Beyond The Good And The Evil Analysis

There is a purpose each person is created for. People should maintain the difference and respect the way they were made. Some people were meant to be followers, others, controllers. Slavery existed from day one, but with the many concepts that occurred, just like freedom and independence, they felt a need to change. Slavery was considered as something normal, people didn’t feel that it is worth thinking about until they were awakened that they have rights and should demand them. Most of those who were enlightened started demanding freedom and liberty without even understanding what they really meant. Despite the fact that ending slavery isn’t necessarily a way to reach freedom, and that they are two different aspects, some are still resisting

The difference is that Nietzsche addresses the master-slave relationship directly, while Shelly’s novel enforced it in an indirect way, by narrating a story of a slave and the one who created it. In both texts, all of the obstacles that the characters face are somehow related to their master-slave relationships. Both of the stories showed that the slave is often the one who chooses to be weak, as he is always in need of a master to control his life. Also, each text shows how impossible life could be if people were all treated equal, for difference is very essential. Life could be just, but never can it treat people equally. Last but not least, the two texts proved that people don’t get to choose what to become, it is something determined for them the moment they are born, and they shouldn’t seek changing what they are. All of these are reasons why subjection is

In Beyond Good and evil Nietzsche states “within the terms of slave morality, the good man must always be unthreatening... easy to deceive, maybe a bit stupid, and a good simple fellow” (Nietzsche, 156). To slaves, weakness and dependence are characteristics of a good man. They naturally believe that being obedient is not their fault; it is leaders who should be blamed. Shelley also shows In her Frankenstein, that the monster is way more powerful than Victor, despite the fact that Victor created it. “The master” which is Victor, loses control over his Monster, because he is much stronger than him, and decides to be freed. If slaves who blame their masters were strong, they would’ve never been able to control them, just like the monster. This proves that the weakness of the slave is what keeps him under the control of his master, which makes slavery his choice. Shelly also shows that the stronger is the one who controls the other, when the monster says “You are my creator, but I am your master, Obey!” (Shelley, 205) Victor also proves that the weaker is the slave of the strong when he is talking about his plan in chapter 18 “Or (so my fond fancy imaged) some accident might meanwhile occur to destroy him and put an end to my slavery forever. (Shelley,