Juxtaposition In Frankenstein

Emphasis on the relation of creator and creation within Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, proposes possible themes that may act as latent influences in character actions. Is repetition that Victor Frankenstein did, in fact, bring the monster to life alluding to the importance of relationships? To the influence of youth- or people new to life. Reflecting upon behaviour of the monster, with the absence of any dominant or leading figure, brings forth many questionable concepts. When Victor creates the monster, his first instinct upon seeing it is to escape, as “no mortal could support the horror of that countenance” (Shelley 59). Bypassing the evil that Victor has displayed, there is a constant subject matter of physical sight and appearance, and blindness. Comfort is found in not being seen, by being isolated from certain people, for both the creator, and soon the creation. Frankenstein continues to contemplate his experiences and feel grief. According to the myth Prometheus, Jupiter is to blame for Victors state. It is him who sought revenge and “[brought] pain and sorrow and death into every household” (Prometheus 3). …show more content…
When abandoned and alone, after recurrent attempts at forming some sort of connection, the monster declares “everlasting war against the species [humans], and, more than all, against him who had formed [him]…” (Shelley 138). Jupiter has rage has against Prometheus and the innocent people when claiming to “make them ten times more miserable than they were before they had [fire]” (Prometheus 2). The monster has this same rage against Frankenstein and all humans. Victor's creation is filled with “the feelings of revenge and hatred” (Shelley