...The novel’s title, Frankenstein, references the protagonist’s name, Victor Frankenstein. In modern adaptations, Frankenstein’s monster is commonly referred to as “Frankenstein”, even though Mary Shelley never names the monster. The common misconception is likely rooted in the novel’s title. As a result, the monster is unofficially named “Frankenstein” by readers, and Shelley may have done this intentionally to convey how after the murders, the monster is the last evidence of Victor Frankenstein’s “family”. In addition, it may also allude to the idea that as the creator of the monster, Victor assumes the role of a father; therefore, as the “child” and Victor’s product, the monster also assumes his father’s last name. The novel is also subtitled...
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...In Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, Victor and the Monster can realistically be the same person because of the struggles they both endure physically and mentally and the intelligence the both acquire. Victor and the monster both encounter struggles with isolation. Victor takes solitude when he is creating the monster. He isolates himself from the rest of the world and has no interaction with his family or friends. When Clerval, his friend, comes to Ingolstadt University, Clerval notices how mentally and physically ill Victor really is. The isolation from the real world for several years turned Victor “lifeless, and did not recover [his] senses for a long, long time” (Shelley 55). The creation of the monster literally took the life out of Victor and cut off all his...
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...This monster is known to be a feared monster that has parts of the dead made by Victor Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein is a normal person and he went crazy into trying to find the secret to life and death itself and in chapter 4 Victor makes his biggest victory over life and death so he goes and makes a man out of skin and bones and when he first knows that it worked he was happy and excited and when he sees his monster he is horrified by what he sees he sees a man with yellow eyes looking at him and the creation had black lips that are as black as charcoal was scaring him. Victor Frankenstein runs away and meets his friend Henry and they return to Frankenstein house and frankenstein was scared that his monster was still there and how...
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...standards of living and those who do not adhere to the rules are considered monsters. It is for this reason that the responsibility falls on society for the creation of monsters since society is responsible for creating the rules and standards in the first place. In literature, and the modern day, it is the creation and expression of superficial standards that creates monsters. In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein attempts to create a man but the man that he creates turns out to be hideous in appearance. The only differences between the man created by Frankenstein and a man created in the typical sense of birth are (1) the manner by which the men are brought into the world, and (2) the...
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...for the monster, as it will make him happier, less violent, and allow him to better enact his genuinely good intentions, while having the closest thing that he can have to a family. One reason Victor should create a female companion for the monster is so the monster will be happier and not have to suffer alone. When he is expressing his desire for a companion to Victor, the monster says “If any being felt emotions of benevolence towards me, I should return them an hundred and an hundredfold;” (Shelley 105). This reveals that the monster will be kind to his companion and he be happier, because he will have someone who he can care for, that will also care...
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...Imani Swinton ELA 1 / 2 Period Writing Prompt: Who was the real monster in Frankenstein? The real monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein wasn’t the “Wretched” creature. It was the creator of him. The man who thought he could play god. The man responsible for multiple deaths. This man is the one, and only, Victor Frankenstein.Woah, mind-blowing, right? How, though? Let me explain. If you are a Christian or a person with similar beliefs, then you know that in the beginning God made a man. That man’s name was Adam. He was the first man ever according to Genesis. What the bible doesn’t explain thoroughly is whether or not Adam was brought to the world as a baby like Jesus, or if he was just mad a man that woke up in the middle of the Garden...
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...Who Created the Monster Who creates monsters? Is it people the monster knows, is it society rejecting it or is it just naturally evil. In Mary Shelleys book Frankenstein society is the one who creates the monster through prejudice and hate. Frankenstein's creation comes into the world knowing nothing but only wanting to be loved. But society constantly rejects him chasing him out of town or chasing him of and being disgusted by his face. Victor becomes lost in his studies he removes himself from human society and therefore loses sight of his responsibilities and the consequences of his actions. Forced into isolation by society, Victor's creature feels total rejection thus is driven to rage and vengeance. First is all the tragedy, murder,...
