In your opinion was Victor being irresponsible for abandoning his creation to fend for himself or was it a smart decision in Frankenstein?

In Shelley's Frankenstein, Victor
decides to abandon his creation and allow it to fend for itself. While there is surely
opposing views on this, one could justify that he was ultimately wrong in his
decision.

Perhaps if Victor would have taken responsibility
for his creature, nurtured it, and taught it, the outcome of the story would have been
very different (but then we would not have the classic many know and love today). All
the creature wanted was to be loved and accepted by someone. The fact that his "father"
abandoned him was heartbreaking enough, but, to add insult to injury, the creature was
abandoned by society as well.

Therefore, if Victor would
have taken responsibility for his creation and loved it, the creature would not have had
the soul shattering experiences which caused him to seek out Victor and murder all whom
he loved.