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Humanity In Frankenstein

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What makes a human? There are defining qualities even those we might never think to be human can actually be because of them.
Frankenstein’s creature is a human because he has similar emotions, the same abilities, and is made of human parts.
The creature is human since he has similar emotions to what we know to be human-like. In Gris Grimly Frankenstein, while the creature is arguing with Frankenstein he reasons, "'How can I move thee? Believe me, Frankenstein: I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity: but am I not alone, miserably alone?'" (Grimly 83). The creature means he is kind and loving but feels lonely. Loneliness is caused by a lack of love from other humans. He feels a connection to some humans and longs for them to feel it back. Love is a defining …show more content…

When you think of a human you think of a structure that needs to be cared for and loved. In order for something or someone to be human they need to be related to or have characteristics of human beings. Love in the creature shows he is a human. Likewise, in Gris Grimly Frankenstein, the creature reads Frankenstein’s journal made while he abides by being created. After reading he realized, "'My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy; and, when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture, such as you cannot even imagine...But when I discovered that he, the author of my existence, sought his own enjoyment in feelings and passions from the indulgence of which I was forever barred, then impotent envy and bitter indignation filled me with an insatiable thirst for vengeance'" (Grimly 190). The creature acted fine until he found out that Frankenstein had what he wanted, then he became extremely angry and violent.

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Do you believe the creature in Gris Grimly 's Frankenstein is human? Yes, this creature was created with human parts and behaved like a human. The only thing is that this creature was created in a laboratory like a science experiment. This creature did some good and some bad and behaved like a human. After all I believe the creature is human.

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In Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, Victor dies at the end of the book because of all the stress and unhappiness that a creature he birthed in his laboratory caused him. This creature had a big impact on Victor's life and went on to do good and terrible things. For several reasons, I believe Victor Frankenstein's creature is human. The creature is human because he has feelings and emotions, just like a regular person. In his second encounter with Victor, the creature says that his "soul glowed with love and humanity" (Frankenstein,83).

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Is Frankenstein’s creature a Human? The creature is not human because the creator of the creature, and the creature itself do not consider him as a human. Victor Frankenstein ran to his room after seeing the creature in its full scale for the first time. He jumped onto the bed in fear of what he saw.

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I would not be surprise how Victor 's creation had caused him so much stress and depression ever since Victor had created the creature, which then led up to his death. According to Gris Grimly 's Frankenstein, the creature had devoted himself to follow his creator, to cause him pain and suffering, he had done this to show Victor how he feels because he had read Victor 's notes saying how Victor felt about his creation, and the creature was not to ecstatic about reading that. Besides that, I believe Victor Frankenstein 's creature is not human, because of many reasons. Adding on, here are a few reasons why I believe Victor 's creature is not human. When Victor was on his death bed he had said, "he is eloquent and persuasive; and once his words had even power over my heart: but trust him not.

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Do you think Frankenstein 's creature is human? In Gris Grimley 's Frankenstein, Victor had created an intelligent creature that when to some good and bad with the encounters he made by other people, He wanted a mate to share happiness and emotions with, like other human beings. I believe that Victor 's creature is human. The creature is considered human because he shows feelings to other people, including Victor and he desires to be happy with a mate that would not be disgusted by him. To begin with, the creature is defined as human because he talks and thinks like a regular human being.

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Victor Frankenstein's creature should be considered human because he has the emotions and thoughts of a human. When the creature was created by Victor Frankenstein, he was made to have complex emotions and feelings like a human. Although he used old gross human parts and weird methods, Victor wanted to make a human. The text says he feels emotions like a human on pg.108 where Victor's creature says he was “Overcome by pain and anguish..”. Victor's creature is human and here is some evidence why.

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In Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, the creature 's acquisition of knowledge leads to his diversion from benevolence to pure hatred towards mankind. The works of Victor Frankenstein, the monster was created by old body parts and strange chemicals, animated by a spark making him come to life. The Creature enters life as an eight-foot giant only to have been created with the intellect of a newborn. Abandoned by his creator and confused, the Creature attempts to integrate himself into society only to be shunned away in disgust by humanity. The Creature then makes his way and lives next to a human family which is essentially the start for the creatures detestation towards humanity.

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Frankenstein’s monster should undoubtedly be considered human. It is clearly proven since Victor Frankenstien created him with the sole intent of “giving life to an animal as complex and wonderful as man”(36). Victor sought out to find human parts and sew them together to make an individual equivalent to that of man, which he was successful in making. Victor was able to single handedly build a creature from human parts, somehow enable in that creature the ability to speak and feel emotions, and people still question if the monster is human. Do not overlook the fact that Frankenstien’s monster went on to do horrible things.

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The use of the word monster in the book also correlates to appearance, and when the creature is called a monster, he feels forced to act like one. After being rejected by society because of his appearance the creature cries to Frankenstein, “Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust” (Shelley 93). This shows that the creature internalized all of the hate he received from his appearance, to the point where he viewed himself as a monster. When he internalizes all this negativity about himself that stems from his appearance, and begins to see himself as a monster, he then begins to behave as one.

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The creature is a metaphor for Frankenstein’s life. Both are socially reclusive, have a desire for a companion, and struggle with thoughts of revenge. As the story progresses, Frankenstein becomes increasingly like his creation. By making Frankenstein like his creation, it is more apparent he is lonely too, which further proves the point of needing a companion. This use of metaphor exaggerates how both characters need companionship to stay sane, or they will wallow alone with

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The creature wishes to live in peace, but because he does not look like a normal human, he can not live in peace. Additionally, Frankenstein does not help the creature or nurture him with love, thus, he causes the creature to develop a deep resentment towards Frankenstein. The creature, whom is optimistic until now, says, “ Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live?” (161).

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In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, written in 1816, the monster is more human than his creator, Victor Frankenstein, because it exhibits stronger human qualities than Victor including: a desire for companionship and personal interaction, an ability to show compassion and grace to others, and has an imagination and intelligence. Throughout the novel, the Monster shows a human characteristic of longing for companionship and love. He even says that “Satan has his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but [he is] solitary and detested” (Shelley 93). Once the Monster realizes this, he flees into the woods, and begins observing a family that lives in a cottage out there.

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To answer that, we firstly need to define what makes someone human. According to http://www.thefreedictionary.com/ a human is someone that is “subject to or indicative of the weaknesses, imperfections, and fragility associated with humans”. Mary Shelley makes it very clear that the monster possess the same traits as a human. The monster feels, talks and acts as a human regardless of the fact that it does not obtain the looks of one. Since he is artificially created and does not look like a human, his creator Victor Frankenstein is repulsed by it and shuns him.

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Throughout Gris Grimly’s “Frankenstein”, the creature shows his intelligence in numerous ways. In all the panels in pages 91-97, the man and woman that live in the cabin are upset since they don’t have any food to eat. Once the creature notices this, he sympathizes with the couple, crying. The next day he observes the man

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The monster in Frankenstein is the one who is hated because of his ugliness. His form is unpleasant, but his spirit may be human. There are two-sided about this. Most people consider that the monster in the story is not a human, in my view he is true human. Most people consider that the monster in the story is not a human because of his birth and vitality.

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