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Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein begins with four letters between Walton and his sister. The letters describe what Walton wants to accomplish in the North Pole and how lonely he feels on this adventure. In his last letter he tells her about a mysterious man who they rescued while he was freezing in the middle of the north pole. After this man, Victor Frankenstein, is slightly revived, he begins his long story about the journey he took to get to this point. The story begins with his childhood and he…

The monster that Victor has created is a representation of the Romantic Era because of the rejection he receives from normal society. During eighteenth century, this novel was written society’s views of how people were treated was based on the “normal” and the “natural”. Of society saw irregularities in people, they viewed them as unacceptable. How people were rejected and viewed upon based on looks during this time, is how the monster was treated in this novel. Because of the monsters…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a story of birth and creation, revenge, and alienation as a reckless young man usurps a traditionally female role by creating life by sewing together and reanimating dead body parts in his secluded laboratory. Immediately abandoning his creation, Victor Frankenstein leaves him to fend for himself in a society that rejects the peculiar. Lost in an evil world, the Creation is forced to learn how to take care of himself as he is continuously rejected by anyone he…

One believes that the more knowledge one possess makes them superior; however, often, ignorance surpasses intelligence. We choose to disregard our new discoveries to delude ourselves that everything is fine. Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” created a monster and shunned it. The monster, although his understanding was malignant, created his own successful justice by avenging his horrific origins. After his dawning, the monster did not appeal the taste of his creator; Victor…

Passion is a powerful desire, and it is sometimes difficult to contain feelings and listen to the voice of reason. Such struggle is endured by Victor and his creature in the novel Frankenstein; both individuals are carried away by their overpowering passion that they do not see the irrationality behind their motives. Victor asserts that “[His] application soon became so ardent and eager, that the stars often disappeared in the light of morning whilst [he] was yet engaged in [his] laboratory”,…

Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelley that focuses on the immoral scientific discoveries of Victor Frankenstein. Victor is a character that holds a great fascination and curiosity for the sciences. This curiosity may be categorized as simple human nature, constantly questioning the unknown, but Victor takes it a step too far when he manufactures his own life form. Victor concocts a creature who possesses such a physically vile appearance that it is not accepted into human society. This…

setting of a dark cloudy scenery. A scientist, Victor Frankenstein, gathered body parts to create a new living being, that ended up turning into a monster. The creature murdered Victor’s son and quickly became a villain and gave the novel a spooky theme. Mary Shelley’s novel falls in the gothic genre due to qualifications such as it’s horrifying events, supernatural manifestation, and it features a passion filled villain. The novel contains many horrifying events, the first being the…

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley tells the story of scientist Victor Frankenstein. Throughout Victor’s young life he has been fascinated with several different forms of the sciences. He has a great knowledge in this area, and this leads to him having arrogance in his abilities. After Victor sees a tree struck by lightning he decides to study Galvanism. Victor spends years going to the slaughter house and gathering pieces for his creation. Victor worries more about if he can do this, rather than if…

superfluous opinions and judgments. They see nothing beyond the visual and delve no further than the surface of subject. As such, many individuals themselves are judged harshly only on their outward appearance, and not on the core of their being. In Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, the monster of Dr. Frankenstein is a gentle being, treated unjustly due to his hideous visage. Using the monster’s alienation, Shelley reveals the surrounding society’s assumptions and values of intolerance and…

Human BEING “To hurt is as human as to breathe.” ― J.K. Rowling. Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, intentionally addressed the differences between monster and man. She presents supporting and opposing evidence to the creation’s humanity and makes it apparent this being becomes human as “the monster” in the story. The reader sees how this monster can speak fluently and communicates an engrossing story of how he came to exist in this heartless and inhospitable society. The being fulfills the…