The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein (and The Monster)
In Mary Shelley’s famous work ‘Frankenstein’, Victor Frankenstein brings to existence a novel species in hopes of being glorified as a genius and innovator. However, instead of conjuring a being of magnificence to be loved by all, he brings to the world an intelligent and superior who will be rejected from all of society for lack of beauty and normality. This creature finds that while he has potential to contribute to the world, he will never reach this existential peak due to isolation from the better part of civilization. With so many prime examples of abandonment or loneliness and their effects, it becomes clear isolation and injustice can decay a mind like a like a corpse, until, violent, …show more content…
He lives almost exclusively in isolation despite extreme effort towards companionship. He yearns more than anything for a comrade without an urge to abandon him. Still, he is denied all chances for a happy existence from his creator and the only natural being that might have shown him humanity. The first instance can be seen at the birth of the monster. At the moment of birth the creature opened its eyes to a room his creator briefly occupied thereafter, which from then on would hold the stale reminder of abandonment. Victor almost instantly flees as conveyed by Mary Shelley because ‘the miserable monster whom I had created (...) held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs’ (pg. 46). This reaction from the creator shows Frankenstein had little regard for his creation, he instead cared how his ability to create life could elevate his status, especially when paying attention to the monster’s gentle composure in grinning at Victor. This first injustice comes in the form of abandonment, forcing the monster to trek, alone, into a new world, unknowing of the horror he would be perceived
In Mary Shelley’s famous work ‘Frankenstein’, Victor Frankenstein brings to existence a novel species in hopes of being glorified as a genius and innovator. However, instead of conjuring a being of magnificence to be loved by all, he brings to the world an intelligent and superior who will be rejected from all of society for lack of beauty and normality. This creature finds that while he has potential to contribute to the world, he will never reach this existential peak due to isolation from the better part of civilization. With so many prime examples of abandonment or loneliness and their effects, it becomes clear isolation and injustice can decay a mind like a like a corpse, until, violent, …show more content…
He lives almost exclusively in isolation despite extreme effort towards companionship. He yearns more than anything for a comrade without an urge to abandon him. Still, he is denied all chances for a happy existence from his creator and the only natural being that might have shown him humanity. The first instance can be seen at the birth of the monster. At the moment of birth the creature opened its eyes to a room his creator briefly occupied thereafter, which from then on would hold the stale reminder of abandonment. Victor almost instantly flees as conveyed by Mary Shelley because ‘the miserable monster whom I had created (...) held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they may be called, were fixed on me. His jaws opened, and he muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks. He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped, and rushed down stairs’ (pg. 46). This reaction from the creator shows Frankenstein had little regard for his creation, he instead cared how his ability to create life could elevate his status, especially when paying attention to the monster’s gentle composure in grinning at Victor. This first injustice comes in the form of abandonment, forcing the monster to trek, alone, into a new world, unknowing of the horror he would be perceived