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Examples Of Parental Guidance In Frankenstein

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Parental guidance is fundamental in the development of a child; without a role model, one might find it more difficult to experience traditional development. Throughout someone’s life, social and emotional development are critical to becoming a functioning adult. The idea of social and emotional development includes the evolution of oneself to reach the fullest potential and be able to efficiently express, manage, and understand emotions. Although, many species go through social and emotional development. While in most animal species, the goal isn’t to become a functioning adult but is to be successful in reproduction; they still experience social development. In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the use of characterization, point of …show more content…

When Victor Frankenstein created the monster, he(the monster) was “birthed”. The monster had the mentality of a small child with no knowledge of the world; regardless of his adult body. Shelley writes, “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 84) which implies that the monster is aware that he was born but he is struggling to remember what it was actually like. As the monster “grew,” he had more experience. During the story in chapter 11, the monster had been on the lookout for food, as it had become scarce. When the monster finds an old man’s house, he enters. Once the old man had caught sight of the monster, he ran as far as he could across the field. This theme of people running away from the monster and isolating him continues throughout the story; he continued to venture around and came across a small village. In doing this, he was attacked by the villagers. After the continuous isolation, the monster began to improvise by retreating into the shadows and observing all of the villagers. While this did make it harder for him to develop socially, he was able to learn a lot from just watching; he began to The monster developed just like a human would, just in a different

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Page 2 of 2 In the novel Frankenstein, the contrast between the main character, Victor Frankenstein, and the minor character, the monster, represents a foil. The qualities and characteristics of the minor character, the monster, help to highlight the weaknesses of the main character, Victor Frankenstein. This foil also illuminates the meaning of the work that the pursuit of knowledge can sometimes go too far and lead to consequences. The major character, Victor Frankenstein, pushes the limits of scientific knowledge and this desire ends up controlling him to a point of no return. Frankenstein’s experiment of creating life eventually turns him into a selfish man who is only concerned with his wants and desires.

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When he finally creates the creature, he runs, consumed by “breathless horror and disgust” (Shelly 35). He - in his sickly state - failed to see the true nature of what he has made, and immediately regrets it. Furthermore, when the creature confronts Frankenstein, Frankenstein shows cruelty to his creation, screaming, yelling and flat out refusing to listen to it, “ Begone! I will not hear you.”

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Children's behavior is mostly affected by the way they are raised; parenting affects their mental growth and social skills. Many ways of parenting have been highlighted as having their own pros and cons. This article analyzes how parenting affects children's behavior in relation to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. We will take a deeper look into the effects of parenting on mental health and social skills by going through the plot of the novel and how parenting is portrayed in it. In addition, we will see how Frankenstein's novel is a representation of the consequences of neglectful parenting.

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Frankenstein, Mary Shelley's novel, analyses the implications of parental neglect and the negative impact it has on people and society as a whole. Shelley constructs a cautionary tale that represents Wollstonecraft's opinion that the unhappiness that plagues society frequently arises from the neglect of parents, drawing inspiration from her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft's, powerful book on women's rights, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman. Through the characters of Victor Frankenstein and the Creature, the issue of parental neglect appears in Frankenstein, demonstrating the tremendous influence of inadequate parental direction and nurturing on the creation of identity and the human mind. The protagonist and "parent" of the narrative, Victor

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The Duties a Parent Has Towards Their Children What gives humans the right to create life? Moreover, what responsibilities does a parent have to his child. Multiple philosophies have been formulated that address this question; communism and Christianity being two of the most prominent in the western modern world. In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses Frankenstein’s monster to convey her belief that a parent's most basic duty to their child is to be present in their live while caring and nurture them. She does this through a multitude of literary devices.

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In the novel Frankenstein, the parent conflict that I mostly seen throughout is between Victor Frankenstein and his creation, whom is the monster. The conflict that Victor create is the abandonment on the monster after he realizes what he has created. Victor leaves for the mountains and the monster stays behind in Geneva feeling lonely, as the society hates him. The relationship between Victor and his monster is replayed by Alphonse Frankenstein, an abandoning father, and Victor.

