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The Rebellious Robot Vs. Frankenstein

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The themes and events in The Rebellious Robot and Frankenstein are similar because both have characters who made creatures that turned on them, but Victor knew his creature was evil when Dev didn’t. Victor wanted his creature to leave him, Dev didn’t want his creature to leave thought it was great. Both of the passages have creations that turn bad. In Frankenstein Victor wants to get away from his creation. Victor said “ I dreaded to behold this monster.” Frankenstein was written in first person point of view this allows the author to express Victors internal conflicts. Victor is the only character that knew about Frankenstein, if the author would of wrote it in Henry’s point of view it would have no details. The Rebellious Robot was
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In the excerpt of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein decides to mess with life and death in order to help others. When he first creates it he wants it to worship him. By the end he wants it dead. In the story “The Rebellious Robot” the creator Dev uses his technology to help him with his chores. In Frankenstein and The Rebellious Robot the inventors are just trying to help themselves.

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