Frankenstein Responsibility Essay

Responsibility and alienation were evident scenarios in 19th-century societies. Mary Shelley supports these themes through her writing in the novel Frankenstein. Through the plot, setting, characters, imagery, and other themes, Mary Shelley portrays how 19th-century society neglected their individual and social responsibility, leading to the alienation of specific people in the community. Shelley uses imagery throughout the novel to make the element of alienation and responsibility more concrete and appealing to the readers. An aspect of imagery is evident when Shelley describes the Glacier Mountains and valleys to create a vivid understanding of the alienated nature of the setting where Victor and his creation go. For instance, Shelley states,

"I felt the cheering warmth of summer and heard the rustling of the leaves and the warbling of the birds, and these were all to me" (Shelley,

2022, p. 204). It is only in alienated places that sounds of birds and rustling of the leaves can be heard. Shelley uses exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and eventually resolution in the development of the novel's plot to describe how society has contributed to alienation through neglect of their responsibilities. The book begins with the story of Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist character who is obsessed with science. The rising action occurs when his obsession and alienation from society drive him to create a monster, leading to conflict when he becomes frightened and abandons it (Brännström, 2006, p. 11). The story's climax occurs when Victor learns of the murdering trend of his creation. Despite building a wife for the monster, Victor destroys the new creation, and the monster takes revenge by murdering his loved ones. The chasing spree leads to the falling action when Victor chases the monster to the Northern ice, where he dies at the rescue of Walton. The story ends with the conflict unresolved, where the monster kills himself