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    these labels are definite, most are misbelief. In Mary Shelley's, Frankenstein, the act of blunder by society is extremely conspicuous. Two of the most erroneous assumptions of society revolves around the principal characters, Victor and the creature. There is a vivid comparison between the two characters, which isolates them from the community. Victor grew up with a family who cared for him while the monster was abandoned by Victor to fight for his own identity. Society's labels for these two…

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    In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly the main character Victor Frankenstein studies natural sciences and becomes obsessed with the idea of creating life. He continues at his idea and eventually creates a humanoid know through the novel as “the creature.” He abandons this creature and leaves it to fend for itself. Although Victor and his creation are separated for a majority of the novel they have many similarities. Throughout the novel there some of the most notable similarities between the…

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    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…

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    A journey of abandonment and loneliness began the night that Victor Frankenstein played God and tried to create his version of man. Fearful and feeling no paternal obligation to his creation, Frankenstein discards him due his grotesque appearance, leaving him all alone, trapped in a grotesque body only to be shunned by all of society. In nature there is a flow, and Frankenstein disrupted the flow the night he brought life to his experiment; he ran away from it in utter horror, not thinking of…

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    Victor Frankenstein rejects his own creature at his birth, which is considered to be an evil deed. Considering the monster’s situation as a newborn baby, who comes to life, he needs his parents to take care of him. Victor as his parent is responsible to nurture him, but he rejects his creature and as the monster is rejected, therefore, he takes on evil deeds. The relationship that Victor Frankenstein develops with his creature mirrors the relationship that Victor had with his own father. Victor…

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    that you make can change the outcome of the things to come. So if Victor made the female monster who knows what could happen. Who also knows if Frankenstein would’ve kept his word on leaving? So this is why I think that Victor made the right decision. One reason why I think that Victor shouldn’t create another monster is because what if the relationship doesn’t work out at all. What if Victor makes the female version of Frankenstein and he dislikes it. He might freak out and start doing…

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    Dr. Victor Frankenstein is one of the many character’s where we see a constant battle with not only his creation, but with himself. Victor is a man of extreme emotion and inquiry. In this letter, I tried to imitate the Doctor’s outrageous forms of emotional and psychological warfare. His combined feelings of powerlessness, guilt, as well as anger are depicted in this letter as a way to show Frankenstein’s personality, mental state, as well as his feelings about the events that had passed. By…

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    Dr. Victor Frankenstein is the real Monster in Mary Shelley 's Gothic Novel Frankenstein? At first glance, the answer to this question seems quite simple but in fact; it is not. Like an onion, Frankenstein has many layers. This essay will peel away the many layers to determine who the real monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Some of the points this piece will touch upon will be Victor’s desire for admiration by his colleagues, his quest to animate a deceased human being that would allow him…

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    disruption of nature, it turns into a whole different situation. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the character Victor Frankenstein withheld a great deal of obsession for power and control which was useful to illuminate the main idea of the novel. Sometimes one must humble themselves and play their respective part to society rather than being above all for this offsets equilibrium in society. From an early age, Victor expressed his love for owning others when he was given Elizabeth as…

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    Victor Frankenstein is quite an interesting character. At first he was considered as a Hero because of his idea of bringing back dead to life which was driven out of hunger for more knowledge (30) and as well as his mother’s death (25). In my opinion I can’t really conclude that Victor is an anti-hero or possess a villainous qualities, because he does not really lack the sense of nobility of a mind and spirit, he also loves his family and friends dearly and didn’t intend to hurt anyone. He is…

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