Cover In Frankenstein

The tragic figure in Mary Shelley’s horror novel Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, is truly an instrument of suffering for his loved ones in his life. Frankenstein’s Creature horrifies Frankenstein and sets off a series of events that corrode his relationships and harm his family and friends; furthermore, Frankenstein’s actions cause the innocent characters to suffer the most, which contributes to the tragic vision of the work as a whole.

The disappointment is not only irrational, but also shows his further jaded ideal of perfection in the fact that he considers ugliness a weakness. If that were true, ugliness would be the creature's only weakness, as the story goes on to tell of the selfless acts of kindness the creature administers. Victor describes his supposed miserable failure as a deformed monster when he says "His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of lustrous black, and flowing his teeth of pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only form a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same color as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion and straight black lips" (56; ch.5; vol.1). Later, Victor sees the creature after a long period of his aimless roaming, and he "trembled with rage and horror" (95; ch. 3; vol .2). Victor wished to engage in mortal combat because he had a faint premonition the creature might have possibly killed his son. The senseless idea was formed simply because of the creature's physical features, and that he may have been in the vicinity. Even though the monster was shunned, hated, labeled prematurely as a killer, and cursed by his very own maker, he sees the goodness of the human heart and desires to learn more about the human race. As the supposed monster journeys onward, he is delighted and allured by the moon and sun, and other peaceful,

The first new cover I created for Frankenstein depicts Frankenstein’s monster floating off the coast of Ireland after murdering Henry Clerval. I chose to portray this scene because the death of Clerval and the events leading up to it (namely Victor ultimately refusing to create a female partner for the creature) are pivotal moments in the story. They mark the beginning of the bloodthirsty ‘war’ of revenge between Victor and the creature, which results in the death of both the book’s main protagonist and antagonist. The cover also displays the two parts of the creature’s character; the solid black silhouette, sitting stall and unfazed after killing Henry represents the part that seeks revenge against his creator and mankind, while the reflection

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein divulges the thoughts of two diverse creatures with unification in a single event: the birth of a monster. The monster, grotesque and innocent at birth, becomes violent as he experiences the unjust world around him. Victor’s scientific creation leads him to dangerous knowledge: a realm of fear, guilt, and abandonment. However, Victor himself creates his emotions in his embodiment of three of the seven deadly sins1: greed, gluttony, and pride. Victor Frankenstein’s actions expose him as the true monster, pushing him into sin and leaving the monster feeling alone, unloveable, and wrathful.

“Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?” -The Monster(135) This quote shows that Frankenstein 's creation had the ability to want his creator 's love and affection. The Monster asks the now deceased Frankenstein why he was unwanted from the start. This proves that the monster was able to feel emotions of sorrow and pain after his creator had passed, even though he sought a vengeance against his creator. The monsters vengeance was never caused by evil but caused by pain and suffering.

“I was a poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept” (Shelley 91). In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Mary depicts a hideous, macabre, creature as one of the main characters, who seeks to discover and connect with the unknown world that it has been born into. The creator, Victor Frankenstein, studies life cycle of human beings, ultimately learning the secret of creation through unnatural means. These experiments result in a monster, who must to learn and grow in consciousness, much as an infant would awaken gradually to life. He is, at first, overwhelmed by new sensations, experiencing hunger, thirst, and exhaustion. The monster begins on a clean slate, starting in his adolescence, but experiences continuous vulgar abuse from beings who show to be quick to judge. Though the monster proves to have a positive heart initially, maltreatment gradually changes his response to people and causes him to react negatively to negative stimuli from experiences and necessity. The creature’s response to society is constructed through the mistreatment by Victor Frankenstein, the DeLacey family’s rejection, and his first meeting with Victor Frankenstein in the Alps.

A little girl screams in fear for her parents as she envisions a green, three-eyed monster lurking under her bed, waiting to get her until she finally closes her eyes. A little boy scares fellow trick-or-treaters as he’s dressed as a vampire for Halloween brandishing his pointy teeth with blood dripping out of his mouth. Both of these examples of monsters focus on the physicality of a creature and undermine the weight which the word ‘monster’ actually carries. In Shakespeare’s play, The Tempest, and in Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, there are characters that perfectly fit the description of a tangible monster. However, monsters are more than their somatic features. Monsters are created within based on circumstances, decisions that are

The study of human nature makes him what he eventually becomes because he is unloved and hated by human society. They are scared and disgusted by the way he looks and he is extremely lonely. This makes him from a benevolent creature to a monster. Because he is abandoned by Victor and human society this leads him to acquire knowledge on his own and decipher what is right and wrong on his own. He also learns about possessions and that possessions lead to status. This leads the creature to become greedier and make him feel less human. He also learns about family and the joys it gives people and because he is abandoned he seeks revenge on Victor and wants to have a family. He is, all in all, disappointed by

Motivation through revenge can be seen in, “But again, when I reflected that they had spurned and deserted me, anger returned, a rage of anger; and, unable to injure anything human, I turned my fury towards inanimate objects. As night advanced I placed a variety of combustibles around the cottage…” (Shelley 99). The creature has just been rejected by the De Lacey family. This passage shows how the creature’s anger and want for revenge motivates him to burn down the De Laceys’ cottage. This moment is very important as it is the start in the monster’s character to act out revenge several times during the story. Another passage that displays the importance of revenge is,

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.

​The creature is miserable because the creator just made him and right after he got afraid and then he wanted to kill the creature because Victor thinks that he killed his brother William.According to the text it said, "The tortures of hell are to mild for thy crimes you've done. So what he is trying to say is that he hall go to hell for the people he killed including William. In my opinion I think that the creature didn't kill William because he said in the text that his soul is full of love and community.An other reason is because he lives in the mountains and in

"As he went on I felt as if my soul were grappling with a palpable enemy; one by one the various keys were touched which formed the mechanism of my being; chord after chord was sounded, and soon my mind was filled with one thought, one conception, one purpose. So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein – more, far more, will I achieve; treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation."

In the novel, Victor Frankenstein experiments with dead bodies in order to create a new human being which he intends to be a “happy and excellent” (Shelley 33) creature. He dreams of a new species which will praise him as their creator. Thus, he intends to overcome the boundaries of life and death. However, when the body comes to life Frankenstein abandons it because he cannot control it any more. What he held in sway before is now a living being that acts for itself.

“Appearance is something absolute, but reality is not that way- everything is interdependent, not absolute” – Dalai Lama. There is more to a person than what they appear to be. Often times people are accepted or rejected in terms of a person’s self perception on what is acceptable or not, based on what they look like. First impressions are formed rapidly and people believe those impressions are highly accurate (Pine, 2011). Before even speaking to someone, most people envision exactly what type of person they are looking at. It occurs instinctively, oftentimes without the person doing in intentionally, but in many cases it can impact decisions on a variety of important domains.

Can you honestly say you 've never judged a book by its cover? I 'm sure that we have all picked a book up, looked at its cover and then put it down because it ‘looks’ unappealing. You may not know it, but you do this to people too. Every day we make up profiles of people we don 't even know in our heads just by looking at their cover, we look at what 's on the outside. Instead of reading the pages first we look at their picture, their age, sex, race, and style before getting to know them first. Are we ever going to look past someone’s cover and read a few pages before we make up our minds about them?