The vainglorious and vindictive tones in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein demonstrate Victor’s evolution from a character who took pride in becoming a father to a new species to the annihilation of his own existence. Victor’s ego drove him to finish his creation and become world renowned. It is that same creation that he abandons and must take vengeance upon. Victor’s egotistical aspiration to conquer death is something beyond what others are capable of. “A new species would bless me as its creator…”
Frankenstein Rough Draft In the novel Frankenstein, our main characters Victor Frankenstein and the creature have grown to become really close friends. As the novel goes on you can see the creature and Victor grow a strong relationship with each other and how similar the creature is to Victor. Victor Frankenstein is a scientist who makes this evil creation which is the creature. This creature develops throughout the novel by adapting to the natural world and sharing the same traits as Victor.
In addition, Victor's solitude and arrogance have morphed into monomania and psychopathy; his values are distorted. When Victor is supposed to be anxious about other people's well-being and safety, he focuses on himself and whether he is tranquil. After Victor evacuated his apartment following the creature's awakening, he feared the monster's potential attack on him. When he arrived back at his home, not finding the creation, he felt relief and joy at its escape, rather than fear for others’s harm. Victor narrates, “I stepped fearfully in: the apartment was empty, and my bedroom was also freed from its hideous guest.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein contains valuable lessons about the role love plays in providing one with life, liberty and happiness. Shelley portrays Victor and the Creature as products of very different environments who nonetheless end up with similar mindsets in which revenge is thought of as a pact and love is a basic necessity. Victor’s early years are spent with boundless amounts of love, whereas the Creature is spurned from the beginning of his existence. However, at the end of the novel, both Victor and the Creature are driven by a relentless need to take vengeance upon the other. These factors are used to define the characteristics of Victor and the Creature and shape their psychological makeup.
The soldiers rejoiced at this during the hangings, drinking and laughing, as we watched the communist dogs be put to death. We drank the schnapps from local bars. German liquor is much better and more potent! We laughed as one soldier drew a picture of the spectacle. We had a Dührer in our midst.
Victor Frankenstein, born with two loving parents unlike the creature. Victor created the Creature then left him because he was disgusted and terrified of what he had created “I rushed out of the room….unable to compose my mind to sleep”( Shelley, 47). the Creature never experienced love because everyone was terrified of him because of his appearance “ He turned on hearing a noise; perceiving me ,...debilitated form hardly appeared capable”( Shelley,89). The Creature ask victor for a companion so he can feel love by someone and so he will not be alone “ My companion must be of the same species, and have the same defects. This being you must create”(Shelley,123).Victoor gets married to Elizabeth and the creature kills her because he does not go through with the plan of creating the Creatures companion
After telling Victor the story of his short, miserable life, the creature’s longing to be a part of a family continues as he begs Victor to give him a female creature, similar to himself, that he can run away and avoid humanity with forever. The creature explains to Victor “You must create a female for me with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being” (Shelley 156). The absence of family throughout Frankenstein causes psychological as well as physical illness in several characters.
Vansh Raj Ms. McMahon ELA 8/2nd Period 13 February 2023 In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley the character Victor is faced with a moral dilemma after creating a monster. As the creature begs for a companion, Victor is torn between his fear of what a second creature might bring and his sympathy, So Victor Should make a companion for the creature because it would fulfil the creature’s hunger for social interactions and provides a sense of responsibility for Victor for abandoning the creature. Victor owes the creature happiness because they both could live peaceful life’s if Victor Makes the creature a companion. So, when the creature tells Victor his demand he says “ What I ask of you is reasonable and moderate; I demand a creature of another sex, we shall be monster cut off from the world. Our lives will be harmless and free from misery Oh!
Is Frankenstein a Hero? (An Analysis of the Story Frankenstein) The story Frankenstein can be interpreted differently by many people. Some people may view Frankenstein as a hero.
Towards the end of Mary Shellys novel, Frankenstein's Monster asks Victor to create a female mate so he can experience love like the cottagers expressed while the Monster stalked them.
Monsters are often classified based upon their appearance and inhumane characteristics. In the book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein tears apart graveyards for the formation of a new being, which is brought to life with electricity. Frankenstein was fascinated with life itself and wanted to create this being through the dead with the use of science. After multiple years of suturing this new being together Victor succeeded in bringing this creature to life. Although realizing what he had just created Victor is repulsed by this new being and calls him a Monster.
It may seem apparent at first to say that the monster from the story, “Frankenstein” is obviously just a monster and nothing else but when you look into the facts, it may not seem as obvious as you think. There is more evidence showing that the monster is more human than what he is displayed as. The monster is human because of how much knowledge and feelings he has. First of all, the book “Frankenstein” by Gris Grimly demonstrates how much knowledge the monster has.
Such passion is seen in Victor’s ‘noble intent’ to design a being that could contribute to society, but he had overextended himself, falling under the spell of playing ‘God,’ further digging his grave as he is blinded by glory. His creation – aptly called monstrous being due to its stature, appearance, and strength – proved to be more of a pure and intellectually disposed ‘child’ that moves throughout the novel as a mere oddity, given the short end of the stick in relation to a lack of familial figures within his life, especially that of parents. Clearly, Victor Frankenstein had sealed his fate: by playing God he was losing his humanity, ultimately becoming the manifestation of Mary Shelley’s hidden desires, deteriorating into The Lucifer Principle by which the author Howard Bloom notes social groups, not individuals, as the primary “unit of selection” in human psychological
Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein is a masterpiece that has fascinated readers for centuries. The story is about a brilliant young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who becomes obsessed with creating life. After years of intense research and experimentation, he finally succeeds in bringing his creation to life, but he quickly realizes that his creation is a monster. Unfortunately, the monster is rejected by society, and in his anger and despair, he vows revenge on his creator. This theme of revenge is central in the novel and has been explored in various adaptations, including the 1994 film directed by Kenneth Branagh.
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Critical Analysis About the author Naomi Hetherington is a member of the University of Sheffield, the department of lifelong learning. She is an early researcher in sexuality, religious culture, the 19th-century literature, and gender. She holds a BA in Theology and religious studies, an MA and a Ph.D. in Victorian Literature. She currently teaches four-year pathway literature degree at Sheffield University for students who have already attained foundation degrees. Among the books, she has written the critique of Frankenstein.
