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Summary Of The Novel 'The True Monster'

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The True Monster In 1818 Mary Shelley’s brilliant novel was published, and it was soon to become a classic. Frankenstein is renowned British literature that many students read currently. This gothic book is widely recognized as a horror because of the monster, but others who have analyzed the novel may realize that the true terror lies within Victor Frankenstein. She masks the underlying abhorrent theme by intensifying the monsters malicious actions. Mary Shelley meticulously unfolds who the true monster is through Victor creating and abandoning the life that he created and allowing innocent lives to be taken. At the age of fifteen, Victor and his family settled in a town by the name of Belrive. A heavy thunderstorm was brewing in the area, and Victor was more than fascinated by it. He was sitting and watching as lightning bolted down onto an oak tree. That is what originally sparked the brain of this young man to bring life to an inanimate object. He was curious and plotted in his mind for a couple of years before attending the University of Ingolstadt. By this time Victor was in bondage to his thoughts and impulse to create the being he had been hoping for. He is so bound with natural philosophy he feels almost as if it is his duty to do this. …show more content…

He was completely terreified of his own work that he had carefully put together for almost two years. Victor brought the innocent being into this cruel world, only to abandon him with no guidance. He had the audacity to completely forsake the innocent being. Malicious intent fogged the mind of Victor as he wanted to put “... an end to his torment by putting an end to the monster in a struggle to death” (Guyer 77). What kind of parent can have a cavity within their heart so deep that they can have the same sadistic intent as Victor? The complete absence of love that Victor had for his creation was utterly

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