The ideal relationship bewteen creator and creation, as seen in Frankenstien, Pygmailion, and Siddhartha.

An Ideal Relationship

In Herman Hesse’s novel Siddhartha, George Bernard Shaw’s play Pygmalion, and Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, there is an obvious link between the creation and creator. The relationships between the creator and creation vary from work to work, questioning what the ideal connection between both should be. Ideally, the creator has a responsibility to the thing he has made, and maintains a critical bond with it. In general, part of the creator has been placed inside the creation, and therefore it is preferable that they take charge of it, however lovely or ignoble it may be. This, however, is not always the case. How the creator relates and provides for his creation has a profound impact on the creator and his creation, altering the story and the destiny of both characters. Without properly sustaining an effective relationship, the results can be disastrous for both the creator and his work.
In Siddhartha, the creator and creation figure...