In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses Victor’s selfishness and ambition for knowledge to questioned how far society has to go to satisfy our yearn to be God. Vicor’s God complexion shows the dangers of wanting to challenge the limits of human knowledge without thinking of the consequences. When Victor attends university and the material he has learned is belittled by a professor as a waste of time, Victor is determined to prove him wrong. As Victor becomes more interested in the sciences and in the creation of life he sees that as the only way to make advancements that others have not yet done. He succeeded in bringing the dead back to life but not in the form he had in mind.
In consequence, the bevy of knowledge now at the Monster’s disposal, ensures the final stage of his transformation, while inevitably leaving him without motivation. Notably, hurt feelings fuel the Monster to take cut ties. “The feelings of kindness and gentleness (…) gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth. Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” (18. 143). The active resistance leaves the Monster with emotional wounds.
In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary W. Shelley, it shows that both the creature and Victor have done some horrible things but morally what Victor has done is worse than the stuff done by the creature. Victor's horrendous actions start almost instantaneously in the novel; In chapter 5 pages 48, paragraph 4, it states “Oh! No mortal could support the horror of that countenance. A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch.
When victor says he felt the duties of a creator, he means that he needs to kill what he created, his creature. First off, Victor's life has collapsed into nothing since the monster was created "Cursed be the hands that formed you. You have made me wretched beyond expression". (Victor page 85)This quote shows the reason why Victor should kill his creature. It has ruined every aspect of his life, leaving him feeling much misery.
Ray Comfort once said, “Rhetoric, which is the use of language to inform or persuade, is very important in shaping public opinion. We are easily fooled by language and how it is used by others”. Comfort explained what rhetoric is and what it is used for, to inform or persuade the public opinion. In the Gothic novel, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, rhetoric is used both to inform and persuade in hopes of shaping the public’s opinion. Victor Frankenstein informs the general public of the Creature's actions, while the Creature persuades the readers that he is not as bad as everyone made him out to be.
It is impossible to evaluate how much energy we invest in trying to mend and deny our emotions - especially the ones that rock us to our core, like loneliness, rage, and grief. Gothic author, Mary Shelley, in her novel, Frankenstein, depicts scientist Victor Frankenstein in his attempt to create a monster, resulting in his ultimate downfall due the perceptual consequences that await him. Shelley’s purpose is to showcase how humans are shaped through their surrounding environment and the experiences that they endure. She adopts a fatalistic tone to emphasize the severity of the repercussions that come with attempting to play the role of god - inevitable destruction. Through the utilization of the creature as a foil character to Victor, Shelley
"It was a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils.” This sentence opens chapter five, setting an eerie tone for the rest of the chapter. With this tone change, the reader is conscious that something bad is about to happen. This warning helps to keep the reader anticipating what will happen next. The tone also allows the reader to put the pieces together that this creation, Victor Frankenstein’s monster, will not produce desirable outcomes.
Frankenstein obsesses over creating this monster, yet feels that he has unleashed a greater evil once he had brought it to life. Victor Frankenstein shows conflicting emotions of both pride in what he has done and fear over the capabilities of the monster. In "Frankenstein", Mary Shelly employs imagery and rhetorical questions to exhibit Victor Frankenstein's complex emotions of
Psychoanalysis of Victor Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein suffers from Pathological narcissism. Victor has a physical disregard for life and the feelings of others. Victory has a deep desire to be at “the center of things and is served by extreme self-confidence, a combination that makes narcissists attractive and even charming” (Vogel) .
In order to further understand the person who is Victor Frankenstein, we will analyze two specific quotes in which he ponders the consequences of creating his monster. The first specific quote that shows Dr. Frankenstein pondering the consequences of his actions is when he states, “but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust fill my heart.” When Victor is initially building his creation, all he thinks of is the great science behind his work. However, he never once thinks of the consequences he may face once his creation becomes a reality.
Dear Person that has no respect for anyone, You are a monster. You are an unrespected being who deserves nothing that this world has to offer. Come out of the shadows and stand proudly in who you are. You are not the best.
In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, ambition evolves into a form of obsession with revenge. But the result of vengeance is a curse to human life and its longevity. Both main characters in the novel, Victor and the monster become obsessed and let vengeance be their downfall. Victor was a very ambitious character who longed for knowledge and the presence of new life. He soon became obsessed with his creation and said,“I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body.
The book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a classic tale about a scientist who used the idea of Galvanism to create new life. Of course, the scientist, Victor Frankenstein, has to be an absolute genius to pull off a large task. It did not turn out so well when the monster woke up and Victor realized what he had done. As a result of the disgust Victor was experiencing, the monster ended up lurking alone. The monster was so lonely he started committing acts of vengeance.
In Frankenstein, Victor wants revenge on the monster so greatly that it becomes an obsession. Victor states, “Again do I vow vengeance; again do I devote thee, miserable fiend, to torture and death” (Shelley 152). Victor Frankenstein wants revenge against the monster because the monster was the cause of the deaths of Victor’s family and friends (152). He is threatening death on the monster and swearing revenge on him. This is the beginning when he wants vengeance on the monster, which then immediately turns into an obsession.
In 1818 Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, a novel that follows Victor Frankenstein, an ambitious man on his journey to defy the natural sciences. In Volume I of the novel, Victor discusses his childhood, mentioning how wonderful and amazing it was because of how his family sheltered him from the bad in the world. “The innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by heaven, whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according as they fulfilled their duties towards me” (35). When Victor brings up his childhood, he suggests that parents play a strong in how their kids turn out, either "to happiness or misery" (35). In particular the main character was sheltered as a child to achieve this “happiness” leading to Victor never developing a coping mechanism to the evil in the world.
