Victor G. Atiyeh

The Final Words of Grendel “Poor Grendel’s had an accident. . . So may you all” (Gardner 174). These are the last words that Grendel, was able to breath out just moments before his death. The meaning of his words are quite controversial. His final phrase is more of a curse or a prediction than a blessing, that is directed towards the humans. To begin with, Grendel never cared nor ever enjoyed the humans and their doings. The Monster is obvious enraged by the fact that a human was able to…

Although it may seem otherwise, Victor Frankenstein and the creature share many of the same traits and qualities. Both Victor and the creature experience isolation from the world, along with sadness and loneliness. They both have a passion for knowledge and learning, as well as a curiosity for life. Lastly, they both lack close and loving relationships, causing them to act spiteful and vengeful. Overall, the parallels between Victor and his creation grow more apparent throughout the novel…

was of a lustrous black…” This quote from Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, describes the monster that Victor Frankenstein creates on his own. Although the monster is portrayed with fear and horror, Shelly writes on the monster’s actions in a way that makes readers feel sympathetic towards him. Throughout the novel, readers tend to feel compassion towards the monster because of the way Victor abandons him and his isolation from society. Shelley describes the monster as a terrifying creature…

Throughout the entire novel, the Creature is exposed to stimuli that shapes the being that he becomes. The Creature is inherently social, but the stimulus of the villagers shaped who became. When he tried to peacefully talk to the them, he was shunned on more than one occasion. The first time is when he wanted to introduce himself to the cottagers and in result, Felix runs at him and, ¨[strikes him] violently with a stick¨ (Frankenstein, 134). When the Creature kills the young boy, he is…

The intrigue of any science fiction novel is derived from the fascination of the hypothetical but plausible realities presented. Mary Shelley’s 1818 critically acclaimed science fiction/Gothic novel, Frankenstein, is about the young science student Victor Frankenstein, facing the repercussions after he creates a grotesque but sentient creature in an unorthodox experiment. Ostensibly about a story about revenge, the novel can have different perspectives depending on a changing audience. From the…

In a way, Victor and The Monster are both Monsters. Victor became a monster after he made the Monster. He left his creation alone, which is exact opposite of what it needed. In a sense, he left a speechless, 7ft baby alone. Who knows what havoc a 7ft baby could cause. Victor kept The Monster a secret which ultimately led to the death of his little brother. The Monster strangled his little brother and framed Elizabeth, the Frankenstein family's housekeeper, for it. Elizabeth was then later…

The Hero Frankenstein (Analysis on Why Frankenstein is a Hero) The novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley was written in the 1800s. Mary was just eighteen years old when she wrote this story and it stunned thousands of people in several ways. The book was based on a scientist that brought a human back to life and called this a monster. Several good and bad things were an outcome of this discovery of being able to bring back the dead. In the story Frankenstein, the doctor is a hero because he…

Throughout the classic Novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley reveals Victor’s true characteristics of insecurity, passion, insecurity, and more as she depicts Victor’s actions as the idea of the monster is born and finally becomes alive. Victor acknowledges “It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn; and weather it was the outward substance of things, or the inner spirit of nature [...]” (Shelley 19). Victor’s motivations started out completely pure and only developed for a…

Question 2a The three elements of motivation are direction, intensity and persistence (Robbins, S., & Judge, T, 2017). Intensity is how hard the person tries to achieve the goal Favourable job-performance outcome will only be achieved if the effort is funnelled to the right direction that benefits the organization. Persistence is how long can the person continue their effort. In the case study, it is evident that the teams were given a direction of motivation which is the target to be met…

used to construct the creature, in a gloomy, insidious tone. Victor vividly describes the scene of him creating life from the dead, how he was amazed at first but then was disgusted. The author’s use of synecdoche presents the body parts used , such as the “eyes that were fixed on [him]”(19) and his “jaws that opened”(Shelley 20). The intentional use of body parts by Frankenstein describe a whole to portray the significance of identity. Victor was able to built the monster and create life from…