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...Frankenstein: The First Modern Monster Story When we hear Frankenstein the image that many of us think of today is that of a mindless monster with bolts in his neck who wishes to terrorize anyone who crosses his path. This image is far different from that of the monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. In Shelley’s novel Frankenstein’s monster is smart, caring, and he posses near super human strength and speed. Frankenstein is thought to be heavily influenced by of many of the places and events in Shelly’s life. For example many of the scientific themes are thought to be influenced by the scientific revolution which was being analyzed during the romanticism period which is when Frankenstein was written. Frankenstein is often considered to be the first modern monster story because it deals with many modern issues, it has many differences from earlier monster stories, and because it is written using a modern romanticism writing style. The most prevalent modern issue dealt with in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is the boundaries between religion and science. In the novel Victor uses science to create life which is something that only God can do. Frankenstein’s monster compares himself to Adam and Victor to God when he says, “Remember, that I am thy creature: I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed.”(Shelley 66), this quote is an example of Shelley relating religion and science. During the period of Enlightenment science...
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...HUMN 303 Week 7 Assignment Sheri A. Green DeVry University Professor Gessford August 23, 2014 Frankenstein, a novel first published in the year 1818, stands as the most talked about work of Mary Shelley’s literary career. She was just nineteen years old when she penned this novel, and throughout her lifetime she could not produce any other work that surpasses this novel in terms of creativity and vision. In this novel, Shelley found an outlet for her own intense sense of victimization, and her desperate struggle for love. Traumatized by her failed childbirth incidents, troubled childhood, and scandalous courtship, many of Shelley’s life experiences can be seen reflected in the novel. When discussing the character and development of the monster, Shelley launches an extensive discussion on the need for a proper environment and education for a child’s moral development. When we explore the novel in depth, we can see that it exudes the true horror of childbirth felt by Shelley, and articulates the fears and anxieties she had regarding her reproductive and nurturing capabilities. Shelley’s life was marked by a series of pregnancies, miscarriages, childbirths, and deaths. Her firsthand experience of a bereavement started early in her life, when her mother died when she was eleven days old, because of a puerperal fever contacted because of childbirth. This marked her first encounter with pregnancy and related complications, but unfortunately, it was not the last...
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...Examine some of the ways Gothic horror is presented in Frankenstein showing how your understanding of Mary Shelley’s techniques has been illuminated by your reading of Poe’s short stories Firstly, Shelley uses the setting of her novel in order to create an unsettling atmosphere in various chapters. Factors such as time, weather and architecture all play an important role in bringing horror to life in both Frankenstein and Poe’s short stories. Mary Shelley aligns Victor with the Romantic Movement, which emphasised a turn to nature for experiences like hope and happiness. The natural world has notable effects on Victor’s mood. He is moved and happy in the presence of the scenic beauty of Switzerland. In return this also reminds Victor of his guilt, shame and regret. “The rain depressed me; my old feelings recurred, and I was miserable”. This enables the weather to foreshadow Victor’s emotions throughout the novel. The theme of nature also reappears in the monster’s narrative. Whereas Victor seeks the high cold hard world of the Alps for comfort, as if to freeze his guilt, the monster finds solace in the soft colours of a spring time forest. This symbolises his desire to reveal himself to the world and interact with others. The architecture of the early nineteenth century was typically gothic and of a medieval revival style. It is this gloomy and frightening scenery, which sets the scene for what the audience should expect. Likewise, Poe uses the setting to convey...
