All the monster wanted was company, but because he feels alone. He tries to make friends with the people, but every time someone saw him, they would scream and run away from him. When he talks to Frankenstein, he tells him “I am alone and miserable: man will not associate with me.” The monster first kills Victor 's little brother because he is mad at Victor for creating him the way he is.
(Shelley 215). The creature feels a regret that no true monster is capable of. He recalls his harshness and expresses remorse. Unlike Frankenstein, who dies pursuing his goal of destroying the monster, the monster dies because he cannot live with what he has done. No inhumane creature would feel as strong of regret as the creature feels now.
Parental neglect causes a multitude of developmental hurdles, primarily aggression, as seen through the Creature. This is due to the Creature being neglected and rejected by Victor, starting at his creation. The parental abandonment and negligence of the Creature caused increased aggression and behavioral issues, such as the killing of innocents and more. Through Attachment Theory, it can be interpreted that Victor and the Creature have an insecure avoidant attachment type. This is an explanation of the creature’s behavior after being abandoned.
This book explores the idea of the world, abandonment, and revenge. In Frankenstein, abandonment and betrayal is shown when Dr. Victor Frankenstein creates the monster, then leaves him to care for himself. because the monster did not turn out as he planned, displaying abandonment. This means that the monster had to fend for himself and learn his own way of life without love or protection from anyone. “Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.”
When one thinks of the phrase ‘solitary confinement’, a mental image of a dark, damp, small room that one person is forced to stay in without interaction is normally the one invoked. Often, such a thought comes with a hint of fear because it is well known how one can become objectively insane without proper interaction. In the book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the author uses complex scenes balancing light and dark and mentions light vs dark almost constantly to invoke this fear within the readers and convey how necessary friendship is to survival. In fact, one of the major themes in the novel is that of loneliness and dejection, which she highlights through the common mention of light equating to life and life to happiness. Alternatively,
A good example of how someone could turned out if they were abandoned perhaps, the monster from the book Frankenstein-Chapter 5. He was abandoned by his creator and left to fend for himself, he was never taught anything and later on in his life he began to murder the family members of his creator in hopes of torturing him. If he were to have been cared for by Victor the monster could have had an easier time applying himself to the outside world.
Abandonment is a type of trauma that causes people to feel certain pessimistic emotions, lose social interaction with society, and much more. Abandonment can be directly attributed to certain behaviors such as seeking revenge on others, questioning themselves, and feeling lost. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist, creates a living creature, the antagonist, in hopes of advancing science and being known for something grandiose. Frankenstein realizes the massive mistake in creating the creature, thus deciding to abandon it, leaving it to survive on its own. The story continues with the monster’s journey on how he experiences new emotions leading to many unlawful acts being committed, supporting the theme of abandonment.
In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, both of the main characters undergo physical and emotional isolation. This enforced or chosen solitude causes Frankenstein to become over-ambitious and harbor secrets from his family and friends, leading to his demise. In the monster, isolation turns to misery, which causes him to become vengeful against his creator and all the world. Through these examples of total isolation, Shelley shows that when people have no connection to others in the world, their worst characteristics and flaws are brought out. Victor Frankenstein was the first character to show a major flaw while in isolation.
He threatens Frankenstein by telling him “I may die, but first you” which shows that the creature is not afraid of dying as long as he can inflict as much pain as possible on Frankenstein first (Shelley 123). This alone is a monstrous way to act and it shows that the creature felt compelled to take on the role that society gave him. The consequences of the creature being villainized because of his appearance ended up threatening the lives of Frankenstein and everyone he
“Pain can be alleviated by morphine but the pain of social ostracism cannot be taken away.” (Jarman). Derek Jarman had a very good point when he said this. We all feel pain at some point in our lives and that pain is often altered by pain medication or other remedies but the pain of being pushed away from society otherwise known as Ostracism, that is pain that cannot be taken away. Ostracism is a problem that has been around forever and is still an unsolved problem today.
In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein's scientific mind helped him to create a living creature by sewing together and reanimating parts of previously dead human, But because of how the creature looked he rejected it when he succeeded at bringing it to life. The creature grew up without any parental affection or guidance. Growing up like this can cause major emotional complications later in life. Through the actions of murdering Victor’s family and loved ones the creature shows his desire for revenge against Victor for abandoning him. At the end of the book the creature has come face to face the death of his creator, instead of feeling rejoice for the death of the man he tortured and hunted down, he feels sorrow and
These demonstrate that monster is sensitive as he feels sorrowful on Frankenstein death and care about him. The fiend only wants him to fulfil his duty towards
Due to neglect and immediate abandonment during the beginning of his life, the creature develops a hostile attitude and seeks revenge on Victor Frankenstein. In response to the cottage dwellers attacking him, the creature exclaims “cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence of which you had so wantonly bestowed” and reveals his feelings “of rage and revenge” (Shelley 135).
The monster continues by reassuring the creator of his independent intelligence and power over the creature by telling Frankenstein, “This you alone can do”. Here, the creature assumes a role of submissiveness and reliance on Frankenstein. Frankenstein’s monster gains the sympathy of the reader who, despite condemning the murder of innocent people, commiserate with the lonely creature who is in search of an acquaintance, which he will likely never find. The monster also displays power and aggressiveness over Frankenstein; “You are my creator; but I am your master; obey!” The monster wants to desolate Victor’s heart, not by killing him directly,
Isolation and abandonment can cause many different reactions from people. In the words of William A. Sadler Jr., a sociology professor, “We often do not know how to cope. It can make us confused, distraught, depressed, frightened, and even outraged” (Sadler 105). In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, several of these effects are presented in Victor Frankenstein and his creation. They both suffer from being isolated from their creator, society, and family units.
