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    forest, he strangles him upon hearing his surname. After the murder of Frankenstein’s brother and the subsequent execution of his friend, Justine, Frankenstein agrees to meet with the Creature. The Creature demands compensation for his abandonment, and implores Frankenstein to create a female companion for him. Frankenstein initially agrees, but later decides that he does not want to take the risk of creating another monster. Upon learning that Frankenstein has ceased working on the female, the…

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    of turmoil, isolation and abandonment. Victor Frankenstein is the main character that is brought aboard Robert Walton’s ship while chasing his “creation” that is a murder. While aboard the ship Frankenstein tells the story of how he created the “monster” that torments him. Frankenstein, chooses a life of a search for knowledge that leads him down a life of science where is plays god. Through themes, elements of romanticism Shelly…

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    In the excerpt of Frankenstein, you as the reader can learn much about who he truly is as he describes his thoughts and actions. Frankenstein has been perceived to be a horrible, scary, monster. A being dreams are made of. After reading the excerpt, it is clear that he is a gentle giant, not to be feared, but treasured. In this essay you will learn about the point of view and the importance of it to the reader and how the story is told through Frankenstein. It determines the reader’s view on the…

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    Frankenstein (who is the scientist, NOT the monster), is successful. That is, he is successful until he allows his creation 's innocence to be tainted by the relentless savagery that is reality. As a result, Frankenstein 's creation becomes Frankenstein 's monster, defiled by hatred and the need for revenge. Not only did the destruction of Frankenstein’s creation’s innocence occur in Shelley’s novel but Victor Frankenstein himself turned into a monster consumed with hate and revenge Victor…

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    The Monster in Shelley’s novel is treated with fear and disgust because of his physical appearance by townspeople that are acting by social norms. Constantly greeted with backlash, the monster, once filled with optimism and goodness towards humanity, now seeks revenge for all the wrong done upon him. Calling out the human ethical hypocrisy, the monster says, “Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all human kind sinned against…

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    Both Frankenstein's are brilliant in the field of science, and show a great deal of dedication to their experiments of creating life. They also think very highly of themselves for attempting the improbable. Shelley’s Victor fantasises about the glory he would receive:…

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    literature, offering the three roles of angel, witch, and, less common, ghost. These stereotypes offer flat characters that block the development of new female characters in writing. Specifically, Gilbert and Gubar state, “the images of ‘angel’ and ‘monster’ [witch] have been so ubiquitous throughout literature by men that they have also pervaded women’s writing to such an extent that…

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    Frankenstein, written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, follows Victor Frankenstein’s journey as he attains the necessary education and understanding of the human anatomy to be able to breath life back to an empty vessel. Inevitably creating the Frankenstein monster, an absolutely atrocious and terrifying abomination. Gradually Frankenstein learns of his peculiar inception and understands why his life is full of mistrust and misunderstanding, eventually leading him to seek revenge against Victor’s…

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    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 revenge on Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein is not a hero, for he created a creature and abandoned him, he let the monster murder and he let the monster control his life. In the first place, Frankenstein created his monster and then just abandoned him. “I, the miserable and the abandoned, am…

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    Cruelty in Frankenstein Human nature tends to view cruelty in a negative perspective. Although the monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is not quite a homosapien, he still treats cruelty the same. Upon being treated cruelly, both the monster and Dr. Frankenstein return to evil intentions in result. If the monster had not been treated cruelly, it is likely that he would have never killed those close to Frankenstein. Additionally, Frankenstein would not have been moved to act with revenge.…

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