Comparing Frankenstein ': Phuoc And Tobi'

In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley, explores the concept of humanity through distinguishing it from that of a demonic nature. This is done through a constant doubling between her two superficially opposing characters throughout the novel. Through the thematic use of nature, knowledge, wretchedness, and vengeance, sometimes as direct comparisons other times as striking contrasts, Shelley blurs the lines between human and demon within her own characters.

However, the results of the creation of the Creature are egregious, as the creature begins to murder people, specifically Victor’s loved ones, including his brother William upon realizing that William is related to Victor. Victor here is partially at fault in his brother’s death, as he abandoned the Creature, leaving it to terrorize the people. Though he is overwhelmingly contrite for their deaths, he neglects to admit who the true culprit is in William’s murder and allows Justine Moritz to take the blame, an example of his morally ambiguous actions. His inconsiderate actions cost Justine her life, though he feels horrible for it. Even then, he argues that the action he regrets the most—the creation of the monster—was the work of destiny, which was “too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction.” (Shelley 23) Again, Victor places blame on fate to justify his obsession with ambition that led him to create the thing he regrets the most. His failure to recognize his role in William’s, Justine’s, etc. deaths while concurrently feeling remorseful for them solidifies his status as a morally

Mary Shelley’s view of human connections is portrayed through the monster’s actions. The monster is abandoned by his creator and isolated from the rest of society due to his appearance. The

Appeals are present in the novel. Throughout the novel, there are many characters but the main important characters are victor Frankenstein, the creature. Victor Frankenstein is a scientist who knows everything about scientific field, who wants to prove that he is a great scientist. Then, tries to create life but instead created a monster. Later on the monster started killing people. The monster killed victor brother because the monster wanted someone to love him. Then, he killed victor’s wife, and left him alone with misery. Once, victor died the monster end up being alone again. Mary Shelly uses imagery, metaphor, and personification to prove that loneliness could lead to tragedy in life but in the novel it also proves that satisfaction is not found by revenge, and beauty and appearance allows more acceptance in the society.

    There are many ways to interpret a literary text, especially one as laden with ethical questions and literary allegory as Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Shelley's complex family dynamic - her conflicted relationship with her father, her need to please her mentor/husband with literary success, her infants' deaths - enhances the intrigue of the novel and suggests multiple themes and layered meanings. One discernible theme in Frankenstein is illuminated by the bold line that separates male character from female: The men inevitably fail the women whom they claim to love, but the women are maddeningly passive, seemingly blind to the men's inadequacies. Here, however, this passivity is a

Both definitions of a monster and human contain the word “human” stating that whether we are a monster or human, everyone has human characteristics to themselves. In this book I recently read the idea of being true to yourself and noticing that the creature is not the only “monster” portrayed, as Victor Frankenstein displays more monstrous characteristics than the creature. In Mary Shelly’s book, Frankenstein she uses her text to display that Frankenstein is the true monster. Through the author’s themes of Frankenstein being the true monster she develops this by the lack of Frankenstein’s responsibilities, the creatures compassion, and by the creature’s ability

In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley reveals reality and exposes truths about the world; that perhaps everybody is essentially a combination of good and evil. She writes characters that seem to send mixed messages about what it means to be monstrous. By portraying a creature that is ugly, yet initially kind-hearted, a handsome, wealthy man that is perhaps terrible inside, and attractive, seemingly kind townspeople that rush to judgment, she implies there is no one definition of the word. What is deemed as evil and feared is a matter of individual perception; and the attitudes and behaviors of Victor, the minor characters, and the creature show this variation.