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He spent his time watching a family through their window learning all about them. “they were a mixture of pain and pleasure, such as I had never before experienced, either from hunger or cold, warmth or food; and I withdrew from the window, unable to bear these emotions.” The monsters longing for companionship continued to grow as he watched the family. He became fascinated with the love they showed for each other. The monster became attached to the family he wanted to reveal himself to them but stopped fearing that they would too hate him for his appearance even though he was good natured.

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The monster explains that he has worked hard to try to break the communication barrier with humans. He attains social skills that are similar to those of his human counterparts and is able to adequately communicate when speaking to a blind man, however, when the monster communicates with people that are not blind, they can only see his flaws in his appearance and are afraid of this monster. The monster is unable to conform to society and is prevented from being accepted by his peers. Conversely, Eliza is able to conform to society and is accepted by most of her peers: “I shall always be a flower girl to Professor Higgins, because he always

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Interestingly enough, the novel resembles Shelley’s own life and can be interpreted as a reflection of her perception of families. Shelley shares many of the same characteristics with most of her characters. As the main character in the novel, Frankenstein’s creature is depicted as “a motherless orphan” who had an “unnatural birth” (Griffith). This correlates with Shelley’s own childhood as she was raised without a mother and her birth was in some ways “unnatural” as mothers are not naturally made to die during childbirth.

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Frankenstein : Psychology of Parenting When a child is created and brought into this world, it is the parent’s responsibility to nurture, guide, and teach he/she how to develop and strive socially, mentally, and emotionally in this world. Human beings have to be taught everything. Without someone teaching them right from wrong and how to survive, they could end up feral. It is the parent’s responsibility to teach their child socially and morally to help them survive.

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As seen in Frankenstein, family plays a key element in the development of each character. Victor Frankenstein was nourished by his family from crib to grave and they served as a support system for him. In contrast, The Creature was abandoned from the day he was created. It was the lack of family that drove the creature to seek revenge on his creator, Victor Frankenstein.

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a gothic novel that tells the story of scientist, Victor Frankenstein, and his obsession with creating human life. This leads him to creating a gruesome monster made of body-parts stolen from grave yards, whom upon discovering his hideousness, the monster seeks revenge against his creator, causing Victor to regret the creation of his monster for the rest of his life. Shelley uses the literary elements of personification, imagery, and similes to give a vivid sense and visualization of Victor Frankenstein’s thoughts and feelings as well as to allow us to delve deeper into the monster’s actions and emotions. Throughout the novel, Shelley uses personification of various forces and objects to reflect the effect in Victor’s actions.

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This further constructed the monster’s ambition to prowl out revenge from those who spurned him. He then advances on to hurting Frankenstein. While visiting Frankenstein’s brother, “the boy repulses the monster” leading into “the monster kills him” (Novels). The monster’s doing was derived from his profound sense of suffering and betrayal. The monster’s shift from considerate to bitter was caused by his exclusion from all mankind.

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Isolation and a lack of companionship is the tragic reality for the monster, who was abandoned by his creator and is repulsive to everyone that he comes across. Victor removes himself from society for many months; severing nearly all human contact then renouncing his creation based on the monster's appearance. As the monster matures he begins to understands the relationship the cottagers share with one another, while the monster, “yearned to be known and loved by these amiable creatures: to see their sweet looks directed towards me with affection was the utmost limit of my ambition. ”(Shelley). Armed with nothing but the longing for a real connection, the monster approaches his unknowing hosts only to be “brutally attacked—by those he trusted...because of their human ignorance.

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In Frankenstein, Shelley presents two characters who represent the different sides of the same character. The monster was a clear reflection of his creator because; they had the same development, same pain and suffering, and were recluses. Victor and the monster did not physically resemble each other, but they had the same personality and traits, therefore,

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