Frankenstein created a monster and all the monster wanted was someone to love him and care for him and Victor abandoned the monster making him feel unwanted and an outcast that eventually turned into anger and rage.…
expectations for Victor to become a respectable man in which Victor’s thirst of breaking the boundaries between death and life went against the presumption expected of him. The clash of personalities between the two men led to the creation of a monster that Victor abandoned, and due to his actions of abandonment it led to bloodshed, revenge, and heartache. Alphonse (Victor’s father) and the family name was represented as being “one of the…
Kyle N. Sylvia Toni J. Weeden Honors Seniors English 8 November 2018 Frankenstein Research Paper In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley depicted a monster that has risen to fame rapidly all over the real world that, while reading the classic, forced all of us to notice his perseverance when faced with adversity and how he overcame the problems that were instantly imposed on him upon his first breath of life. After Victor noticed how his creation was a repulsive visage, he fled promptly and…
he first tried to catch the whale (Moby Dick). Wanting revenge Captain Ahab became obsessed with trying to catch Moby Dick. The second encounter with the large whale resulted with the Captain losing his life. Revenge is a double ended store. The monster shouldn’t have been so obsessed with revenging his ungodly looks and instead he should’ve realized that his desire for revenge will do more harm to himself. The creature killed Victor’s brother, wife, and father in an act to avenge himself. Not…
“All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others.” This quote was written by George Orwell in his book Animal Farm, one of Orwell’s most famous novels. Throughout history the subject of a distant dystopia has always been explored in many works of literature. The possibility of humanity falling into a bleak and totalitarian society has always fascinated readers. These stories and themes can come to define an author and their legacy as a writer. There is no greater example of…
“Metamorphosis” is a novella written by Franz Kafka and published in 1915. It is about a story of Gregor Samsa, the protagonist, who awakes one morning from a dream and finds himself transformed into a gigantic insect. “Metamorphosis” is divided into three chapters: the first chapter is about the transformation and reaction of Gregor, the second chapter is about the family tries to accommodate him after his transformation and the final chapter is about the family ignores his existence until his…
In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Victor and his creation punish the other by hurting those around them. The Creature murders Victor’s loved ones as a result of Victor’s incompetence towards creating a female creature. A character parallel between the Creature and his creator is revealed. Victor and the Creature both feel hatred towards one another, when in reality, they are actually similar. They show the flaws in each other, though they both share many of those flaws. Victor tries to…
to the story of Prometheus as they are both creators that go against God, that only lead to their own destruction. In the story of the wise Prometheus, he was the creator of mankind and taught them art. In Frankenstein, Victor was the creator of a monster when it says on page 51, “Nor could I consider the magnitude and complexity of my plan as any argument of its impracticality. It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being.” When fire was taken away from the humans…
decide to speak and so many men came at me with pitch forks and torches as I didn't know what to do and run". This image evidence explains how the people in the town seem to be scared and hateful towards the creature because of the way he looks like a monster. But, there were many reactions towards the creature and they were all awful. The only good/nice reaction was the blind man and that was only because he was…
Shadow of the Vampire portrays the adaptation of Nosferatu especially the intentions dedication of the director, Murnau. Murnau requires acting methods that are extreme and sometimes deadly in order to achieve an immortal film, one that will be remembered and live forever. The physical film and camera are symbols of immortality that will kill the characters, like a vampire. The beginning of the film, Shadow of the Vampire, is the portrayal of the creation of the famous horror movie, Nosferatu,…