Raising Victor Vargas

Throughout time people have used writing as a form of communications in an attempt to talk about or shed light on serious issues. These issues range from the proper way to raise a child to how science can go horribly wrong, but one topic that I think most writers try to talk about the most frequent, because no one wants to talk about them outright, is the oppression of different people and cultures throughout time. This issue spans time and even in modern society no one wants to willingly talk…

In Mary Shelley’s book Frankenstein, the main character, Victor Frankenstein is a scientist whose inability to see past his own ego ultimately leads him to create a monster. Not fully aware of the consequences of his creating a new race of humans, he spends his entire life trying to destroy the same creation. Victor’s impulses to create such a monstrosity directly correlate to a part of his mental state that houses emotions of sex and aggression. His incomparable urge to surpass his ego in his…

Anne is facing a conflict with her mother which upset her. Anne did this by raising her voice at her mother when Anne told her that she hates it when her mom says that Anne had to be more like her sister, Margot, when she just wants to be herself and have her mother except her for who she is and how she is different. She also upset…

the beginning of the book he is depicted as a monster, a freak of nature, an abomination. Towards the middle, portrayed as a gentle giant, emotional, compassionate, knowledgeable, understanding. Towards the end, purposeless, like father like son. Victor and the creature were intertwined ever since the creature was given the spark of life by his creator. They both ended up in the same position; heartbroken, lost, obsessed. Creatio ex nihilo; out of nothing, something. This saying rings true…

and beaten, his experiences twisted him and made him evil. It makes sense too, to be brought into a world, unfamiliar with everything, only to be tortured. Instinct for survival would kick in, making a more violent person. Even though it is clear, Victor created his own demons. He created a monster by leaving it to suffer in an unfamiliar…

Hearing the named creature, a negative picture comes up in our psyche about it and the picture characterizes beast as a hazardous and nonhuman creature or it can be a monster with the state of the human. We were presented with Frankenstein's beast by the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. In Mary Shelley's exemplary story Frankenstein, the famous monster is escaping human view when he experiences a bag in the forested areas loaded with books and dress. The beast peruses Milton's Paradise Lost…

cottage and run away. To make his hatred toward mankind more intense, the Monster gets shot after saving a girl from drowning. He states, “Inflamed by fame, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind.” (Shelley 101). The Monster’s vengeance on Victor, his cold-blooded creator who abandoned him, is the pinnacle of his criminality. The Monster kills William, cleverly frames Justine (thus causing her death), and murders Clerval and Elizabeth. This fictional reality corresponds with the…

Prejudice is defined as, “An unfavorable opinion or feeling formed beforehand or without knowledge, thought, or reason.” The majority of humans tend to judge others by appearance rather than personality Prejudice and appearance is prevalent in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein as well as today’s culture which has major effects on others through race, age, religion, etc. In Frankenstein, the monster is a hideous, vicious being of large stature that has the potential to cause injury, so he is…

demonstrate the never ending cycle of being an outcast in society and share the common point in presenting the character’s sense of disjunction and alienation. Frankenstein is the petrifying account of a brute which was given life and fabricated by Victor Frankenstein and Wuthering Heights, is the soul-stirring story of hatred and infatuation amongst three generations. The alienation of self in both of the novels can be discerned through the struggles and impediments that the characters face…

Frankenstein, written by Mary-Ann Shelley, Shelley portrays Victor as the ultimate monster. Throughout the novel, Shelley tests Victor’s morals and concludes him to be arrogant and selfish. Shelley depicts his immorality through the creation of the creature, abandoning his creation, and his decision to uphold his reputation and sacrifice mankind. Shelley illustrates Victor’s immorality through the creation of the creature. When Victor attends university at Ingolstadt, he decides to pursue his…