Life is an experiment. From day to day, people attempt to change the way they are living, trying to figure out what brings them happiness. Mary Shelley, author of the 1818 novel Frankenstein, exposes her personal life through the character of the creature. Through a psychoanalytic lens, Shelley reveals her fear of science and the direction of scientific advancements. Within this time period, society’s morals are in question. Shelly shows what science could become if one loses respect and takes the dignity away from not only the dead but the living through Victor creating the creature. Victor’s morals are blurred by his vision of what advancements he can make; he feels his means justify the end until he witnesses the completion of his work.
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These are derived from what the independent wants, and what measures they are willing to take to satisfy their needs. Revealing how corrupt or misunderstood each individual is. Throughout Victor's experiment he shows what measures he will take to complete his work. One being collecting “bones from charnel-houses” (Frankenstein, 40). Victors view of what will come from his creation is leading him to carry out unspeakable actions. Like digging up, and stealing the dead's body parts. Similarly, the creature displays what extremes he will take to convince Victor to create a woman. Insuring that Victor will follow through with the new creation, the creature says “I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart, so that you shall curse the hour of your birth” (Frankenstein, 135). Therefore, without this woman, the creature will kill all of Victor's family, and anything close to him. Showing how desperate the creature is. But also exposing how broken Shelly has become, because of the “loneliness caused by the death of so many of her friends and family” (Bitesized Mary Shelly, 1). Shelley is reveling through the creature that the most important thing someone can take is family, and she has lost almost all of her family. Resulting in Shelley trying to find love, and running away with a married man; causing the wife to kill herself. Proving that Shelley was not corrupt, but misunderstood …show more content…
These opposite factors in life affect the actions of each individual, for the good or bad. Victors morals are obscured by science, he shows this through the process of him creating the creature. He is taking the dignity away from the deceased; so that he can create a being that will benefit the living. Yet when the creature comes to life he is not only disgusted by it, but it also gives him problems. One being an ultimatum, where Victor “must create a female” (Frankenstein, 134) or the creature will kill his entire family. Initially Victor agrees, but believes that he should suffer for his mistake; rather than the whole world being plagued with 2 creatures. As a result Victor does not create a woman, for the creature, and his family is killed. The actions of the creature are triggered mainly by his morals; he believes that since Victor created him he should be responsible from creating a companion for him. As a result of Victor going against the deal (and following his own morals), the creature follows through with the consequence. By killing Victor's family, the creature is going against his own morals; because the creature does not want to kill, or want anyone to die. After watching a girl fall “into a rapid stream” (Frankenstein, 130), the creature ran and saved girl from drowning. Proving he is not against the human race, he wants them to live, and doesn't
These are derived from what the independent wants, and what measures they are willing to take to satisfy their needs. Revealing how corrupt or misunderstood each individual is. Throughout Victor's experiment he shows what measures he will take to complete his work. One being collecting “bones from charnel-houses” (Frankenstein, 40). Victors view of what will come from his creation is leading him to carry out unspeakable actions. Like digging up, and stealing the dead's body parts. Similarly, the creature displays what extremes he will take to convince Victor to create a woman. Insuring that Victor will follow through with the new creation, the creature says “I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart, so that you shall curse the hour of your birth” (Frankenstein, 135). Therefore, without this woman, the creature will kill all of Victor's family, and anything close to him. Showing how desperate the creature is. But also exposing how broken Shelly has become, because of the “loneliness caused by the death of so many of her friends and family” (Bitesized Mary Shelly, 1). Shelley is reveling through the creature that the most important thing someone can take is family, and she has lost almost all of her family. Resulting in Shelley trying to find love, and running away with a married man; causing the wife to kill herself. Proving that Shelley was not corrupt, but misunderstood …show more content…
These opposite factors in life affect the actions of each individual, for the good or bad. Victors morals are obscured by science, he shows this through the process of him creating the creature. He is taking the dignity away from the deceased; so that he can create a being that will benefit the living. Yet when the creature comes to life he is not only disgusted by it, but it also gives him problems. One being an ultimatum, where Victor “must create a female” (Frankenstein, 134) or the creature will kill his entire family. Initially Victor agrees, but believes that he should suffer for his mistake; rather than the whole world being plagued with 2 creatures. As a result Victor does not create a woman, for the creature, and his family is killed. The actions of the creature are triggered mainly by his morals; he believes that since Victor created him he should be responsible from creating a companion for him. As a result of Victor going against the deal (and following his own morals), the creature follows through with the consequence. By killing Victor's family, the creature is going against his own morals; because the creature does not want to kill, or want anyone to die. After watching a girl fall “into a rapid stream” (Frankenstein, 130), the creature ran and saved girl from drowning. Proving he is not against the human race, he wants them to live, and doesn't