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Similarities Between Frankenstein And God

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Za’Quondria Snead Miss Sibbach English IV 11 December, 2015 Lord Frankenstein or God In the book Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, like God himself decides that he can and will create life. Young Victor differs from other children, with his incessant hunger the power of knowledge, so he began teaching himself. As he aged, his curiosity expanded leading him to explore and experiment with more out of the box thinking. While playing god must have seemed fun for Victor, he never thought, ‘I know I can but should I?’ Victor managed to create life and also destroyed many, becoming the monster that created the creature. Both God and Victor Frankenstein created life, however their process would remain unknown. God created the heavens and earth …show more content…

Victor made him from dead body parts, however he still had all five senses. “His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair looked a lustrous black, and flowing; but these luxuriance only formed a more horrid contract with his watery eyes that looked almost of the same color as the dum-white sockets in which they would have had set his shriveled complexion and straight black lips’ ( Frankenstein 42). When Creature first awoke he could see, hear, smell, and feel things and could taste food if had ate something. An intelligent being, once he became hungry he went out for food; he ate berries from a tree and drank from the brook in the nearby forest. As Creature lived in the forest for several days and nights food became scarce. He longed to obtain food and shelter so he began to search for it. His journey lasted for three days leading him to a village on the other side of the forest. While in the village, Creature would become a target; he was attacked; the people ran in fear; the whole village was roused. Creature got free and took refuge in a low hovel that connected to a cottage. Here the creature became smarter just by listening and observing the …show more content…

Everything in his life could not have been any better because he had, loving parents and a great education. Although he lost his mother at a young age he still had his father and siblings to fall back on for love and support. Once Victor left for college he could have done anything he set he mind to, instead he wanted to create the creature. During the time it took to create the creature, Victor began to lose his mind. He separated himself from life outside his apartment; he even began to lose contact with his family. He took years creating the creature while the creature took only a matter of months destroying him from

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Firstly, he denies the existence of a single Creator. Although he mentions spiritual elements throughout the novel, Frankenstein quickly proves non-Christian with his ungodly behavior and sinful acts. Insane and engaged, he becomes a “creator” himself when he builds the monster. Victor Frankenstein, unaware of the future consequences of his invention, unknowingly acts as a god, thus disobeying the Lord. After his miscreation murders one of his loved ones, Frankenstein fills with vengeance, wanting to destroy the repulsive demon and “avenge the deaths of William and Justine” (Shelley 82).

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At this point, Victor Frankenstein has started to work on his project to create life from dead. In doing so, he has alienated himself from society. His feelings about his project result in a powerful and destructive creation that is similar to “a hurricane.” He thinks of himself as a Godly figure because he can create life like God.

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Victor’s creation is described as a “monster” in the story of Frankenstein. He is immediately considered to be evil because he has committed murder, even though he meant no harm. He wrongfully forges his identity according to how others see him; as an evil monster. He forges his identity on how others view him, which is an evil monster (Lall 36). At this point, he is growing out of the mental stage of an infant and is beginning to learn how to take care of himself.

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Like Prometheus, Frankenstein builds his own own original creature. Though Prometheus makes many humans and Victor only makes one, their similar acts of inventing life provide an obvious connection between the two. In an article from BritLit by Samantha Elmendorf, she states the origin of Shelley’s titling, “The subtitle functions as an appositive to the primary title; Shelley likens Frankenstein to the classical father of mankind. The most obvious correlation is that both figures forms a living being out of lifeless material.” This describes part of the reasoning behind the title, as Shelley sees her character bringing a being to life just as Prometheus

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As encounters between people occur memories or moments that may impact one’s future are created. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelly and Grendel by John Gardner encounters between characters help develop and progress the story. The relationships between the major and the minor characters in Frankenstein and Grendel help illuminate the themes of lost innocence, isolation, and power. In Frankenstein, Shelly develops Victor Frankenstein, a scientist who creates a monster, through the loss of his mother, which results in the loss of his innocence.

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In Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, it scrutinizes the punishments when a man creates life, and plays the role of God. Victor Frankenstein, is at fault for the creature’s actions. Victor was looking for some honor and triumph, but when he accomplished his experiment, not only did it bring terror to Victor, but to the whole world. The monster never learned right from wrong and was never raised correctly, his first moment of life, all he experienced was the fear in Victor's emotion, and was abandoned right from the start. Victor selfishly isolated himself from society and ran away from his responsibilities which caused destruction to the people Victor cared for and loved deeply.

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Secondly, Frankenstein’s ambition leads him to pretend to behave as God, that is, to use his scientific knowledge to imitate God in regards to the possibility of creating living beings. This comparison between God and Victor Frankenstein as creators of living beings is mentioned many times by the monster himself, who refers to him as “his creator” and to himself as an “Adam”: “Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.” (Shelley, 2008, p. 69). Frankenstein also had envisioned himself as a creator and source of life: “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs.”

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