Monster
Frankenstein's monster is described in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein. The creature is referred to as "Monster”. Victor Frankenstein, but in the story the creature has no name. Shelley described Frankenstein's monster as an 8-foot-tall, extremely ugly, with translucent, yellowish skin pulled over the body. It has watery, glowing eyes, black hair, black lips, and bold white teeth. In Frankenstein, Victor and the monster he creates are very similar. Depression and Bipolar Disorder reappear and are expressed in the characters actions throughout the whole book “Frankenstein”.
Clinical depression is an illness that may include a chemical imbalance in the brain and stressful life events, such as the loss of a loved one. This was caused by Victor because he left the monster when he was made, never even gave him a chance. The monster says “I possessed no money, no friends, no kind of property” (Shelley 102). This quote gives an example of the monster basically saying he has nothing in his life and that was definitely a reason he was depressed. As soon as the monster came to life Frankenstein said, “the beauty of the dream vanished, and
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“Her creature represents human nature at it’s darkest” (White). Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein “to represent a child that is uneducated and wanting acceptance” (Beccs). After bringing this “child” into the world, Victor seems to suffer from some form of postpartum depression. “Shelley also suffered from postpartum depression after she had a miscarriage” (White) and almost died earlier before writing this book. This would explain why she includes the disorder into the book. The book most likely took on a dark theme because the place Shelley was in whenever she wrote it. She was under a lot of stress with the death of her half sister and being a mistress at the time. Therefore, Frankenstein was most likely an outlet for Shelley’s stress at the