Frankenstein's Obsession Essay

Life is full of mystery, which is why curious people come along. When investigations or experiment are made they analyze the data and make new discoveries. The more curious humans get the more they find out, most information is meant to be kept a mystery. Some people do not realize that most of the time knowing too much can cause serious consequences. In the classic novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly there were a variety of consequences occurring which were caused by a person who wanted to…

Throughout Mary Shelley’s first four letters of her gothic novel Frankenstein, she alludes to the poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”, written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in order to give readers background knowledge that will help them understand the setting and characteristics shown in her novel. Shelley demonstrates the similarity of setting by having the ship that Robert Walton is aboard gets stuck in a huge iceberg. This happens to the mariner’s ship early on in “The Rime of the Ancient…

Dipped in the fear of mass human extinction and dragged through discussions and debates on artificial life, there is one name that scientists, who are presumably have gall to play God, are very familiar with: Frankenstein. So closely associated with the motif of playing God, Frankenstein is a popularized reference point in debates on synthetic biology. In the introduction to her novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, Mary Shelley wrote, “Frightful must it be; for supremely frightful…

The Human Need for Vengeance “The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth the vengeance: he shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked.” (Psalms 58:11) This idea of vengeance is a rather common theme seen in not only modern culture, but in pieces of literature composed many centuries ago as well. The Odyssey, a Greek epic written sometime between 750 and 650 BC, tells the story of a god-like man who was lost at sea and embarked on a challenging journey to his homeland. Beowulf, an…

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the Creature is an outcast of society, which is a person who is not accepted by society’s standards because people feel as if they “need” to be “normal”. Today’s outcasts of society are considered prisoners, a PTSD strickened veteran, or sociopaths. The outcasts of society are the most interesting people in the world because they are not what people in society call “normal”. These special people are the outcome of societal action directed towards those individuals…

Elizabeth embodies the lightof Victor Frankenstein's world and represent all the good qualities he will never have. She iskind, giving, and happy with not knowing the secrets to life. She just wants to make other peoplehappy and refuse to see the bad in others. While Elizabeth had many virtues,…

"I feel my heart glow with an enthusiasm which elevates me to heaven, for nothing contributes so much to tranquillize the mind as a steady purpose — a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye." (pg. 12) Walton wrote this in his first letter to his sister. Frankenstein has a great passion for chemistry and try to find a way to bring the dead back to life. He accomplishes this but his creation looks like a monster and then because to feel like an outcast and begins to destroy and get…

Victor Frankenstein grows up in a Genebe and he started reading the works of the ancients also outdated alchemists. I will be against it and defending rather than backing up the accusations against him. But i will shine some light on who those are accusing him and what there thoughts are. He was a scientist that studied chemicals and studied the decay of living beings. He had become fascinated with the “secret of life”. Even tho this creature got rejected from society pushes this him to commit…

The creature of Victor Frankenstein caused the deaths of William because as William walked into the forest, the creature tried to become friends with William stated on Chapter 9. Then William had spurned him and as soon as the creature understood that William was related to Victor Frankenstein, the creature had committed the deed in murdering William stated on Chapter 10. Stated on Chapter 9 when William then died the blame was put on Justine because people thought she was the only person…

Even though we can clearly see that the monster is submissive to Victor when it comes to things that the monster needs, Victor is also submissive to the monster that he has created. Victor’s destiny is ultimately in the hands of his monster. If the monster at anytime wanted to take the life of Victor, he could. Soon after the submissive talk that the monster was giving to Victor, he states “Have a care; I will work at your destruction, nor finish until I desolate your heart, so that you shall…