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Frankenstein: Who's The Real Monster Or His Creation?

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Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein” was first published in 1818. This novel is based on Victor Frankenstein a scientist whose obsessive desire for knowledge led to the ruining of his life. Victor was obsessed with the idea of creating life and doing the impossible, he ended up creating a monster. The real question is who’s the actual monster Frankenstein or his creation? Frankenstein being the one who created the so called monster or his creation who had no say in what was happening. Victor Frankenstein had a very happy childhood his parents were Alphonse and Caroline who had met when Caroline's father passed away leaving her an orphan. Alphonse was a really good friend of her father's so when he passed Alphonse swore to take care of her …show more content…

Immediately Frankenstein hated his creation with a passion all because he did not look the way he wanted him to look. Victor harshly began to describe how hideous his creation was not considering how the creature was feeling or thinking. Victor said how now that he had finished after nearly two years of him trying to give life to his creation the beauty of his dream had vanished and breathless horror and disgust filled his heart. Victor rushed out of the room because he was so overwhelmed by what he had created, leaving the creature alone, scared, and confused. The next day after and unexpected visitor arrived Victor was forced to check on the creature but to his surprise he was gone. After all the madness had occured Frankenstein fell into a deep depression and was very ill but was looked after and nursed back to health by his good friend Clerval. On may 7th Frankenstein received the news of his brother death, on his return home he made the horrible discover of who had killed his brother. He discovered that it was his creature who took the life of his brother, this just filled him with more hate towered his

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As the monster grows older, his comparison to victor becomes more and more evident, and their likeness creates a conflict between the two characters. In the first few chapter of Shelley’s novel, Victor describes growing up in great detail. From his loving parents, to his great friendships, Victor Frankenstein had a very happy childhood. He even goes as far as stating that “no human could have passed a happier childhood than myself.”

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Joseph Aharoni Period 6, 10/2/14 Frankenstein: Misunderstood Monster Throughout the course of Frankenstein, Victor’s creation struggles to find a purpose and his own self definition. Tossed into the world with absolutely no guidance, hated by every living being he encounters, and remorseful of his own wicked deeds, the Creature shapes one of the most contradictory and enigmatic characters experienced in literature. The way that Victor and the Creature view each other, as well as themselves, shifts drastically throughout the course of the story, and ultimately the decision of whose beliefs are more correct is arbitrary to each reader. I find more truth in the Creature’s view of himself as opposed to Victor’s.

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In Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, The creature may be known for his monstrous and unforgiveable acts, but it is his creator, Victor, who is the true monster. Mary Shelley was an English novelist, best known for her gothic novel “Frankenstein”. In “Frankenstein” the question of who is the true monster, Victor or the creature, is a prominent theme throughout the story. While the creature's actions are certainly gruesome and horrific, it is the Monster who ultimately holds the title of the true monster. Through his neglect and mistreatment of the creature, Victor demonstrates a complete disregard for the life he has created.

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Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is the story of a young man named Victor Frankenstein who does the unthinkable, creates life from dead flesh. Victor is a young, educated and wealthy member of society who grows up in a loving home with high standards of ethics and morality. He creates a creature out of impulse with little thought of its future well-being and abandons it carelessly. The creature is left to discover life without teaching or direction. Only when the creature impacts Victor’s life, by taking away his loved ones, is Victor forced to deal with the consequences of his own actions.

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a gothic horror novel about how, after weeks of being at sea, explorer Robert Walton comes across a very ill man named Victor Frankenstein. In a series of letters to his sister in England, he retells Victor’s story of the creation he made and how it forever changed his life. In the novel Frankenstein, readers know the real monster is Victor Frankenstein because he was selfish and only focused on himself, abandoned his creation, and let other people die as a result of his actions. In the beginning, Victor Frankenstein starts to show how selfish he truly is by ignoring his family’s requests to write letters to them while he is away.

