Jealousy Quotes In Frankenstein

Frankenstein: The Rage of a Monster “Do your duty towards me, and I will do mine towards you and the rest of mankind” (69). This quote, said by the monster in Mary Shelley’s 1818 story, Frankenstein, describes the attitude of the monster throughout the book. Mary Shelley composes her story by using the themes of nature, isolation, and revenge. Through the use of those themes, Shelly successfully portrays the depths of Frankenstein. To illustrate the theme of nature, Shelly portrays nature in the beginning of the story. In chapter two, Victor discovers how destructive nature can be at the age of 15. A “violent and terrible thunderstorm” (23) occurs near his home. Victor is amazed at the thunderstorm and watches “its progress with curiosity …show more content…
Isolation is probably one of the most important themes in Frankenstein and leads to the theme of revenge. The monster is isolated from society and from Victor, his creator. “The whole village was roused; some fled, some attacked me…” (75), the monster is telling Victor that while he was on his journey after Victor had abandoned him, society was afraid and isolated him. This isolation causes the monster to hold an angry grudge toward human beings. The monster thinks all humans are terrible until he watches a village family for months and becomes interested in their lives. The village family does not know the monster has been watching them. Several months later, the monster decides he is going to approach the family. But once he approaches them, “who can describe their horror and consternations on beholding” (97) him? The family’s reaction towards the monster is not what he wanted and “from that moment” he “declared everlasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed” (99) him. After the monster finishes telling the story of his journey to Victor, he requires of Victor one thing, to create a companion for him. Since Victor is his creator, he suspects Victor can create another being to be his mate. The monster knows he has been missing something in his life, a companion and feels Victor owes it to him as his creator. The monster learns of Christianity and how God created man in his image. This angers the …show more content…
The monster wants revenge on society and on his creator. After the village family shriek at the monster, he runs away and comes upon a girl drowning in a stream. The monster saves the girl but a man thinks he is trying to kill her instead of save her, the monster gets misunderstood again. Having society terrified of him all the time angers him. The monster had just “saved a human being from destruction, and, as a recompense, withers under the miserable pain of a wound…” (103) which the man causes. The monster “vows eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” (103); the monster feels that every time he tries to do something nice for a human being, he gets put down even more. All of his good deeds have been for nothing. When the monster starts to turn good, circumstances start to make him into the monster he is. He does not want to be considered a monster, but with all of society treating him badly, he figures he might as well embrace the monster characteristics he has. The monster vowing eternal hatred to all mankind, includes eternal hatred to his creator. The monster hates his creator for abandoning him, letting society hate him, and for creating him the way he is. Victor, his creator, also wants revenge on the monster. He is angry at the monster for killing all of the people he is close to. But Victor does not realize that is the monster’s way of screaming out to him for attention. The monster realizes he has been