Does Victor Frankenstein Embody The Nature Of Love

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the self-reliance, spirituality and individuality that Victor Frankenstein finds in nature shows the relation of nature and the human feeling; when one finds himself in nature, he is restored mentally, physically and spiritually. In the beginning of Victor’s life he is described with naturalistic metaphors and other analogies in order to give the reader a better understanding of the connection Victor has with the environment. When Victor is mourning his friends and family, he frequently avoids humanity and attempts to find health and relaxation in nature. Victor takes sustenance from nature, and it becomes his coping

Frankenstein will teach you a life lesson on the different ways to deal with anger and to accept love. It is a tale that involves two characters who have, until the onset of this story, dealing with love and hatred in very similar ways. Intensely this book is said to have been, “ A tale so overpowered with sources and origins that it has gained a reputation in literary circles as ‘the most protean and disputable of even Romantic texts.” ( Hetherington 4) Victor Frankenstein is empowered with the drive to do something so great with his life that he creates a monster in this, he believes, will bring him fame and happiness soon. It becomes very apparent that love and happiness are not to found. On the other hand, the scientist loses many loved ones, then the monster seeks to find love and seems always to fall short. Throughout the novel, Victor Frankenstein and his amazing creation, a “ Monster”, share many characteristics while expressing the emotions of anger and love. This well-known story and its characters portray one of the greatest romantic horror stories of which have ever been written.

In Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein”, Victor Frankenstein’s monster is an unrealistic character. The monster is involved with the realistic elements of desire of control, alienation, and thoughtless ambition. It is revealed the overall theme of the novel, that the pursuit of knowledge, is dangerous.

During the creature’s infancy, it learns to survive and also develops emotional needs. When the creature first began watching the cottage family, the creature felt emotion. The creature describes “I felt sensations of a peculiar and overpowering nature; they were a mix of pain and pleasure, such as I had never before experienced” (Shelley 105). The creature discovers a power within that is surreal and surprising. Without knowledge of what emotions are, emotion is a strange feature in life. The creature’s mind is as knowledgable as an infant’s. The creature’s emotion also mirrors that of humans. The creature has “...unquestioning, utterly faithful, and utterly human love for his irresponsible behaviour” (Oates 198). Victor Frankenstein abandons the creature immediately after its creation, but the creature still cares for its creator. People have a special connection with family that withstands anything, and the creature mirrors that care with someone it considers as its father, Victor Frankenstein. When Frankenstein chases the creature near the end, he receives help “when nature, overcome by hunger, sank under the exhaustion, a repast was prepared for me in the desert that restored and inspired me” (Shelley 212). The creature gives Frankenstein a respite to replenish his body from their exhausting chase. Frankenstein is furious with the creature, and is destroying himself to

“Frankenstein’s creation is a wretched, evil creature, which deserves nothing but death”. This is a statement, we people, might make if we base our opinion of this new creation only and purely on his actions. Can the creature’s actions condemn him to a life of solitude and immorality? If we look at the situation more closely and with an open mind, we might indeed find ourselves connecting and even sympathizing with this wretched beast. How could someone consent of such evil actions? Well, the reader does not have to; all the reader has to do is keep an open mind and a soft heart. In order to understand how and why the full presentation of the creation’s character might entice the reader to sympathize, one must first look more closely at the actions seen as “evil” and the reasoning behind them.

Frankenstein's creature does not follow the stereotype of a monster that it has been traditionally thrown under. A monster is not born of innocence, and does not feel sympathise with the helpless. The array of emotions, actions, and requests that this supposed monster displays allude to his humanity flourishing within. He is an extreme of the human condition. In every person, there are horrific characteristics along side unbelievably vulnerable aspects that shape and highlight their essence, defining who they are. Someone who is a killer does not cease being human, and nor does a baby when it first born. The creature is as human as a murderer, and as innocent as an infant.

