Frankenstein

Not Taking Responsibility Leads to Bad Things In the book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, there was a key life lesson that was shown throughout. It was using your knowledge responsibly so you don´t have consequences. During this book, Victor Frankenstein is the main character and the center of attention. He creates a monster but doesn´t take enough responsibility for his actions. The definition of responsibility is the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control…

“I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.” (Shelley 43). In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor, the protagonist, struggles with bringing life to a monster that will end up tearing his life apart. In order to achieve this scientific breakthrough, Victor masters science and natural philosophy. He applies his studies in the creation of his monster and then discovers the truth behind life. Throughout the book, there are…

The lives of Frankenstein and the creature have many similarities to each other such as relationships with nature, their desires for family, intelligence and isolation. Creating the creature and the awful situations that followed result in almost the same life consequences for each character. The deaths caused by the creature made Victor go to the mountains and reconcile for the loss of his family. When William and Justine die he states “But my grief was an augmented and rendered sublime by…

Freaky Literature An Examination of Frankenstein Throughout the changing times of the world, there have been many legendary and influential writers who can all be defined by multiple characteristics. These writers are head and shoulders above the normal litany of authors and generally raise questions that linger long after they’ve finished putting their pen to pages of paper. Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, was an author like the one that is described above. Her work has been so…

Frankenstein, the Real Monster. Everyone feels love and rejection in their life, what matters most is how you handle it and how you grow from it. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor becomes the true monster when he continually denies his own creation love and happiness, breaking what should have been a close father-son bond. A child’s first love is their mother, their creator, being denied love by the very person who made you leaves long lasting effects. The reader first sees…

Frankenstein The novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was one of the best known horror novels of her time period and the foundation for the many movies that branched out of Shelley’s novel. Frankenstein was inspired by the Industrial Revolution and the Romantic Era. Frankenstein’s monster appears to be Shelley’s representation of the Industrial Revolution and the fears and anxieties that the society had regarding the rapid growth of science and technology. In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley…

Shelley’s Frankenstein, the monster’s creation brings him into the world in isolation and rejection, causing him to experience a lack of understanding of society and acceptance from Victor and others he attempts to connect with, through which Shelley implies the importance of nurture in one’s development. Shelley depicts the monster as rejected and isolated from the very first moments of its life. After laboring for months over his project of creating the monster, Victor Frankenstein brings it…

The Larger Role of Women in Frankenstein The role of women in society has always been thought of as objectified and inferior to men. The themes of women in Frankenstein are representative of norms that existed during the early 1800s, which is around the time Mary Shelley wrote the novel. Shelley's comprehensive and feminist viewpoints worked as a foundation for her career and her life as well. The representation of women in Frankenstein play a far more complex and contradictory role than her…

In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, both main characters, Victor and the creature, exhibit major moral flaws, specifically, their interferences with life and death. The creature in particular, despite performing various unforgiveable acts, incites the reader’s pity and compassion as they witness his poignant struggle from beginning to end. Throughout the course of the novel, the creature murders, threatens, stalks, and seeks revenge on others, but his character extends much deeper than these…

murder. Still in grief because of Henrys death who was the person who helped nurse him to health Victor soon realizes that the monster set him up. Frankenstein was sent to trial for the murder, eye witnesses began telling the court about the appearance of him late at night on a boat after the findings of henry. Victor is doomed to live, waking from…