Examples Of Archetype In Frankenstein

Frankenstein is a novel written by the author, Mary Shelley. She written this work when she was only 18 years old. The book, tells a story of a mad scientist, Victor, creating a grotesque creature. The creature is hated by the society, which directly leads the monster to revenge upon his creator, causing Victor's family to break into pieces. The creature is a typical example of the character archetype, the creature of nightmare. This archetype is crucial to the book Frankenstein, the archetype effect reader's perspective and the feelings on the story, the reader will look through the perspective of the monster, in addition the archetype had the purpose of creating conflicts and triggering events, further more creating a comparison between

The archetype is shown when the narrator describes that the monster, physically or abstract, is created from the darkest, hideous part of the human mind, often threaten the lives of the hero/heroine and his/her friend. The creature is usually made from the pieces of the dead body of human and beast. In chapter 5, Victor describe the creature as “But these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips" (Shelley 33). Looking at the description, the reader clearly recognizes the horrible look or physical appearance of the monster. These descriptions fit into the characteristics and the definition of the archetype, creature of night mare. By fully understand the archetype, we will notice that it does way more than just simply providing the

In the beginning of the book, the reader will only look through the perspective of Victor Frankenstein, which informed the information to the reader that the creature is totally evil. Then later when the narration of the creature begins, readers were changed into the perspective of the creature, standing in its shoe. Therefore, creating different perspective on the story. “It is with considerable difficulty that I remember the original era of my being; all the events of that period appear confused and indistinct." (Shelley 83). This quote is the start of the narration of the creature, it begins to fit the reader into the perspective of this “evil’ monster. The reader’s feelings will be gradually being effected by the narration, first they might all show hatred and fear towards the monster, but through looking from the perspective of the creature, they might even show sympathy towards the monster. The word hatred and sympathy have the completely different meaning, therefore the author successfully changes the perspective and feelings of the reader by using this archetype. The story is created based on the archetype. The archetype creates the crucial part the story, the conflict. There by creating the conflict, it triggered a series of events. There is part of the summary of chapter 8, 9, and 10 from Frankenstein. The monster strangled