Despite having society abandon him, the creature helps the De Lacey's through poverty. “[The creature] had been accustomed... to steal a part of [the De Lacey's] store for [his] consumption, but when [he] found that in doing this [the creature] inflicted pain on the cottagers, [he] abstained and satisfied [himself] with berries, nuts, and roots... [he] gathered from the neighboring wood” (Shelley 109). Although the creature has been abused by society, he finds in himself to help others. Even though the creature knows what the De Lacey's reaction at his appearance would most likely be.…
He sets out to make sure Victor knows first- hand how this miserable he feels. When Victor breaks him promise of creating a mate for the creature, he can no longer contain himself. Filled with rage and resentment he murders Victor’s best friend and his new wife since he is not able to have any of those things…
Victor did the unspeakable: he tried to play God. As if it was merely a game, he created life with no care for anyone but himself. Like a woman who gives birth, you are responsible for what you create. He ran away as if being God was no longer fun; the consequences that would follow would be his own doing. Down to his death, he would have no one to blame but himself.…
On the night of Victor’s wedding, the Creature kills Victor’s fiancee, Elizabeth, to make Victor feel as lonely as the Creature. With anger and depression filling his heart, Victor set out to kill the Creature once and for…
Louis was almost too fixated to notice that Harry had sat down on his mattress opposite Louis. The green eyed lad just sat there for a moment, every now and again his mouth opening, then shutting again as if trying to spit out the words which were obviously on the tip of his tongue. “Do you want to talk about what happened? I’ve heard that talking through things makes it better, we could try that?”…
The monster had been abandoned by Victor and had tried to integrate himself into the society for many years but had been rejected universally. On the inside, he is a humanlike creature with a kind heart searching for acceptance, but because of his grotesque appearance, the creature is rejected by society. Thinking that revenge was going to make him feel better, the creature kills Victor’s younger brother. Instead of helping, his creator discontinues work on the female monster meant to ease the monsters depression caused by extreme seclusion. Right after this when the monster is trying to persuade Victor into continuing work on the monster, he says to Victor, “I’ll be with you on your wedding night” (123).…
In this instance the monster is ultimately placing the burden of his actions onto Victor’s shoulders. Not only did Victor’s secret lead to the death of Justine, now the very creation of the monster lead to William’s death. After deciding to comply with the creature’s demand for a mate, Victor’s obsessive secrecy changes to an obsessive fear. Victor’s procrastination and avoidance of fulfilling his promise causes him great distress.…
It’s in the middle of the night and Peter wakes up. The next morning Peter bravely decides to check the closet. He finds a trap door.…
Victor recounts that as he worked on making the female monster, he thought back three years to when he had built the male monster. He worried about the possible outcomes of making this new creation, fearing the two creatures would mate and create a "race of devils" that would make human life "full of terror." Looking up from his work, Victor saw a figure at the hut's window; the Monster had followed Victor and Henry through their travels. In a fit of terror and fury, Victor ripped the female figure apart. The upset Monster left, and Victor departed from his lab for his other room, where he remained looking out the window.…
These two statements from Victor Frankenstein and the Monster suggest that knowledge has a positive and negative impact. To refer to the monsters impact on knowledge, it can be negative. He wished he never left home because he does not have that much knowledge as a regular human being would. He was never educated, so he has to learn on his own which gives him a negative impact because it is hard to gain knowledge being independent. On the other hand, Victor is completely opposite with knowledge.…
Cold and wet, tired and exhausted she made her way along the path through the forest. Were any creature could snatch her from out of nowhere! She heard a noise coming from a rusty and desolate shed to the left of her. She made her way over to the shed trying to be as quiet as possible.…
After getting a devastating letter from his father, Victor goes back to Geneva. " Yet, as I drew nearer home, grief and fear again overcame me. Night also closed around... I felt still more gloomily"(91).…
Mary Shelly, born of two great minds and much wealth, suffered many different misfortunes. Mary indeed had advantageous knowledge, living and being born from William Godwin, but was no stranger to death. Mary’s mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died after giving birth to her. This death was not the first to injure Mary Shelly and shape her fate. Many people she knew passed away some by suicide, even her newborn children had died in her arms.…
After his mother’s death, he got out control and became obsessed over recreating lives from the deaths. Victor started creates the monster, once it came alive and he rejected the monster. The monster took Victor’s journal and left Victor’s room. Monster’s anger built up after he learned his creator is building him without progress and rejected him. Monster revenged by killed all Victor’s loved ones to show how he feels.…
After he learned how to read and understand words, he read excerpts of his Creator’s journal. He found out that Victor was disgusted by him when he first came to life. This comment by Victor increased his hatred for Victor. Eventually, the monster goes to Victor to confront him. The Creation asks for a female mate from Victor.…