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Intelligence In Frankenstein

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Can an artificial creation truly be human? In Gris Grimly’s “Frankenstein”, Victor Frankenstein dedicates his work to create a creature made of dead body parts. When the creation doesn’t turn out as intended, Victor runs away and the creature is left alone without any guidance for the world he came into. He faced many discriminations because of his wretched form but still develops to be emotionally and generally intelligent. Based on his qualities the creature is a human by heart. 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 …show more content…

The creature copies him with intentions to provide, help, and ease the worries of the couple. This demonstrates the creature’s empathy as he can feel for others and himself. It also displays his compassion since he helped people in need, gaining nothing from it. Additionally, all the pictures on pages 99-100, illustrate the creature noticing the family’s conversation. Eventually, he learns to understand the words and learns when and how to apply them. This represents the creature’s adaptability as he accommodates people’s cultures and languages by learning them. Similarly, the creature is a social being just like humans. He strives for love and companionship. On page 99, the right bottom panel shows the creature dreaming of being happy with the family. This illuminates his yearning to be accepted by

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I strongly believe that the creature in Gris Grimly’s book, “Frankenstein” is a human. I believe this because one, he has the characteristics of a human along with a human-like personality. Two, throughout the book he makes mistakes and humans are fully capable of making mistakes, so it shows that he has human nature because humans are prone to making mistakes. Three, he has the same emotional characteristics as a human. This is why I strongly believe that the creature in Gris Grimly’s book, Frankenstein, is a human.

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On the other hand, I disagree with people saying Frankenstein 's creature is human because, yes of course, I understand that he is very reasonable and coordinated about vocally speaking to others, but besides that, look at his looks. Eight feet tall is not a usual height for a person, and his bone structure, you can see both bone and skin tissue, sticking out of his body. Adding on, Victor 's creature is not human, because the creature has no parents, siblings, or relatives what so ever, another thought is that the creature was not even born, he was created in a lab, instead of seeing him as human, see him as a scientific nightmare. I think that Victor 's creature is not human, referring to the text he was created eight feet tall, like who is born, eight feet tall that

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Page 118. In chapter sixteen the the creature met the De Laceys; he watched them through a small hovel at the back of their home. He learned to read and speak so he could show them himself. As he showed the De Laceys himself they were frightened because of his appearance. They were so scared of him just because of his appearance that it caused them to leave their small cottage even without money.

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In Gris Grimley 's Frankenstein many people see the creature as disgusting, murder, and a breast, but the creature as many similarities towards being a human. Victor has never seen him as being a human, he refers to him as a wrench, a devil, and a murder. He sees him as a detested form.” (85). However, the humans in the book only refer to the creature as a "monster" only for his appearance. While the couple remained out of the cottage, he creature makes his way into talking to the old man, which was blind and was not able to see anyone who is talking in front of him.

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This action shows that the creature has compassion and knows that the woman is in danger. He has self awareness and knows what's happening around him, which are some human traits. Another action the creature did that was human-like was “My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy”(P190). This evidence

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The Creature commences as “benevolent and good” (pg. 69) as he firstly observes the positive aspects of mankind. The positive nature of mankind is emphasized by the deeds of the two younger cottagers who “several times placed food before the old man when they reserved none for themselves.” (pg. 77) The deeds taken by the two cottagers deeply affected the Creature as it demonstrates the human ability of unselfishness and the effect of human kindness. The creature states that “this trait of kindness moved me sensibly”

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It is haunting him in his dreams, and has overtaken all of his other ambitions, including those of interacting with people and pursuing his own happiness. This pursuit of knowledge has led him to ruin and regret, and his hatred for his creature burns within him. Even though he has spent so much time and dedication in building the creature, only regret can follow due to his lack of morals in creating such a thing along with his neglect in other more noble pursuits within his life. It is ironic that the pursuit that overtook his life and well-being managed to end up the thing he hates the most. The pursuit of knowledge leads to the deterioration of his own moral standings and nobler pursuits in

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This time spent here helped to begin to develop the creature’s mind, proving he was in fact rather intelligent. The monster knew that he was different from these people, often describing them all as beautiful. He knew they would not accept him, and yet his search for belonging and family continue to surge the novel forward. While the creature is lonely and hurting, his actions slowly become malicious.

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When the creature first awakens, he is welcomed by strange sensations and emotions he doesn’t understand. He states that it took “‘a long time before [he] learned to distinguish between the operations of [his] various senses (Shelley, 90).’” The creature relates to a child there because

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The creature learned language by observing the family. These subjects might influence the creature’s views of the world mankind because people speak their opinions and ideas. What does the creature begin to realize about himself by the end of Chapter 13? What does he want to know about himself and why?

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He is aware of his otherness and knows that he is “shut out from intercourse” (84) with the people he holds so dear. It can be argued that this is the point where the creature’s humanity is the strongest throughout the course of story. He has a basic understanding of human societies, he speaks and reads their language, shows compassion and, most importantly, seeks their company and friendship. In his knowledge that social belonging is the missing component to his own happiness, he confronts the people he secretly observed only to, once again, be met with fear and anger (94-95). He comes to realise that he

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Nature seems to mock the creature, as “the cold stars shone in mockery” because “all, save [him], were at rest or enjoyment”, due to the creature’s loss of his only near-companions (117, Chapter 16). Simple cottage folk that he observed from a great distance were his only source of contact to the world. He wished for their friendship, however, he was only met with their horror and disgust. The creature only desires friends who will show him love and affection but receives only pain and suffering. Because he never gains the love of any person he meets, his depressed demeanor is revealed through his depressing descriptions of dark and decaying nature.

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“If we value the pursuit of knowledge, we must be free to follow wherever that search may lead us” Adlai E. Stevenson. The politician explains his perception of creativity in this quote along with its connection to ambition by relating determination and faith to the discovery of knowledge. He believes that nothing can restrict our drive to seek information when one entirely devotes himself to the pursuit. Similarly, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, Robert Walton, and the creature all attempt to acquire arcane knowledge at any and all costs. Their ambition drives them to take risks and even put the lives of themselves and others on the line.

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The creatures first encounter with a human being only proves how humane it is, despite his horrid appearance as the old man is delighted with him "I am blind, and cannot judge of your countenance but there is something in your words which persuades me that you are sincere". However, the younger citizens of the cottage enter and the creature is back to square one as they immediately react defensively against it- conveying how the creature will never be accepted with such distorted appearance since it is immediately identified as inhumane and

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The Creature perfectly embodies its physical surroundings, lack of parental love, and isolationism. The Creature is more directly affected by its surroundings than the other characters in the story. The Creature is so affected by his surroundings because he has had no explanation for life or anything that exists; everything has to be discovered for himself. As stated by the Creature, “This reading had puzzled me

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