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Frankenstein Research Paper

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Gavin Rhoda
Ms. Straayer
English 12
20 March 2023
The Creation of a Monster
Mary Shelly has Victor Frankenstien create a monster in the book “Frankenstein. She does this in a multitude of ways. Some ways are through the Creatures actions which he is to blame, society and their responses to him, and Victor's own negligence/rejectance towards his Creature. There is evidence written all over the book on how “Frankenstein” is a revenge story. Though Victor is the Creator, the Creature is to blame for his wrongdoings. The creator did not do his job as a creator. The creature acts out or learns who he is in three main ways. Through revenge, society and how they act toward the Creature, and Victor's own negligence/rejectance toward his creation. …show more content…

Revenge comes in a multitude of ways in this world, but the Creature chooses death to be his main form. The first set of evidence that Mary Shelley created a monster is the craving for revenge the Creature carries with him. After Frankenstein destroys the Creatures companion, Creature says he will kill everyone Frankenstein loves. Frankenstien comes across a dead man, “It appeared to be a handsome young man, about five and twenty years of age. He had apparently been strangled, for there was no sign of any violence except the black mark of fingers on his neck” (Shelly 128). The Creature seemed to kill the only friend Frankenstien had, Clerval. Whale Frankenstien is with Elizabeth after their wedding, I escaped from the room where lay the body of Elizabeth, my love, my wife, so lately living, so dear, so worthy. She had been moved from the posture in which I had first beheld her; and now, as she lay, her head upon her arm, and a handkerchief thrown across her face and neck, I might have supposed her asleep.” (Shelly 145). The creature had strangled Elizabeth the same way he killed Clerval, these are but the last few Frankenstien loved. Revenge took the Creature by storm and the Creature could not suppress his cravings for blood. The Creature truly did kill everyone Frankenstien …show more content…

Frankenstein is in and fit of anger and rage and, “As I looked on him, his countenance expressed the utmost extent of malice and treachery. I thought with a sensation of madness on my promise of creating another like him, and trembling with passion, tore to pieces the thing on which I was engaged.” (Shelley 121). Frankenstein tore apart the only thing the Creature wanted/asked for. Frankenstein neglected the creatures' only demand. Frankenstein right after creating his Creation, “had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded emoderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room,” (shelley 35). The first thing that happened after Frankenstien created his Creature was to get filled with “breathless horror” he ran away to his room. The first thing the Creature experienced was his Creator leaving him. Overall, all the Creature knew was neglect/rejection from his Creator. This seemed to be a big reason for his acting out and how he handled rejection of his

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