Frankenstein Essay

Frankenstein’s “The Creature”

The study of science encompasses the many facets of existence and daily life. The universe, environment, dinosaurs, animals, and insects are subjects of this study. Anthropology, the study of humanity, is another field of research. Dr. Victor Frankenstein, the scientist who examines the dead, is a figure in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein. He aspires to be the first to revive a deceased person, he wants to confirm that his readings are correct, there is an interest in knowing that he is accurate and wants to apply the concepts of philosophy to natural sciences. He gives up his family and friends in order to focus only on this objective, learning how to conjure life itself. When he finally succeeds, everything

Pointing to the theme of life.

Shelley portrays the creature as a lonely and isolated being who values companionship, through the creature's experiences and reactions it is shown that isolation and rejection can lead to violent outbursts. Societal rejection caused the creature to feel as if he was not an equal. There was an instance in which a young girl was in need of assistance and the creature, trying to be a kind being, went after her to save her. A man that was around that area saw him and per usual because the creature looks different than everyone else reacted in a negative manner. When he tried to save a young girl, a man shot him, confirming the creatures beliefs that people are evil. “I expected this reception…All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things!” (Shelley 2) The creature seems to value wanting to belong with the struggles of a society as a whole collectively rejecting and looking at him as a freak of nature because he stands out and is different looking. The creature may value companionship as throughout that quote there is specific

The creature is sharing what it is he took from the book he read “Paradise Lost” which is telling the biblical tale of the fall of mankind in which Adam and Eve are encouraged by some Satanic force to eat the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge. “Many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition; for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me.” (Shelley 15) The creature is trying to make a comparison of himself to Adam because he wishes and longs for that similarity to the world and others around him. This quote demonstrates an illusion because he is trying to compare his life to someone else as he sees it in an outsider point of view via a book. The figurative language proves that he is an isolated being especially if he is analyzing a book to the point in which the author felt it needed to be shown in the text. The ideas that arise connect to the common theme that since he recognizes he's different and cannot compare himself to others how isolation can make you behave a certain way and or even feel a certain way about the world around him. The author narrates a feeling of foreshadowing of what may occur ahead. Victor