Essay On The Nature Of Frankenstein

    Sometimes, in novels like Frankenstein, the motives of the author are unclear.  It is clear however, that one of the many themes Mary Shelley presents is the humanity of Victor Frankenstein's creation.  Although she presents evidence in both support and opposition to the creation's humanity, it is apparent that this being is indeed human.  His humanity is not only witnessed in his physical being, but in his intellectual and emotional thoughts as well.  His humanity is argued by the fact that being human does not mean coming from a specific genetic chain and having family to relate to, but to embrace many of the distinct traits that set humans apart from other animals in this

Frankenstein was a scientist who thought that the world was a secret, which he desired to discover in the scientific field. He worked to find out the relationship between humans and animals. He was attracted by the structure of the human body, any animal related with life, and the cause of life. One day, Victor Frankenstein made an experiment where he included many different human parts from different dead people. This resulted in a human being and a strange creature never seen before in life, which made Frankenstein very scared. This creature or monster was tall enough to scare people by his height and with muscles that were well proportioned.

Several fields have studied the relationship between creator and creation. The most significant aspect of this research considers the difference between nature and nurture. Sociologists, psychologists, scientists, and other professionals have tried to pin down the exact distinctions between these two types of upbringings. In literature, the same questions have been asked and studied using fictional characters, most famously in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, in 1667, and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, in 1818. The complexity of the characters in these texts creates the theme of nature versus nurture before they diverge and arrive at differing conclusions.

Character Analysis: Give your ideas about the main characters(s). Include what you like and dislike about the characters and why they deserve praise or criticism. Does the author intend for you to like/dislike them? How do you know?

Through psychoanalysis of the character Victor Frankenstein, it is clear that Victor exhibits latent homosexual tendencies. This is not to say the protagonist engages in the creation of the creature simply as an outlet for his sexual inclinations. Rather, his desire to procreate through means other than common human reproduction suggests his desire for legacy, but his aversion to the opposite sex. Victor’s latent homosexuality explains why he destroys the female creature, delays his marriage with Elizabeth, and spends his honeymoon looking for the creature. Victor chooses to suppress his homosexuality because of strict punishments for this sexual orientation in the Victorian Era.

In Shelley’s Frankenstein, the monster is portrayed as a grotesque abomination. However, as Hopkins states in Contending Forces, the cultural and geographical situations, or lack thereof, in which one matures in play a crucial role in the proper development of one’s mind and brain. The monster is simply a product of circumstance. The lack of social interactions alongside geographical isolation propelled the daemon to be alienated from society, ultimately resulting in a lack of morals and an underdeveloped psyche. By being a culmination of his surroundings and experiences it is revealed that the true monstrous entities are the factors that leave the daemon predisposed to fail in a modern society. Arguably, Victor created a being, while the circumstances that said being was placed in “created” a monster. Shelley purposefully terrorizes the monster with such intensity to provoke and justify the overarching theme in this novel which states that people should not be judged on their physical appearance.

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Frankenstein is a classic horror novel, but with a twist of many other genres. Written by Mary Shelley, it was a novel which mixed many exciting elements, such as horror, drama and romance. The story follows a young doctor named Victor Frankenstein, who has an obsession to reincarnate the dead, but his attempts at this fail horribly, and Victor finds himself in deep peril, as the monster stalks him throughout the world. I aim to investigate the issue, however, of who is the true monster in Frankenstein. The monster or Frankenstein himself?

Victor's creation allows him to split his sexuality into independent components.  There are three fundamental purposes to sexuality presented in Mary Shelley's narrative:  the

Throughout the novel, Victor Frankenstein uses strong affectionate language toward other male characters. Thus, Victor can be viewed as having many mancrushes as time progresses, which can be viewed as the beginning of his feelings of being gay. When Victor creates the monster, the monster could be a result of him manifesting his feelings for other men. The monster could be what Victor put all of his gay feelings into, instead of sharing the strange feelings. By creating the monster, Victor is concealing his feelings in one place, giving him a sense of safety in which his feelings

This poem dramatizes the conflict between the child and the adult version of the little boy who wanted to understand the meaning of The Curse of Frankenstein. The speaker portrays how the boy asked to watch a movie that his parents refused him to watch, so instead his uncle took him. Then, in the middle of the night, the boy had nightmares about the movie and “woke up screaming”. His father tried explaining to him the meaning of the movie and “he summarized, ‘too anatomical’”. The boy was confused by this and tried understanding what his father meant.

A Psycho(analytic) Relationship In the riveting epistolary novel, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley we are exposed to various and compelling themes such as cultural and social ideologies incorporated within the early nineteenth century society standards. Several diverse aspects of interpretation and literary devices are emphasized within Mary Shelley’s exhilarating stylistic text. Although, there are many individuals and events that give this exciting gothic fiction novel meaning, the relationship and incidents conveyed between creator [Victor Frankenstein] and creation [The Monster] truly embody the structure of an epistolary novel. From the moment Victor Frankenstein decided to construct such a horrific creature to all the appalling events that

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I woke up, just now, not remembering my surroundings. Running, is what I did. Anything to be away from the darkness that I was engulfed in. Anywhere could be better this place.

Mary Shelley characterizes Victor as someone who was unable to “mother” his creation to reveal his indecisiveness and unreliable traits. At the beginning of the novel, it was stated that Frankenstein had become a recluse, shutting himself off from the outside world, to focus on his creation. He toiled with his creation for two whole years until he was finished with it but he soons rejects his creation after concluding that it was “wretched and miserable monster” with “horrid a complexion”. This is a contrast from Victor’s first reaction. He thought the monster was ravishing and admired it for a short