Frankenstein Fire Essay

The fire represents Frankenstein; the best way to describe Frankenstein is his obsession with science. Fire can be both good and bad simultaneously, and that is the same for Frankenstein’s obsession with science. Just enough obsession became his motivation toward success, but when he had too much, it started to harm him. The science tool next to the fire represents Frankenstein’s development in the novel. In the story, Frankenstein’s character develops his thoughts about science change. In the beginning, he attempted to create a new creature, but afterward, he realized that creating a new creature was something that he shouldn’t have done. The sprout represents the start of the journey; the sprout is a symbol that reminds me of a new life, and the creation of the creature

That’s where the beads of one different color come in. The creature was not a monster from the very beginning; the creature’s surroundings are what created the monster. People treated the creature differently just because he looked different from the others, and that’s what created the real monster. These facts reminded me of a witch trial, and for that reason, I chose the witch hat to represent the creature. Just like how society made an ordinary person into a witch, in the novel, society is the one who created the monster. If the society around the creature did not judge him by his looks, then the creature would’ve fit into the community and wouldn’t have been any different from the others. Although the two main characters have many differences, they do have one similarity: this similarity is that they both lose innocence as the book progresses. I used a knife to represent the creature’s loss of innocence and a crumbled letter to represent Frankenstein’s loss of innocence. The creature’s innocence is lost when he finally admits that he cannot fit into the community around him and starts killing