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Mary Shelleys Frankenstein is a story about Victor Frankenstein creating a "monster", but his creature has no monster like qualities until he is left and abandoned by his creator. The creature is only treated with cruelty and rancor because of his gruesome appearance. The creature gets no sympathy throughout his life and greatly suffers because of it. Through the description of the creatures plight Shelley suggests compassion as the true indication of human nature. At the beginning of…

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein we meet a character named Victor Frankenstein who starts off on a voyage but ends up on a quest for knowledge in his head. When obtaining this knowledge and making his creations Victor begins to seclude himself from everyone and everything. As the story goes on its evident that solitude does play an important role in the story, but solitude was not always beneficial for both Victor Frankenstein and his monster. Solitude caused unfeasible decisions for the…

Helplessness Only Significant to Human Beings? Is helplessness only applicable to humans or for monsters as well? Throughout the novel many occasions arise that are meant to display how helpless one may feel using the struggles of many characters as examples. Victor Frankenstein further exemplifies the concept of helplessness because of the loss of his mother Caroline, the ever elusive truth that all the education he received during his childhood was obsolete, and the death of his father…

The fiend in Frankenstein suffers from abandonment and depression; however, the debate of nature versus nurture is one that applies to the monster. Because the monster is a product of an unfortunate environment, he makes tragic life choices. He murders and impairs others to gain the attention of his creator, who left him alone and defenseless. As a young child, he was not nurtured and quickly became inept at dealing with his emotions. University of Saskatchewan's Colleen Miller states, “……

In the passages from the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley she is writing about the tone, theme, and imagery. Shelley is defining Victor's feelings when he was at his family's tombstone and his reaction when he saw the monster watching him from afar. Shelley's tone to describe Frankenstein's feeling towards the monster he created as cruel, and disgusting. “ … It's gigantic stature, and the deformity if it's aspect, more hideous than belongs to humanity instantly informed me that it was the…

Monsters are often portrayed as the villain, there is only two options either the cause or the effect. Frankenstein by the author Mary Shelley is a book that talks about a young man named Victor Frankenstein whose vision was beyond what was believed to be possible and because of this, Victor turned the impossible possible. Often when doing things out of the ordinary there should always be a conscious thought that the outcome of something might be different than what it was believed to be. For…

another and many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.” -Percy Shelley This quote by Percy Shelley speaks about the importance of a person’s intentions and about the necessity of coming from a place of care and understanding of others. Mary Shelley incorporates this ideology in her novel, Frankenstein, through the character of Victor Frankenstein, a strong contrast to the man Percy Shelley describes a good man to be. She forges a character who distances himself…

“Cruelty is all out of ignorance. If you knew what was in store for you, you wouldn't hurt anybody, because whatever you do comes back much more forceful than you send it out, quoted Willie Nelson.” In Mary Shelley’s Novel, Frankenstein, the main protagonist, Victor Frankenstein pursues diligently in order to find the elixir of life. Even though Victor had an earnest desire to acquire knowledge, his lacks of compassion for his creation through the act of abandonment had a devastating impact not…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein includes many significant elements of Female Gothic while Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” features both Female and American Gothic traditions. Many of these elements refer directly to the major characters, neither of whom have a name that is not preceded by an article. They do not get names, but titles. These characters are, of course, the Creature and the narrator. The Creature in Frankenstein fulfils the role of the Female Gothic heroine; he is…

In her 19th century romantic novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley explores the characteristics of humanity, illuminates societal influences on development, and challenges the traditional biological definition of human beings through literary allusions and character interactions. Particularly, Shelley focuses on the characters of the creature and his creator, pitting an ugly, malformed giant against an educated, dedicated scientist to come to a surprising conclusion. While the creature becomes fallen…