Frankenstein: The Story of a Monster When reading Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein it is easy to see the practical argument: Victor has created a monster. In the novel Victor is exposed to us— his family values, his journey to school, his drive for scientific achievements, etc. It is easy to see Victor as a victim of a monstrous creature. The monster murders everyone that Victor loves. Though, the second half of the novel exposes the “monster” to us— he is an angry, child-murder that stalks and horrifies a family (and within that family a blind man), murders the friends and family of his creator. Therefore, in the minds of most it’s easily assessed that the creature is the monster. But it seems, if you pick apart our protagonist, that he is indeed …show more content…
His friend from home comes to surprise Victor but he ends up consoling him for months — he does not want to confront the horrors he has single handedly created. He is such a disaster that he cannot write his family, only putting them under more stress. Finally, after months go by Victor begins to regain his mind and consciousness. He receives a letter from his father stating that his child brother was murdered. This, of all things, is what finally pushes Victor to return home to his family. Once Victor has returned to his family he realizes what exactly he had done. Victor’s creation had made its way to his family’s home and had taken the life of his brother. Not only is has the life of this young child been stripped away but Justine, a family friend, has been accused of killing the poor boy. Justine had never done anything but love and care for the child as if he were her own. He claims Justine’s innocence but he does not come clean— he cannot. If Victor were to mention that of a monster he would be institutionalized and Justine would still be found guilty. Justine is put to death, the second being stripped of life at the his monster. Victor feels “a weight of despair pressed on [his] heart,” (Shelley 111). These murders are the fault of Frankenstein and the weight he feels is overwhelming guilt. Without the construction of a new life, of a monster, these lives would not be lost… still he manages to fond great comfort in …show more content…
Not only is he left alone but he also must learn and adapt to the cruelty of the human world. The monster is left to figure out what feelings are, what fire is, what hunger is, etc. He approaches humans and they fully reject him in horror. They throw rocks and fire and he is forced to be alone, scavenging nuts and berries and hiding in the woods, only traveling when he cannot be seen. Every experience he has had with human beings has been awful and incredibly discouraging. As time progresses he stumbles across a cottage in the woods and he begins to watch a family of three: father, son, and sister (and eventually another woman). It is here that the creature learns what goodness is, what love and family is. He learns to speak English and he reads many novels such as Milton’s Paradise Lost to gain knowledge about his world, a similarity he has with his creator . But he also hears hears stories of the horrible things humans can do and he does not quite understand why or how at this point. From here he develops the feeling of loneliness and just wants to be a part of a family. “The more I saw of them the greater my desire to claim their protection and kindness; my heart yearned to be known and loved by these amiable creatures…” (Shelley 145). He wants someone to love and care for, he wishes for that love and care in return. He does not want to be cold in the woods rejected by any who sees
In contrast to his creator, the monster had no knowledge of human language and communication and thus needed to learn how to speak. Subsequently following the rejection by humans in the village, the monster finds shelter near a cottage, in which he can see through, leading him to learn human language. For instance, the monster learns a human language when a woman name Safie enters the cottage, “My days were spent in close attention, that I might more speedily master the language; and I may boast that I improved more rapidly than the Arabian, who understood very little and conversed in broken accents, whilst I comprehended and could imitate almost every word that was spoken.”(71), the woman has no idea how to speak that language and the villagers in the cottage teach her and the monster learns from that. Although the monster learned the language successfully from the humans, the villagers in the cottage still reject him due to his appearance even though he can speak like a human. Consequently following this event, the monster promises to seek vengeance against his creator for his desperate loneness and making him so ugly. As a matter of fact, after the monster saves a girl from drowning and the parent of the girl beats him up, and the monster swears revenge against Victor, “Frankenstein! You belong then to
All these years the world has seen the monster in frankenstein as the antagonist in the book. Honestly if you truly look at it and and look at how the monster was treated he was actually not the bad guy. If the monster was treated like everyone else he could've of been a big help but instead was judge how his appearance and how he physically looked instead of how he acted emotionally. All the monster wanted was to fit in but humans would not allow that to happen which brought out his evil side.although the monster was abandoned,not the most attractive person,murdered out of revenge,and he is still not the bad guy but instead is the human their self since they allowed this to happen.
: “What have I done my love/ I do not know what has driven me so much to have created that wretched monster that did this to you. Although I know that all of this chaos and havoc it has brought everyone was my fault all I wanted to do was to become one of the great scientists by creating life but instead I betrayed everyone’s trusts and continued to make wrong choices morally and ethically. So the only way to make you understand my choices to you, is to explain them to you so you might forgive me. As for example after William’s death even though creating a monster was the reason I had got into that situation I still agreed with the Monster to make it a bride so it would
We are drawn into scary movies because they are odd and maybe we never saw it coming. Some people find monsters so intriguing because they are just like humans. We could have the same characteristics as a monster but not be titled a monster, why? Because stereotypically monsters are bad people. They kill other, put each other in danger, they are scary looking and normally no one knows them and nobody wants them around. “Monsters help us express our darkest places.
In Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein, the actions by Victor had substantial consequences that initially would make one believe that Victor is a monster. Despite that, Victor is not a monster, though he is in no way an innocent man. He did not intend to bring life to a monstrous creature that inflicted harm on many people, yet he still needs to be held responsible. The definition of a monster is a person who has no regard for the well-being of others, one who harms and terrorizes others for their own self-gain. Going off of that definition, the creature is a monster.
The newborn snow is stained crimson, and in the center of the small clearing is a wounded fawn. With each attempt the creature makes to stand, its trembling legs give out and it falls once again into the cold. I remain behind the treeline for a moment longer, for fear of frightening it. Then, I step out from behind a pine’s shadow into the pale light. The fawn’s head snaps to the side, its wide eyes locked on me. My every movement towards it is cautious, and when I reach the little being, the small girl, she attempts to flee. Before she can fall, I wrap her up in my arms.
In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley one may find many examples of themes expressed throughout the entire work of literature. A very important one you will find throughout the book is who, in this structured chaos is the true monster. This thought should make you wonder. Is the creation the monster or is he just a misunderstood creature searching for love and understanding, but is instead immediately judged and shunned. With that in mind it is your choice to decide if the monster is the victim or the victimizer in this suspenseful novel.
One of the most comic and canonical gothic movie, Frankenstein, has over the decades become a pop icon in the industry. It is so sad that it is currently known as the best horror movie character as well as a freak of nature that really captures most popular imaginations as well as haunting modern fiction. Near the end of 1994, following an umpteenth adoption of the original novel, Frankenstein in form of a thriller, was released. It was followed by massive critics from different parts of the world. The then directors also plans a more faithful and realistic adaptation reflecting on a Miltonian tragedy (Poovey, 1985).
Even in today's world we know who the actual monster is we call him by Frankenstein but give him the appearance of the Creature. In this case has both the appearance of the Creature and the mentality of Victor and when they are both put together the monster is truly a monster to both sides inside and out. In the novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley the readers are given the choice to define who the real monster in the text is: Victor Frankenstein or the Creature, according to the Oxford dictionary they describe a monster is defined as “a large, ugly, and frightening imaginary creature that is an inhumanly cruel or wicked person. Although the Creature may demonstrate behaviors that appear to be monstrous to some people because of his appearance
“Mom!” Emily shrieked, panic filling her mind. She sprinted down the stairs to the basement, not bothering to wait for her little brother. Behind her, she heard Navin running after her, yelling at her to wait for him. She waved at him dismissively, knowing that she didn’t have any time to stop. Navin would just have to catch up to her.
Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, Victor Frankenstein’s creature is the ultimate horror character that has stood the test of time. The creature is the physical embodiment of revenge and consequence. Not only is the creature a metaphorical consequence to action, but he is also a very visually terrifying monster. What makes the creature truly scary is the fear of it turning into something so terrifying. Some may argue that the creature that Victor creates is not the ultimate horror character with a base idea of modern horror characters. Although people may disagree, Frankenstein’s creature is more than just a creature and his underlying horror is why he is the ultimate
Certain circumstances bring to light the monster in everyone. In Frankenstein, it can be argued that there are actually two monsters created throughout the story, one of which being the creature, and the other Victor himself. After the creature’s “birth”, Victor exclaims, “...when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion, it became a thing such as even Dante could not have conceived”. Little did Victor know at that time, that his rejection of the creature would result in the death of his brother, fiancé and best friend. The creature felt betrayed by his creator and ventured out into the world, only to find that the rest of the world saw him as a monster just as Victor did. This repeated rejection had a monumental effect on the
In Frankenstein, the most significant lesson gotten from the novel would be that people should be to stop judging off appearance. Shelley is alluding that humans must look beyond the surface when we decide what is ’human’, or the rejection of that creature turns it into a monster. The wholes of the monster’s existence, he was trying to obtain knowledge of humans. The monster made an attempt to learn the ways of nature, and even acting in such a way. In order to tell readers that they should take a chance, Shellely not only shows Frankenstein being ostracized by the village, but also by his father. People would understand feeling like an outsider, so Shelley adds more shock by depicting the disgust Victor had for his own creation.
!” “No, it’s yours!” Each painful word took turns hurting the other. “For the last time, it’s your fault and if you don’t agree, then I never want to see you again!” “If you can’t take responsibility, then I’m glad that you never want to see me again!” The simple words of denial that broke everlasting bonds in the middle of seconds couldn’t be returned anymore. “Fine!” “Ugh!” The two parted ways with shattered hearts. Soon, it would be a tortured memory that would be dug up and forgotten. The next time they’d see themselves, they would feel a sharp pain and look away, trying to think of what had gone wrong. They would no longer accuse each other, but themselves, for not stopping it from going too far. They would only blame themselves for their misery and broken friendships. They would choose to live forever in solitude for fear of doing the same mistake. They would live their years with the regret of not admitting their faults. They’d be miserable.