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...Throughout the novel, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein proposes the parallel between monster and man, and the raises the question as who is the real monster; Victor Frankenstein or the monster he created. In passage A, Mary Shelley conveys that man and monster are not entirely different and rather the real monster is essentially mankind. In this case, Shelley uses specific word choices, along with character development and parallels to demonstrate that man and monster are indistinguishable. In the following passage, Mary Shelley’s choice of words and characterization indicates that man and monster are along the same spectrum. Robert Walton writes, “My affection for my guest increases every day. He excites at once my admiration and my pity to an astonishing degree. How can I see so noble a creature destroyed by misery without feeling the most poignant grief?” (Shelley 12-13). The idea that Walton addresses Victor Frankenstein as a “noble creature” is crucial in identifying as to what is considered to be human. He addresses Victor as a creature with understanding, and “gentle, yet so wise; his mind cultivated…” (Shelley 13). Mary Shelley associates man as creature; creature with intelligence, feelings, and innocence. This pinpoints to the idea that man is monster. In addition, the passage sets up the scene for the telling of Victor’s narrative. Mary Shelley uses Walton’s character as an introduction whose story parallels that of Frankenstein’s. In the second letter, Walton addresses...
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...where, surrounded by fantastical science equipment, Dr. Frankenstein, aided by his hunched assistant, Igor, zaps life into a grotesque monster within medieval castle under the cover of a dark and stormy night. At the epicenter, a creature awakens while the mad scientist cackles maniacally. It would be equally shocking for most, however, to find that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the original, poses a quite different, almost anti-climatic, scene–void of any shouting, Igors, and with no clear depiction of the creature’s endowment of life-giving forces. In fact, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein contrasts heavily to the pop culture Frankenstein in many aspects, namely,...
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...then how does Frankenstein by Mary Shelley written over two centuries ago, still manage to have a lasting impression on today’s society? Even though 250 years on, Frankenstein still manages to be relevant and pertinent to this very day. The reason being is that Frankenstein becomes more than synonymous with “monster” and “crazy inventor” but is in fact a cautionary tale of the monstrosity capable by man. It’s the universal themes of Frankenstein such as what it means to be human, medical ethics and the darker natured tendency of man to achieve ultimate glory. The events that occur in the text stem from Victor Frankenstein’s want and desire for glory. Dr Victor Frankenstein embarks on a futile quest to create and sustain life where he constructs his nameless monster from various dead matter. Here is where the nameless monster comes to life through being electrified into a conscious being. However, when the experiment is finished, Frankenstein is petrified by what he sees and flees the scene. However, for Frankenstein, time and space are unable to separate himself from his creation where the text delves into a cold and thrilling...
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...In the Beginning There Was Frankenstein Many have said that love makes the world go around but we are left with the question of who creates love? What would life be like if we had not experienced love and, ultimately, what would each of us be like without experiencing love? The Holy Bible provides numerous examples of a perfect love from the Creator and explains that people have been created to love. Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, creates questions about the responsibility of a creator, and what can happen when some basic responsibilities of a creator are ignored. The novel describes a monster and his actions due to his creator abandoning him. Throughout Mary Shelley’s novel, there is the question of who really is the monster? Victor Frankenstein, the creator of the monster, can easily be compared to the Judeo-Christian God and the story of creation found in the book of Genesis. The God referred to as the creator of all mankind is driven by love for his creation, but Victor Frankenstein is driven to create by his own personal ideas of grandiosity and ego. The Holy Bible is the account of the Judeo-Christian God’s action in the world and his purpose for all creation. The writing of the Holy Bible took place over sixteen centuries, and is the work of over forty human authors. There are sixty-six books that provide various lessons for living and moral conduct, examples of love from a Creator, and a starting point for creation. In Genesis, the...
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...Novel and the Creation of Frankenstein In “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, one can undoubtedly see how the female characters have less importance than the male characters. The reason these sex differences in status occurred because of the period that she wrote the novel. Shelley, during the first half of the nineteenth century, was writing in a time in which a woman “was conditioned to think she needed a man’s help” (Smith 275). In “Frankenstein”, Mary Shelley devotes three male characters to narrate the story, Victor Frankenstein, Robert Walton, and Frankenstein’s creation. No woman throughout the entire novel speaks directly as the three narrators do. Mary Shelley also constructs the story to follow the main character,...
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