Walker Percy

In the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, she conveys a number of themes throughout the story through Victor Frankensteins and other character’s actions. The themes displayed by Mary Shelley are Isolation and Idealism which caused eventually everyone’s downfall. Isolation is the true evil in Frankenstein. More than revenge, the monster wanted a companion to heal his pain of being alone and rejected. "Every night I was oppressed by a slow fever, and I became nervous to a most painful degree;…

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, a university student, creates a living creature out of human body parts. However, once Victor sees what he had made in his frenzied state of selfish pride, he runs in terror, leaving the monster alone. The monster, isolated from society, has to grow up without a parental creator’s influence and ultimately turns his back on Victor and the rest of humanity, enacting his revenge and chasing Victor until his death. Many…

Unlike those of her peers, Mary Somerville’s story is filled with coincidences and destiny’s chosen moments that can only be described as written by fate. From the beginning, Somerville was allowed to grow up independent and free of the standard strictness enforced by officious parents. Through her upbringing, Somerville rarely had controlled and encouraged contact with the maths and sciences. In fact, she only studied for one full year and didn’t begin arithmetic until age 13 after seeing some…

Detrimental Development Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein abandons the dwindling hope for survival amongst negligent parental figures within the early stages of development. Frankenstein’s creation, intending not to negatively impact society, although unintentionally destroying the mentality of his creator, as hoping to save himself from the possibility of further rejection and fragile mentality. The excerpt, emphasizing the importance of upbringing, demonstrates a mere combination of social…

Self-love is healthy; self-devotion, on the other hand, is not. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, told primarily from the point of view of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who discovers the secret of life, illustrates this idea. Following his discovery and fueled by his desire for fame and glory, Victor decides to put his newfound knowledge to the test by creating a living being from dead flesh. However, when the Creation does actually come alive, Victor abandons him immediately. This is a…

The novel A Modern Prometheus; Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley in 1818, is known for its tragedy and the technology that started to change mankind during her time. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the themes of alienation and sanity are responsible for Victor’s downfall. After William passes, the guilt that is built up inside causes great grief for Victor. His isolation from the world while in university and his studies in Ingolstadt. The loss of Clerval after Victor left him in London due…

While reading the novel Frankenstein that was written by Mary Shelley, there was one question that I had in my mind throughout the whole novel. Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the creature, keeps referring to his creation as something unfathomably scary and disgusting such as the ‘wretch’, ‘monster’, and ‘devel’. Furthermore, creature himself even calls himself as a ‘wretch’ and admits the fact that he’s a monster for killing innocent people. However, after reading about the creature’s…

Human minds are a fickle thing, especially in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. In this book, Victor Frankenstein created a new form of life. Before he was able to contain it, it got away to cause havok. Filled with rage at his creator for being made so hideous, he killed a member of his family and ran off to the mountains. Frankenstein requested that he stop, but the monster wanted to make a deal. A new female companion for people’s safety. When Frankenstein was close to finishing, he…

The novel "Frankenstein", by Mary Shelly was interesting to read, and the plot was different from what I knew about the monster, Frankenstein. The plot lends itself to different interpretations and meanings, however, I think that the plot of the novel, is a mock and distortion human’s version of the Biblical creation, and the relationship between God and Adan. The novel has similar characters, a creator, Victor Frankenstein, and a creature, the monster. However, there are many differences, the…

Frankenstein, a book by Mary Shelley, tells the story of a scientist in pursuit of the secret of life.. The scientist, Victor Frankenstein, wished to create a creature that resembled himself, almost like a son.. He and the creature have more in common than they think. Victor wanted the monster to do thing on his own and become smart and capable of things. For that reason Victor gave him the capabilities to understand and learn more quickly . The reason for the conflict in the story comes from…