Imagine yourself on a typical day at work: you’re running errands, making copies of that final document you have to submit in an hour, in and out of meetings with your boss, and desperately needing a burst of energy to help you finish out the work day. Coffee it is!, you decide, and take a brisk walk down to the corner coffee shop for a quick espresso pick-me-up. The barista takes your order, spells your name wrong, again, and hands you the double-chai-espresso vanilla latte you ordered. As you turn around to trek back to the office, you hear the bell above the door jingle, alerting employees that a new customer has arrived. Looking up, you catch a glimpse of the newest coffee consumer: it’s you. Or at least it looks like you. Nearly an exact mirror reflection, the person walking towards the counter seems to replicate your entire being. They also order a double-chai-espresso vanilla latte. Is this déjà vu? Are you dreaming? Although not always as espresso related and eerie feeling, many people have experienced moments much like this: meeting their doppelganger.
A doppelganger is defined as a ghostly double, someone who looks, and sometimes acts, nearly exactly like …show more content…
With the death of his little brother, Frankenstein describes that, "Anguish and despair had penetrated into the core of my heart; I bore a hell within me which nothing could extinguish”(85). Likewise, the creature exclaimed, "I, like the archfiend, bore a hell within me”(132). In these two quotes the reader sees the exact reproduction of the phrase "bore a hell within me,” and this can lead to nowhere except to the conclusion that the creature is Frankenstein's ghostly double. By creating the creature, Frankenstein automatically shares a certain amount of solidarity with the creature and as their lives progress their emotions and passions merge as
A doppelganger is defined as a ghostly double, someone who looks, and sometimes acts, nearly exactly like …show more content…
With the death of his little brother, Frankenstein describes that, "Anguish and despair had penetrated into the core of my heart; I bore a hell within me which nothing could extinguish”(85). Likewise, the creature exclaimed, "I, like the archfiend, bore a hell within me”(132). In these two quotes the reader sees the exact reproduction of the phrase "bore a hell within me,” and this can lead to nowhere except to the conclusion that the creature is Frankenstein's ghostly double. By creating the creature, Frankenstein automatically shares a certain amount of solidarity with the creature and as their lives progress their emotions and passions merge as