Mortality In Frankenstein

Death. Mortality. Constantly found through society, we hear of anti-aging products, simply products designed to push away the effects death and aging just for a few more years. Why is that? Do humans truly have a justified reason to fear death? Some may suggest the fear of not knowing of the “life after death,” but is that truly something one must think negatively of? Humans today in our society have no candor, within themselves or with others. Similar to Frankenstein, people far too commonly question themselves and their future, selfishly grasping for a better fate in the afterlife, anything to just have more time to live. Unlike Frankenstein and Aylmer, not many humans acknowledge the individual flaws each person has, and instead try to

Humans should not be afraid of their own mortality. It’s going to happen, and it’s inevitable. This story helps show the lengths that some people will go through to prevent that day from ever occurring. Frankenstein did what seemed to be impossible during that time period, only to receive disastrous results. Frankenstein tried to change nature. He tried to go beyond human’s abilities in an effort to escape death’s scythe. His petty attempt at control just shows that some are willing to go through anything, face any obstacle, and even push for the limits beyond what is believed to be even possible. People must learn that control over Death is not possible, not with any medical techniques being performed, not with spirituality, nothing. Death is in fact inevitable, and it cannot be

This pressure on people to get things done, quickly rather than effectively can be seen in the novel. Some may suggest Frankenstein pored over his experiment for years, thus making his work slow and effective, however, the monster ended up being quite a mess, and he put forth no effort in fixing it. Although less extreme, people in society today do this more often than not. Recalls for faulty products are consistently on the news, and while many people simply blame the machine, it is foolish to not put blame on the creator of the machine itself. Or in daily tasks, many would rather put off an assignment for weeks at a time and simply rush through an essay hours before the due date. Life is put off and then rushed day to day. That is all humans have ever been taught to do in life. Days fly by, full of stress and anxiety, with less and less time being able to be spent on actually enjoying their life. A classic example of the rush and stress humans go through is seen within Frankenstein; he ignores all family and friends, solely to work on the monster who ends up bitterly betraying him. In his lifetime, Frankenstein spent more time with the creature that killed off his entire family than with his family, enjoying life.