Mary Shelley writes a riveting commentary of men in their primitive State of Nature. Shelley inserts her own judgement about how men are in fact inherently good, but they are no more than effects of society. Apart from Shelley, other philosophers such as Hobbes, Rousseau, and Locke each take on their own ideas. While they all differ, there is one commonality: men are inherently social, but their persona is dependent on their choices, social desire, and the stimuli they are exposed to. When applying this theory to Frankenstein Shelley provides abounding amount of examples to show the Creatures nature. From the very beginning of the novel the Creature is undergoing change. As he is born into the world, his mind is a blank slate. He can be molded

In her famous novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley explores and questions whether evil is innate or learned. Through the characters Victor Frankenstein and the creature, Shelly proves the point that both nature and nurture affect people. She showcases the effects of nature through Frankenstein’s personality, while the creature is the result of nurture and the goodness/ evil that he learns. Frankenstein’s family background and ambitions contradicts his actions. The creature learns to be kind by observing the DeLacey family; in contrast he became hostile due to all the rejection and hostility he faces as a result of his appearance.

The human society judges the monster based on his looks and lack of knowledge which encourages the monster to isolate himself from society as a whole. In this, Mary Shelley does a superb job of illustrating the “grievous faults and failures” that occupy our society all throughout the

   Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is a commentary on the natural disposition of man. By personifying her vision of a natural everyman character in the form of Victor Frankenstein's creation, The Creature, Shelley explores the natural state as well as the moral development of man, and develops conclusions regarding both. But before Shelley could create her commentary on man's natural dispositions, she was in need of a character to represent her "natural everyman." The character she needed had to possess the same qualities as that of a man in his most natural state.

Mary Shelley took it upon herself to demean, belittle, and objectify the female characters in her story. Through this, the audience can gain insight into Shelley’s life and the way she viewed herself and her role in society ("A Feminist Reading”). “Frankenstein” served as an outlet for Shelley to express her feelings and frustrations against the society she lived

When the monster murders Victor’s loved ones, Victor is full of anguish and is devoted to destroy the monster. All he desires is to revenge the monster and his words becomes monstrous as he is in misery for the loss of his loved ones. Victor says, “I devote myself, either in my life or death, to his destruction.” (Ch. 23, pg. 254) The monster cold-heartedly murders William, Henry and Elizabeth in revenge for Victor; however, the solid reason behind his act is Victor’s irresponsibility. As the monster lacks basic human needs such as a family and companions to receive love and care, it is natural for him to hate Victor. He questions Victor the meaning of his existence as he is abandoned and isolated. He says, “Cursed creator! Why did I live?”(Ch.16 pg. 171). Although both characters are vengeful, this would not have happened if Victor did not create the monster and abandon him. Victor is the reason behind the tragedy as the source of the monster’s revenge is Victor’s inhumane

Stories of monsters have captivated readers attention since the very beginning even though the definition of what a monster is perceived to be is complex and vague. The word monster and its meaning in today’s culture is very opinionated. Most people think of monsters in an evil sense because of what todays pop-culture has depicted a monster out to be. Shelley’s and Wilde’s intentions for monsters were not to be taken out of context from how they originated. Shelly and Wilde saw monsters in the people and in the world surrounding them. Upon viewing this they recognized the true fear of determining one's identity. Once they viewed this event through the eyes of the people, they deemed necessary that they should provide a lesson by writing Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Gray. The lesson of the two books are that if the creator can not handle the responsibilities of the creation process, then the creation will fail. If the creation fails, then ultimately the creator fails and the true colors of mankind are shown.

In other words Mary Shelley subtly commented on the conventions of her time with the positions of her characters in the world and their eventual fates (Mellor, 116). She was aware of the conventions of her time and of her own privilege in having been educated in an unusually masculine way. In her novel, she has Elizabeth regret that she “had not [had] the same opportunities of enlarging her experience and cultivating her understanding” as Victor Frankenstein (Shelley, 151). Most notably there is the monster, who is portrayed as an emotional being, misunderstood because of his appearance. Despite his exterior, Shelley portrays him as an intelligent and noble creature.One might argue that there is a paralel between the monster's oppression and that of women in Shelley's time. In the book, however, the monster is free to express his anger at the oppression and the hatred he has experienced, something women were largely unable to do. The monster's imaginative self-expression makes him complex and human as a character; perhaps something Shelley wanted for female characters and the women of her time,