The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley explores the complex dynamics of a family who struggles through loss, relations and connections. The amount of love that was shown to Frankenstein and the way he turns out concerns me. It makes me think that I might turn out rotten for the abundance of love I receive. Frankenstein’s mom gives him so much love and care. We are introduced to this when she claims “my children she said my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union” (Shelley 40). If I was to receive this amount of love from someone, I wouldn’t expect that I would turn out as a self absorbed person who forgets their family. Am I set to be a failure and go nowhere in life? Will I forget about my family?
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His mom obviously wants to carry on a good legacy, but that plan doesn’t work out. Frankenstein’s mother says to Elizabeth that she “must supply [her] place to the younger children” ( Shelley 86). Did Frankenstein’s mom not care for him as much, in the sense that she didn’t trust him with the future children’s lives? Parents say that a favorite child doesn’t exist, but maybe they do. Perhaps Frankenstein‘s mother favors her adopted daughter Elizabeth, since she was perfect, more than she does Frankenstein. Could Victor maybe sense this lack of love and it made him turn into a troubled person? Was the love present in his relationships, but he saw his siblings receiving more? This could affect the way that Frankenstein turned out. Frankenstein could’ve had family trauma from the past and all you see is how the family seemed perfect on the outside. Was Frankenstein neglected in the way where he felt the need to make a creature to provide him with comfort? Throughout the story one learns a lot about Frankenstein’s family life and how on the outside it seems like his family loves him, but deep down I think there was something else going on with his family. On closer inspection Frankenstein's relationship with his father seems off and on sometimes. Lots of questions fill my mind about Frankenstein’s family situation since most of the time family shapes a
His mom obviously wants to carry on a good legacy, but that plan doesn’t work out. Frankenstein’s mother says to Elizabeth that she “must supply [her] place to the younger children” ( Shelley 86). Did Frankenstein’s mom not care for him as much, in the sense that she didn’t trust him with the future children’s lives? Parents say that a favorite child doesn’t exist, but maybe they do. Perhaps Frankenstein‘s mother favors her adopted daughter Elizabeth, since she was perfect, more than she does Frankenstein. Could Victor maybe sense this lack of love and it made him turn into a troubled person? Was the love present in his relationships, but he saw his siblings receiving more? This could affect the way that Frankenstein turned out. Frankenstein could’ve had family trauma from the past and all you see is how the family seemed perfect on the outside. Was Frankenstein neglected in the way where he felt the need to make a creature to provide him with comfort? Throughout the story one learns a lot about Frankenstein’s family life and how on the outside it seems like his family loves him, but deep down I think there was something else going on with his family. On closer inspection Frankenstein's relationship with his father seems off and on sometimes. Lots of questions fill my mind about Frankenstein’s family situation since most of the time family shapes a