Comparison Of Monster In Frankenstein

In the book Frankenstein, we see that Frankenstein’s monster show great strengths and courage as he continues to go on with the story. The monster is original though to be bad but as the story progress he shows in some rare cases his strength not just physically which he succeeds greatly in but also mentally as we see him teach himself all the wonders of this world. Physically the monster is very strong and large we see in multiple situations that he uses his strength for good even though after he uses them people still run him out of town there home etc. In one instance, he feels bad for this very poor family and begins to help them gathering wood and food to make it easier for them to survive he does all this with not even talking to them and all in secret. Another time we see that he uses his massive strength to help a little girl from drowning even though most people would agree that’s a noble dee he was still shot at and ran out of town. Now with the mental strengths he has we see in the book that the monster becomes very intelligent within a short period of time. He learns the language very fast and begins to read books to help him better understand the human culture. In one instance, he actually has a full conversation with his creator describing to him in great lengths what his life has been like. That is the creature’s strength that are seen throughout the book.

In the novel, Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelly, there are three different narrators throughout the whole book. This is important because we get 3 different looks into the same story.  The three perspectives allow us to form our own opinions about the story. Having three perspectives helps the reader understand everything a whole lot more because they get everyone’s story and side. Shelly also uses three different narrators for the reader to be able to step in each character’s shoes. Throughout the book, the reader is able to take sides with a certain character because the author used a unique writing style.

Mary Shelley’s ability to create such multidimensional characters in Frankenstein proves that writing is a powerful tool that has the ability to provoke vastly different opinions amongst readers. Even though each individual reading the story is reading the exact same words, their interpretation of those words often leads to opposing views in regards to the fate of the characters. The creature, in particular, has been a popular topic of discussion when conducting a close read of the novel due to his arguable versatility as a victim and villain. The concept of the villain has evolved over the years, however its basis still rests upon the simple fact that as a character in the story, their actions are a result of malicious intentions

society by creating a Monster that is both a reflection of the creator himself and the faults

    In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley combines three separate stories involving three different characters--Walton, Victor, and Frankenstein's monster. Though the reader is hearing the stories through Walton's perspective, Walton strives for accuracy in relating the details, as he says, "I have resolved every night,...to record, as nearly as possible in his [Victor's] own words, what he has related during the day" (Shelley 37). Shelley's shift in point of view allows for direct comparison and contrast between the characters, as the reader hears their stories through the use of first person. As the reader compares the monster's circumstances to those of Victor and Walton, the reader's

Through a lifetime of abuse and suffering, all inflicted at the hand of his only paternal figure, the monster still reveals that he did in fact love Victor in his own twisted way. As exclaimed by the monster in the final pages: “I shall die, and what I now feel be no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct. I shall ascend my funeral pile triumphantly and exult in the agony of the torturing flames. The light of that conflagration will fade away; my ashes will be swept into the sea by the winds” (page 277) In this moment, his confliction, and inclination towards a certain dramatic death in order to now right his own wrongs (ironic, right?) reveals him to be even more human than Victor himself, who can only come to the conclusion that he may hold some affectionate feelings for his own creature, a clear representation of what could be his only child: “His words had a strange effect upon me. I compassionated him and sometimes felt a wish to console him, but when I looked upon him, when I saw the filthy mass that moved and talked, my heart sickened and my feelings were altered to those of horror and hatred. I tried to stifle these sensations; I thought that as I could not sympathize with him, I had no right to withhold from him the small portion of happiness which was yet in my power to bestow” (page

In Frankenstein, the shifting point of view brought the story together in a way I was unfamiliar with. Most of the books I read were either strictly first or third person instead of the retelling of a monster's life through his creator's own retelling of his life all narrated by Robert Walton. To make it clearer, Frankenstein was told through Walton's letters which tells Victor Frankenstein's story, which tells the monster's story, which tells Felix's and the cottager's story. It was slightly confusing, initially, but not unwelcome. Especially since it made me almost sympathetic towards Frankenstein's monster's plight. Looking through his eyes made it harder to dislike him because his short life was filled with loneliness

I can compare Frankenstein to the movie I saw by Tim Burton, Frankenweenie. They are similar but instead of a human body, it was a dog and the mad scientist was a young boy named Victor Frankenstein. The young Victor Frankenstein brings his dog back to life after being hit by a car for a science fair project while the real Victor Frankenstein wanted to create a real life human. Just like the real Frankenstein monster, the dog brings trouble. In the book, the mad scientist, denies the monster but in Frankenweenie, the young boy convinces his family and friends to like his creation. Some of his classmates had known the young Victor Frankenstein creation and was intrigued to do the same experiment like his but it went out of the standards of

They both share an intense level of loneliness, a chance to interact with others, and a desire to fit

When the monster returns, he learns of the family’s sudden plans to move away. With no other direction, the monster seeks out answers from his creator. He comes across Victor’s papers, which reveal his identity and residence. With his newfound information, the monster decides to find his way to Victor. Throughout his journey his curiosity begins to turn into hatred and rage towards his creator. As he treks across the continent he discloses, “the spirit of revenge is enkindled in my heart” (119). This shows the monster’s capability of harboring dark emotions; it shows his benevolence quickly slipping away.

Good people do bad things. Doing a bad thing does not make someone a monster. For example, if a young boy was raised in the ghetto where he and his family never had enough to eat he might have to steal to get for his family. Even though he has done something illegal and immoral that does not make him a bad person. He was just doing what he had to do to get his family food to eat. Even if he kills someone in the process of sealing the food it does not make him a monster. This kid just made a bad choice in an awful situation but he made the choice for the right reason, to feed his family. Victor Frankenstein’s creation, the “monster”, was not all bad. The made some bad choices because of how he was created and how he was treated by Victor after he was created.

The monster believed that Victor would accept him, but after he realized that not only did Victor not want to assume his position in the monster’s life, but society also rejected him, it became a transitory thought, and instead became replaced with his bloodthirst towards Victor and his loved ones, which he knew would hurt way worse than just killing him; making him lonely like himself. Both Victor and the monster partook in horrid acts, in which held horrendous actions; the main one being Victor creating the monster in the first place which in result caused the both of them heartbreak, loneliness, and pain. If Victor wouldn’t have created the monster, then his life would not be filled with so much grief and emptiness; Victor is the true monster, although they are both the primal protagonists as much as they are the antagonists because of the display of the emotions they both portray as lamenting humans/monsters, and the power they give to nature in order to destroy one another. Victor used nature to his advantage, although it was wrong; Victor used nature to create and destroy the monster; he used the

On a murderous rampage, the creature kills many of Victor’s loved ones and friends, further proving that he is truly a horrible being. The creature also acknowledges his un-human appearance and characteristics that set him aside from the other people around him. When he catches a glimpse of his appearance in a transparent pool while walking, “at first [he] stared back, unable to believe that is was indeed [he] who was reflected in the mirror; and when [he] became fully convinced that [he] was in reality the monster [he was], [he] was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification… [he] did not yet entirely know the fatal effects of this miserable deformity” (Shelley 147). The monster was not accepted in society with his deformities and ugliness.

Victor expresses the misery he feels regarding his actions in relation to the monster with zeal, but his remorse proves to be false when viewed with

The “monster” spoken of in Richard Matheson’s horror short story “Born of Man and Woman” has been physically and psychologically abused by his parents. He has been made into what he is by how they treat him both with words and physically. He has been locked in a dark room for his entire life chained to a wall though the reasons seem unclear. His mother describes him as a “retch” making it entirely possible that he could be disfigured in some way.