Frankenstein is a thought-provoking novel that shows how the allegory, innocence versus experience, is distinguished between a human and a monster. The novel focuses on the distortion of innocence through experience in a mental progression of the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein. The novel places an emphasis on the mental progression of Victor as he explores the world outside of the home. Some experts argue that while Victor was at college, his innocence was corrupted by his interest in black magic. However, it was through the required subjects he was forced to learn at home that his innocence shifted into experience. In Frankenstein, it is from this disgust of school education that Victor delves into the world of black magic to create a monster
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The concept of life and death is usually given to a higher power and this choice to reign over someone else’s fate is what corrupted Victor. The concept of life and death was one of the theories that Agrippa had several theories on, which is exercised in Victor’s research for his creation. When Victor began hiding his research and construction of the monster, it is evident that this naïve teenager transforms into an experienced adult. However, the experience of Victor is not seen until the completion of his monster becomes animated. Once the monster had life, Victor was stricken with disgust for what he created, and he no longer saw the beauty in his work. For instance, in the text, the creature asks his God, “Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours” (Shelly,7.15). This dialogue between the monster and Frankenstein reveals that the innocence that was snatched from Victor is displayed in his creature’s physique. Victor was intrigued with the framework of his scientific experimentation, but he was disgusted with the monstrosity of his creation because it had something that he lacked: …show more content…
In Shelley’s Frankenstein, she explains the intentions of creating the monster through his selection of literature. While in a village, the creature began to receive formal learning while learning why he existed through The Ruins of Empires by Constantin Volney. The literary work that the creature explored revolved around the theory of deism, which is “…describing the god who creates and then abandons his creation” (Gidley, 2018). The Ruins of Empires by C.F. Volney explores the theory of deism by explaining the primitive perspective of man. In the text, Volney explains that with the primitive perspective of man, it is an instinct for the man that was created to be abandoned and left alone. For instance, in the text, Volney states that man was “FORMED naked in body and in mind, man at first found himself thrown, as it were by chance, on a rough and savage land: an orphan, abandoned by the unknown power which had produced him” (2013, 6), which explains the origin of the monster. Volney continues to elaborate on man and how he “…received from every object, awakening his faculties, developed by degrees his understanding, and began to instruct his profound ignorance” (2013, 6). It was through sensation and feeling that the creature began to transform his innocent ignorance into experience maturity. While using the allegory of innocence versus experience,
The concept of life and death is usually given to a higher power and this choice to reign over someone else’s fate is what corrupted Victor. The concept of life and death was one of the theories that Agrippa had several theories on, which is exercised in Victor’s research for his creation. When Victor began hiding his research and construction of the monster, it is evident that this naïve teenager transforms into an experienced adult. However, the experience of Victor is not seen until the completion of his monster becomes animated. Once the monster had life, Victor was stricken with disgust for what he created, and he no longer saw the beauty in his work. For instance, in the text, the creature asks his God, “Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours” (Shelly,7.15). This dialogue between the monster and Frankenstein reveals that the innocence that was snatched from Victor is displayed in his creature’s physique. Victor was intrigued with the framework of his scientific experimentation, but he was disgusted with the monstrosity of his creation because it had something that he lacked: …show more content…
In Shelley’s Frankenstein, she explains the intentions of creating the monster through his selection of literature. While in a village, the creature began to receive formal learning while learning why he existed through The Ruins of Empires by Constantin Volney. The literary work that the creature explored revolved around the theory of deism, which is “…describing the god who creates and then abandons his creation” (Gidley, 2018). The Ruins of Empires by C.F. Volney explores the theory of deism by explaining the primitive perspective of man. In the text, Volney explains that with the primitive perspective of man, it is an instinct for the man that was created to be abandoned and left alone. For instance, in the text, Volney states that man was “FORMED naked in body and in mind, man at first found himself thrown, as it were by chance, on a rough and savage land: an orphan, abandoned by the unknown power which had produced him” (2013, 6), which explains the origin of the monster. Volney continues to elaborate on man and how he “…received from every object, awakening his faculties, developed by degrees his understanding, and began to instruct his profound ignorance” (2013, 6). It was through sensation and feeling that the creature began to transform his innocent ignorance into experience maturity. While using the allegory of innocence versus experience,