Victor Frankenstein, a complex character created by Mary Shelley, experienced a complete change in attitude and perspective on the scientific world as he knew it. Between the deaths of his close family and friends, to the constant fight for survival as his own creation stalked him, Victor was under straining circumstances that allowed for his evolution as a character. Pre monster, Victor had strong morals and close relationships with his family. His family was his priority. Victor’s dedication to science was always a constant nagging in the back of his mind, but it did not mean more to him than his family dead. During the formation of his creation, he began to block off his family, especially his fiancee, Elizabeth. His dedication to science was his only priority, above food and hygiene. He was driven by the creation of his monster. After creation, his family members were killed off, eliminating any type of relationship he had with them, he rejected all science and moral values.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a classic novel that tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a youthful scientist who creates a monstrous yet humanlike creature. The story is full of imagination and passion, although this contradicts a critique published by the Knight’s Quarterly Review in 1824. They proclaim that the book contains “not one flash of imagination, not one spark of passion.” However, this is not the case. Both Victor and his grotesque creature express their feelings in passionate, fervent manners. For example, when the monster is observing the family in the cottage, the words he uses to elucidate how he is feeling are obvious declarations of passion. Another example shown through the monster is when he is reflecting on the book Paradise

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.

In spite of the monster providing assistance to the community, his hideous features and deformed body made “the children inside scream, and one of the women faint. Some of the people in the village ran away and others attacked me with stones (58,59). The villagers’ reaction validates that acknowledgement for Frankenstein's creature was never going to transpire; his grotesque countenance and manner was scorned. Similarly, the innocence of a child could not glance upon the monster without displaying fright reinforces how even an individual without prejudice was not willing to show acceptance. The creatures lack of nurture contributes to his monstrosity because of the neglect and disdain from the

The human soul is a greatly debated subject, not only about whether it exists but also about whether the nature of the human soul is towards good or evil. In Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, the topic of the human soul’s natural state and malleability is discussed. The novel follows Doctor Victor Frankenstein through the creation of a superhuman creature that he immediately regrets making. The creature begins as a kind being but through a series of events becomes hateful and begins to destroy Frankenstein’s life. Romanticism is a major theme in Frankenstein as the raw beauty of nature is often described in great detail. Mary Shelley uses mirroring language between Frankenstein and the Monster to prove that although innately good, human nature is highly malleable and when under the control of a passion for revenge is inclined to evil.

After reading the nineteenth century novel “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, I have concluded that parental neglect can alter a person’s moral intentions. While analysing some critical views on monster’s and Victor’s actions, I discovered many interesting ideas and that not all aligned with my initial hypothesis. The two main critics are Joseph Pearce (2008), who has views against Victor Frankenstein and Angie Allard (2009), who shares views regarding Victor Frankenstein. According to the critical essay “ The Misunderstood Monster” by Joseph Pearce,Pearce says that “in the creature’s earliest days of life, the creature struggles with the idea of humanity and what it is to be human. Creature’s new and unexplained existence places him in an

Frankenstein, will teach you a life lesson on the different ways to deal with anger and to accept love. It is a tale that involves two characters who have, until the onset of this story, dealt with love and anger in very similar ways. Intensely this book is said to have been, “ A tale so overpowered with sources and origins that it has gained a reputation in literary circles as ‘the most protean and disputable of even Romantic texts.” ( Hetherington 4) Victor Frankenstein is empowered with the drive to do something so great with his life that he creates a monster in this, he believes, will bring him fame and happiness soon. It becomes very apparent that love and happiness are not to be found. On the other hand, the scientist loses many loved ones, then the monster seeks to find love and seems to always fall short. Throughout the novel, Victor Frankenstein and his amazing creation, a “ Monster”, share many characteristics while expressing the emotions of anger and love. This well known story and its characters portray one of the greatest romantic horror stories to which have ever been written.

Love is greater than its linked sisters, because whilst faith and hope belong only to a creature, and are dependent and expectant of some good to come to themselves, and correspond to something which is in God in Christ, the love which springs from faith and hope not only corresponds to, but resembles, that from which it comes and by which it lives.

This paper examines the literary methods and romantic characteristics that Mary Shelley uses in Frankenstein, specifically in relation to the power struggle between the creature and Frankenstein himself, in order to project Shelley’s viewpoint against