Being's evolution into an enraged and vengeful creature. Perhaps above all other acts of creation and discovery is Victor's personal creation of himself into a monster. As Collings stated, most of these creative acts 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 ...... eats. Victor Frankenstein receives this power when he discovers the secret of reanimating dead remains, by which he creates the Being we all call Frankenstein. In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley describes this amazing power and the change it causes not only in Victor's life but also 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 of which are analyzed by David Collings in his essay "The Monster and the maternal thing: Critique of Mary Shelley's ideology. As Uncle Ben once said to Peter Parker, "Remember, with great power." This involves great responsibility. Victor gained great power but ignored all responsibilities resulting from his creations, thus creating himself as a monster..