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But these are not thoughts befitting me; I will endeavour to resign myself cheerfully to death, and will indulge a hope of meeting you in another world”(24). Victor shows the strong love of family in his childhood “No human being could have passed a happier childhood than [me]. My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence” (Shelley,40), he raised with excellent conditions and with parents who loved their children, but we do not see that Victor gives this love to his creature and ignored him, notwithstanding the fact that the two figures shared many characteristics. As a result of Frankenstein 's darkness and ignorance toward his creature, he refused to accept the monster because of his physical appearance and Frankenstein sees the creature as if he were the monster when the creature

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As Frankenstein grew older, his love for Elizabeth became stronger all the time. One of these days, his mother died. Everybody was very sorry this event. After

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Who is this monster – the creator or the creation? As the narrative progresses, Victor Frankenstein loses his already feeble hold to humanity allowing his Creation control him; the Creature, nonetheless, wanders aimlessly looking for sense of belonging in a society which amenably rejects him. Isolation one of the most vital elements in the novel. Victor chooses to isolate himself physically and emotionally, whereas the monster is forced into isolation.

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In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley gives an incredibly complex insight into the life and mind of Frankenstein’s monster. As the story progresses, there are twists, turns and pitfalls unveiled due to the twisted nature of Victor Frankenstein himself. The monster was created in a dark laboratory out of another man’s dead body. On top of this, Frankenstein did not create the monster out of love, but out of exploration and pride.

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The first major cause of suffering in Victor’s life was when he received a letter from his father and the letter entailed that his youngest brother, William has been murdered by being strangled to death. The Frankenstein family had been taking an evening stroll in Plainpalais and had extended their walk

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The consuming and remorseful tones in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein demonstrates Victor Frankenstein’s evolution from a character who is optimistic about the creation of his experiment to a lonely miserable person who is bitter and in anguish with making unpredictable decisions in his life. Frankenstein was initially exuberant and curious that his creation would impact the world in a useful way, but became hopeless when the monster was born due to his preconceived notions based on his external image. Some might state that the creature is the true monster since he sought revenge and destroyed the lives of innocent people; however, Frankenstein is the genuine villain, considering that he abandoned and neglected the creature and never gave him a chance, because of his physical characteristics. Frankenstein reacts with hatred and disgust revealing that he feels regret and wants to end his creation; making them enemies. For example, Frankenstein wants the creature to “be gone” and if not he “may trample [him] to dust” ending the monsters existence (Shelly 123).

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The one who made the monster is the true monster. Victor Frankenstein was a man of imagination and curiosity, who was fascinated by the idea of creating a living being. Though to make this creature, he blocked out everything around him, including his own family. After years of hard work, he succeeded in creating this creature, but when he brought it to life he ran from it seeing that it was ugly and horrid. Victor Frankenstein was the true monster of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein because he treated The Creature as if it were a monster and he neglected his family, proving that the relationships you build with other people can truly impact your life.

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Here Frankenstein receives everything he wanted, but because the strength and valor needed to further achieve this great expedition of science proves to be much too daunting, he turns his nose up and his back away from his dreams. Mary Shelley likely regrets a time when she could have attained personal success, but turned away due to her lack of courage and determination, and now curses this character with the same cowardice in order to teach herself the importance of bravery. Not only does Shelley’s subconscious insecurities present themselves through the eyes of Frankenstein, but his monster as well. From the very moment the monster opened his yellow eyes, he faced hatred and abandonment. His own creator wished for his demise and ran, terrified from his side, leaving him alone in a completely new world.

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After Frankenstein experiences the death of Elizabeth, he understands that he is the cause of all the deaths in his family and promises to seek revenge on his creation. All the guilt he has turns into anger and fuels his impulse for revenge on the monster. He very passionately and assuredly describes his anger when he says, “My revenge is of no moment to you... I confess that it is the devouring and only passion of my soul,” (217) and promises to seek justice for what he believes is rightfully his. Frankenstein travels to the ends of the world to enact the revenge he thinks he deserves.

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When reading through the novel some might question who's the real monster? Throughout Frankenstein Mary Shelley uses the concepts of Science and knowledge, social rejection and true evil. Victor is a lonely guy who takes on a “God like” role for his personal satisfaction. Victor creates the monster out of his greed and ambitions which led to many of the horrible events throughout the story. He was portrayed as the victim at the beginning of the story because of how secluded he was and his mother died.

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