Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein demonstrates the act of storytelling through distinct character narratives. A closer look at the creature in the novel suggests that his reasoning for sharing his story with Victor Frankenstein was to get Victor to understand that he is lonely and that he’s not the monster Victor thinks he is. Victor Frankenstein tells his story to Robert Walton as a means to get him to not make the same mistakes Victor made on his journey. By looking closely at the two stories, we can see that both perspectives include realizations about humanity and relationships. Shelley provides an overview of the similarities and differences in storytelling through the three characters and the events that occur. The first narrative of storytelling
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He then woke up to his sailors talking to the man and they took him aboard their ship and showered him with care while he recovered. Once recovered, the man who we recognize as Victor starts talking to Walton. While they’ve had very little conversation, Walton realizes that he is beginning to love Victor like a brother, and he believes that he’s found someone that could fill his void with compassion and sympathy. Victor soon after begins telling his story to Walton. He tells Walton that they are both alike. Victor once went through wanting to acquire knowledge, in which he tells Walton not to get too tied up in it. He says that once you go in too deep, it’ll be harder to try to reverse the damage done. “You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been” (Shelley 13). Victor reveals feelings of unsteadiness. He doesn’t know what Walton will do with the information being provided to him. All he can do is hope that Walton will acknowledge it. Victor telling Walton everything he may need to know about the dangers that reside with wanting to explore and gain knowledge serves its purpose to why he’s storytelling in the first …show more content…
The creature’s intention in telling the story overall is because he’s frustrated and he seeks understanding. The creature familiarizing himself with his surroundings relates to this feeling of wanting empathy by allowing Victor to hear for himself what the creature had to go through just to try to be a normal human being despite his own appearance. The creature talks about being lonely. He seeks a friend from Victor. Someone who is just like him, just a different gender. “I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself will not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects. This is what you must create” (Shelley 104). He asks for this friend so that he can also feel normal like everyone else. He wants to be seen as a human. He wants Victor to understand this. While neither story is exactly like the other, they both have very similar concepts. The two stories' intended effects were to get through to the other person about humanity and relationships. The two stories both share experiences of loneliness and
He then woke up to his sailors talking to the man and they took him aboard their ship and showered him with care while he recovered. Once recovered, the man who we recognize as Victor starts talking to Walton. While they’ve had very little conversation, Walton realizes that he is beginning to love Victor like a brother, and he believes that he’s found someone that could fill his void with compassion and sympathy. Victor soon after begins telling his story to Walton. He tells Walton that they are both alike. Victor once went through wanting to acquire knowledge, in which he tells Walton not to get too tied up in it. He says that once you go in too deep, it’ll be harder to try to reverse the damage done. “You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been” (Shelley 13). Victor reveals feelings of unsteadiness. He doesn’t know what Walton will do with the information being provided to him. All he can do is hope that Walton will acknowledge it. Victor telling Walton everything he may need to know about the dangers that reside with wanting to explore and gain knowledge serves its purpose to why he’s storytelling in the first …show more content…
The creature’s intention in telling the story overall is because he’s frustrated and he seeks understanding. The creature familiarizing himself with his surroundings relates to this feeling of wanting empathy by allowing Victor to hear for himself what the creature had to go through just to try to be a normal human being despite his own appearance. The creature talks about being lonely. He seeks a friend from Victor. Someone who is just like him, just a different gender. “I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself will not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects. This is what you must create” (Shelley 104). He asks for this friend so that he can also feel normal like everyone else. He wants to be seen as a human. He wants Victor to understand this. While neither story is exactly like the other, they both have very similar concepts. The two stories' intended effects were to get through to the other person about humanity and relationships. The two stories both share experiences of loneliness and