Victor and the Creature are both social outcasts. Since Victor is so intelligent and interested in science he often does not relate to other people and he does not have many friends. Since the monster cannot be around people without scaring them to death he tends to also act as an outcast around
The more we understood the creature, the more we were supposed to feel bad for him. No one is to blame for the creature’s actions, but Victor. Instead, he blames anyone he can other than himself. As for Victor, he never changed, showed no emotion towards the creature, just so blank. I feel as if the creature thought he needed Victor, when he really didn’t because he didn’t need him in order to gain his own form of
As the novel Frankenstein progresses, the idea that Victor and the Monster grow ever so similar becomes highly pertinent. Victor’s ultimate demise is a direct relationship to the amount of people that have been murdered by the monster. As the Monster destroys everything Victor loves, Victor begins to be in a similar, if not worse position than the Monster initially is. Throughout this, the Monster develops into a more bitter and spiteful character. Throughout Frankenstein, Shelly demonstrates that the Monster and Victor share many qualities and mechanisms of coping.
After being abandoned by Victor, the Creature was discriminated against and ostracized in human society due to his appearance. In the beginning, the creature was a kind, naive individual that only wanted to find companionship, but as he learned more about the harsh realities of the world, the creature realized the only way he could get someone to listen was through force or violence. Again, Victor could have prevented this outcome by doing his duty as a creator. If he showed the littlest concern instead of deserting the
This is unfair to the creature because he had nothing to do with how he looked. The abandonment of the creature led to the monster to cause horrible tragedies throughout the story. To begin with, through the whole story Victor is in love with science. He comes to the point where he creates life. He pictured his creature as beautiful but it resulted to be an ugly version of him.
Most people are not that different from one another. We all want love, a home, and a family no matter what that may look like. We are gifted eyes that give us a unique vision of life. No matter what that may look like to others, we all deserve compassion. In the novel of Frankenstein, Victor and the monster show many similarities because of their need for companionship, love, and acceptance.
The dialogue that was included to describe Victors hatred and disgust towards the creature made me feel sympathetic toward the creature. "How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe. "(page 41 paragraph 2) When Victor created the monster he though that it would be the most beautiful human that he had even seen because he had choose the most beautiful features. He was then disgusted when he saw that his creation wasn't how he wanted it to be. I felt sympathetic towards the monster because he was created by Victor and when Victor didn't like how he looked he decided to turn to him in disgust.
When people hear the word “monster”, most people imagine a massive, horrid, and grotesque figure that haunts people. While pondering what a monster is, mankind thinks of the outward appearance. Seldom do people think of man’s internal qualities as being barbaric or gruesome. Authors allow readers to create their own images of these terrifying beings. Frankenstein is a thought-provoking novel that empowers readers to have their own opinions about who the actual monster is and what it looks like.
In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein creates an intelligent monster with no name. The creature is thrust into the world to fend for itself when Victor leaves it alone in his lab. The creature has childlike tendencies because he has recently been “born”. If the creature is viewed as a child, then Victor is essentially his father. There are many times in the book where the author elluded to Victor and the creature being like father and son.
Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary defines a monster as "a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty. " The being is unnatural right from the very beginning; his "birth." He was not carried in his mother's womb and delivered as normal babies are. The being is solely a construction of random corpses' bodily parts sewn together and brought to life. In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, society continually regards Victor's creation as a monster, both physically and psychologically.
He studied in the field of science, sensitive, articulate, and adoring towards his family and friends. At first glance, even his purpose for creating the monster seems noble however, underneath Victor’s elegant and altruistic surface lies a an ugly attribute, which makes you question whether his actual expectations with the creation truly were noble as he would make them out to be (Marklund, 2010).Victor’s real reason for creating the creature seems to be a desire to obtain awe and fame and does not think about any conceivable consequences. Victor is responsible ultimately for the death of his loved ones and struggles with his ego and personality. At first glance, you would presume the fiend is evil, yet it is Victor thereupon creation of the monster avoids his obligation. His first indication of his egotistic behavior is when he embarks on the task of creating life.
The novel “Frankenstein,” by Mary Shelley tells the story of a man named Victor Frankenstein, who decides to go against the laws of nature by bringing to life a being constructed with decaying body parts. Victor believes in natural philosophy and science, which leads him to the idea of creating this Creature. Although this novel can be interpreted in many ways, I believe that Mary Shelley is shining a light on the harmful and dangerous impacts that prejudice and assumptions can have on people who are considered different. Shelley may be suggesting that humanity is the true 'monster ' due to its socialized ideologies that make ambition, self-greed and rage fulfilling. Even to this day society is known to shun those who we do not see as equals.
Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley is a well known story about a scientist who creates a monster that then turns on the town and him. The story is quite harsh, with death and back stabs happening frequently. However, it has a good story all in all. A common question that is asked, is who’s the hero? Obviously the hero would have to be Victor, the scientist.
ENGB220 FINAL ESSAY Tracy Tou Ka Man A-B2-2129-1 1. In your opinion, who is the hero of Frankenstein: Victor Frankenstein or the monster? Why? How did Mary Shelley influence your choice (you may discuss the ways she reveals her characters)?
In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein and the monster share many similarities and differences. The monster does not share the same physical stature as Victor, instead they share some of the same personality traits, and for example, they are both very loving and want to help people who need it. In the novel we see how Victor and the monster share differences, but as the novel goes on, we see how they become more alike. The characters both experience alienation; they both assume the role of a creator, and they both experience love and loss in the novel. Victor and the monster are similar through their experience with love and loss.
