Raising Victor Vargas

SETTING The story takes place during the eighteenth century in numerous places throughout Europe: Geneva, Ingolstadt, the Alps of France, Scotland, England, and the northern ice (the North Sea). Victor Frankenstein travels through the frozen waters in search of the horrifying monster which he regretfully created and abandoned. PLOT In the beginning, a man named Robert Walton sails on a ship voyaging to the northern pole. He sends letters to his sister from St. Petersburgh, Russia. When…

If you look back in the way society treated an outcast in the eighteen-hundred; you can see that not many things have changed in the way society functions. In this novel one of the main themes of the story is the injustice done to this creature who was to horrendous to be accepted into society. In my opinion society in this novel played a huge role turning the creature into a malicious monster due to them shunning this creature and doing injustice by not allowing him to be part the human society…

production of Frankenstein at Fossil Ridge High School on November 18th proved to be an entertaining theatre experience. Frankenstein retells the classic story by Mary Shelley. It follows the story of a creature after he was created by a character named Victor Frankenstein. The story depicts the heartbreaking evolution of the creature, as he begins the story an innocent being not knowing how to walk or talk, and ends the play as a monstrous killer. This production of Frankenstein was engaging…

plays a pivotal role. The creature could be viewed as either purely evil or purely good. The creature’s moral ambiguity plays a significant part to the work as a whole. When thinking over the creature, many could debate whether he is good or bad. Victor Frankenstein didn’t take very good care of the creature in the story/novel. He didn’t pay too much attention to him and didn’t teach the creature lessons needed to survive in their society. If the creature was taught the lessons needed maybe…

Victor Frankenstein the Antagonist The main character, Victor, faces many hard times in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. He is forced to deal with many deaths and difficult decisions, but he is not innocent; in fact, he is the one to blame. Victor is the antagonist because he let Justine take the blame for the murder of his brother, made the creature live a miserable life, and he refused the creature a companion. Most people can say they do the right thing when…

strong drive for power. This drive is demonstrated in Frankenstein. The main power struggle in Frankenstein, is between Victor and his monster. Victor has a drive to find the power of life. He discovers the power of how to bring something back to life. This gives him the power to save the lives of those who are dying. He finds this power but ultimately loses control over it. Victor also created the power to destroy life with the creation of the monster. The monster he created is not something…

In the article 'Dream Jobs: Movie monster', by Shelly Walden, the central idea of the article is that it is very hard to be an actor who plays monsters. The reader can see an example of this when the author writes "The actor Boris Karloff was famous for playing Frankenstein’s monster in 1930s movies. He often spent five hours a day in the makeup chair. He reported for makeup as early as 4:00 a.m. to be ready for filming at nine. Then he worked up to 11 hours on the set while wearing boots…

The last scene of Frankenstein takes place aboard Walton's ship. There’s a conversation between Walton and Victor Frankenstein at his bed side due to his weakness and sudden strength of the illness that leaves him with no energy. Through this conversation, Frankenstein confides in Walton that he wants the creature to die. He admits that his act of creating the creature in the first place was in fact harming humans instead of protecting them. He dedicated his life into trying to have the…

The movie X- Men: days of future past is an American superhero film based on the fictional X-Men character that appear in marvel comics. The film is praised for its visual effects, action scenes, acting and thematic elements. The movie includes the previous characters along with some new faces. The film describes that humanity is drastically affected by the mutants. It has created a severe disaster in the world. Logan does his best to control the creation of the sentinels. The movie starts in…

The film I watched this week was Marvel’s Doctor Strange, a comic book adaptation of the famed Doctor Strange character created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko. This film was about an extraordinary surgeon known as Doctor Stephen Strange who loses the ability to utilize his hands and seeks help to regain the ability to be a surgeon in many ways finally being forced to seek the help of a mysterious being known as The Ancient One. In doing so, Stephen Strange gains many new abilities that change him…