What Does Fire Symbolize In Frankenstein

What does fire represent throughout this novel? Well, I'm going to tell you so keep reading.
The novel is comparing Victor to the Greek God, Prometheus and how he gave the gift of fire to the people but in the end result got punished. So when Victor was trying to give the people "the secret of life" he also go punished for doing that. Fire is a symbol for destruction, when the creature is consumed by the fury of when the people didn't like him. He started to burn their homes down.

In the novel Fire is the symbol of doom, which is a connection to the devil. With association of the devil himself does hellfire create the sense of for boding. Which make it so the creature is often going to be doomed somehow and in some way. Fire can also mean other things than just being dangerous. Fire is also beautiful and can help you through the dark nights, it can also help light the way. Example when the creature sees the fire in the night it lights it up but it will still hurt you if you touch it and leave a scar. …show more content…
It is there when Victor ruins his family and his life, trying to be the modern Prometheus had it's consequences. He got hurt and also lost somethings along the way when trying to be a modern greek god. Also in the novel there is the symbol of light, when Walton describes the country of eternal light he is describing the North pole or the northern light I believe for that matter. The light is to show the difference between night and day. The light also has it consequences as well, when you look at it for to long it can hurt your eyes and blind