Throughout time, there have been characters intended to be mortal enemies in novels who end up being extremely similar in both character and actions. Although enemies create conflict and hardship for the other, this can end up being due to the characters being so similar and strong willed. This relationship between people can be seen in situations such as families and social groups in everyday life, not only literature. In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, the two enemies, Victor and the monster, reveal themselves to be strikingly similar, despite their hatred for each other. These two characters are similar due to their lack of motherly figures, the comfort they both find in untouched nature and their lack of respect for life.
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Victor struggles immensely after Justine is executed for William’s death. He feels guilt over not admitting he is the real cause for her death, since he suspects the monster he created is actually the one who committed the crime, not Justine. In order to deal with the guilt he feels, Victor flees into the French Alpine region, more specifically Mont Blanc, to isolate himself from his family. The mountain region is so serene he feels “the very winds [whisper] in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade [him] weep no more” (Shelley 104). This passage clearly portrays the amount of security Victor finds in untouched nature, away from all people. Upon leaving his family he is an emotional mess, but the second he walks into nature he immediately feels a sense of calmness. Nature is where he finds his missing love, the love only a mother can give. Every person has one person, place, object, or memory that makes them forget about their greatest misfortunes. In Victor’s case, this turns out to be nature, but it also proves to be the monster’s only way to find true relaxation. After the monster reveals himself to the judgmental villagers, they subsequently chase him away. He hides in an old pig hutch, and questions why nobody will accept him, causing him to feel quite miserable. After spring arrives the monster’s views on the world change, believing it is “fit habitation for gods, which, so short a …show more content…
While studying all the sciences, specifically chemistry and biology, Victor finds the secret to reanimation. This discovery is major since before him no other person has come close to the creation of life, only able to use electrical currents to create movement in dead limbs, but not actual life in a dead being. He now believes, “a new species [will] bless [him] as [their] creator and source; many happy and excellent natures [will] owe their being to [him]” (Shelley 57). Moving away from Geneva, Victor becomes extremely self-centred and begins to develop an ever-growing need to be a well-known and impactful person; he wants everyone to know his name. Victor recklessly chases his dream of reanimation and fails to recognize the possible outcomes of such a creation; only the fame and gratification it will bring him. The effects that the creation may have on the world or what it might do does not even cross his mind. While Victor’s lack of respect for life pertains to the reckless creation of it, the monster’s lack of respect relates to him carelessly taking other’s lives. Victor destroys his attempt at making a female monster in front of the monster and then returns to Geneva, where he is to marry Elizabeth. On the night of the wedding the monster gets revenge by murdering Victor’s beloved and new wife, Elizabeth. This causes Victor to come to a realization
First of …show more content…
Victor struggles immensely after Justine is executed for William’s death. He feels guilt over not admitting he is the real cause for her death, since he suspects the monster he created is actually the one who committed the crime, not Justine. In order to deal with the guilt he feels, Victor flees into the French Alpine region, more specifically Mont Blanc, to isolate himself from his family. The mountain region is so serene he feels “the very winds [whisper] in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade [him] weep no more” (Shelley 104). This passage clearly portrays the amount of security Victor finds in untouched nature, away from all people. Upon leaving his family he is an emotional mess, but the second he walks into nature he immediately feels a sense of calmness. Nature is where he finds his missing love, the love only a mother can give. Every person has one person, place, object, or memory that makes them forget about their greatest misfortunes. In Victor’s case, this turns out to be nature, but it also proves to be the monster’s only way to find true relaxation. After the monster reveals himself to the judgmental villagers, they subsequently chase him away. He hides in an old pig hutch, and questions why nobody will accept him, causing him to feel quite miserable. After spring arrives the monster’s views on the world change, believing it is “fit habitation for gods, which, so short a …show more content…
While studying all the sciences, specifically chemistry and biology, Victor finds the secret to reanimation. This discovery is major since before him no other person has come close to the creation of life, only able to use electrical currents to create movement in dead limbs, but not actual life in a dead being. He now believes, “a new species [will] bless [him] as [their] creator and source; many happy and excellent natures [will] owe their being to [him]” (Shelley 57). Moving away from Geneva, Victor becomes extremely self-centred and begins to develop an ever-growing need to be a well-known and impactful person; he wants everyone to know his name. Victor recklessly chases his dream of reanimation and fails to recognize the possible outcomes of such a creation; only the fame and gratification it will bring him. The effects that the creation may have on the world or what it might do does not even cross his mind. While Victor’s lack of respect for life pertains to the reckless creation of it, the monster’s lack of respect relates to him carelessly taking other’s lives. Victor destroys his attempt at making a female monster in front of the monster and then returns to Geneva, where he is to marry Elizabeth. On the night of the wedding the monster gets revenge by murdering Victor’s beloved and new wife, Elizabeth. This causes Victor to come to a realization