The Role Of Individuality In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Every living creature has a start point which can be called as the start of their existence.Are every living creatures’ process of existence the same?Of course not.like (4)Johann Wolfgang von Goethe says ‘’Certain defects are necessary for the existence of individuality.’’In the case of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley,his existence has some unique features.For example;he has human creator who creates him by collecting human body parts from the graves.In the chapter 4,the protagonist whose name is Victor Frankenstein and his creator tells the process of the creation of the body of the monster which is called as devil and monster in the chapter 10 for the first time in the novel.Victor prepare the plans of the monster’s body by studying the principles of the old science and modern science.As one can see through the novel,Victor chooses to give more importance to the lifeless parts rather than the results.Victor has impressed with the materials rather than the results.The power that gives life to monster is the electricity from the lightening,As a result,in chapter 4,Victor feels disgusted when he sees the result and he says that (5)‘’ his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black …show more content…

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