Comparing Beowulf, Frankenstein, And We Shall Fight On The Beaches

Beowulf, Frankenstein, and “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” each had a central theme of how fear of monsters can change a person’s way of thinking. Beowulf and Frankenstein both had monsters that brought fear and pain to characters of the stories. While Winston Churchill’s speech “We Shall Fight on the Beaches” dealt with a threat to the safety of his people and his nation. Furthermore, the pieces show fear in many similar ways throughout with the use of monsters. In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein creates a monster using science and when it comes to life; he instantly fears his creation. Once the creature awakes from his creation, it stands over Victor and he is startled by the creature’s horrid appearance. Then once Victor’s friend,

However, once he goes back to his home he finds that the monster has left his home to great relief. On his way, back to his home village, he learns that one of his brothers had died. Victor fears that it was most likely his creation that squeezed the life out of his brother. After the funeral of his brother, Victor meets up with the monster and learns that the monster killed his brother out of fear and hatred. The monster told him that it had faced fear as it traveled from town to being hated by people because of its appearance. It also tells him that he was forced to live in a makeshift shack near a family. While living in the forest, the monster learns how to read and how to speak. After learning so much from the family, it decides to help the family with some of its chores. Finally, the monster decides to introduce itself to the family hoping to gain some friends. It begins to fear that the family will reject him. That event comes to life and the family rejects the monster with causes the monster to hate his creator for the way he created it. Also, it fears that it will never find anyone that will show it love and compassion. So, the monster request that Victor make a companion