Examples Of Maslow's Madness In Frankenstein

To fully understand how society impacts the creatures in each story the reader must look at their actions before they were defined as monsters. Frankenstein’s creature wanted affection, love and attention from none other than his own creator

In 1943 Humanistic Psychologist Abraham Maslow proposed his Theory of Human Motivation. In this paper he outlines what he believes to be a humans hierarchy of needs. Maslow suggests in his journal that one must meet the needs of the previous level before moving on to meet the needs of the next one on the hierarchy. According to Maslow there are 5 tiers of human needs: physiological, security, belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization. In Welch, West Virginia Jeanette and her siblings must adjust their lifestyles in order to meet their human needs according to Maslow’s hierarchy.

Maslow’s theory of motivation is called the “hierarchy of needs”. Maslow believes that people have five main needs in the following order of importance;

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs created by Abraham Maslow is a structural pyramid progression of physical and psychological needs. From the bottom, the hierarchy includes; physiological, safety, belonging, self-esteem and self-actualization. In order to get onto the next level of the pyramid, one must fulfill all of the factors of the step below. In the novel Frankenstein the author, Mary Shelly displays many of the character’s progression. One of them is a creature that the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein creates because of his love of science and anatomy. The creature is bought into the world as a grown specimen with no knowledge that needs all the help and love he can get. The creature does not reach the top of the hierarchy because he does

Abraham Maslow’s theory, Theory of Hierarchy Needs, is a motivational theory in psychology that has a tier model of the five things a human needs. Maslow stated that people are motivated to achieve certain needs and that some needs take precedence over others. The five stages, from bottom to top, include Physiological needs( food, water, warmth, and rest), the second stage: Safety Needs ( security and safety), third stage: Belongingness and love needs ( intimate relationships and friends), the fourth stage: Esteem Needs (prestige and feeling of accomplishment), and finally the last stage: Self-actualization ( achieving one’s full potential, including creative potential). The five stage model can be divided into

Most characters within Frankenstein have a sense of full conformity, while a select few feel full disregard. Victor Frankenstein has the best-and the worst-of both worlds as he possesses outward beauty and conformity while having inward regrets and questioning. Frankenstein had many benefactors that had contributed towards his outward acceptance; on the other hand, he had his inner demons that had placed him in a position of questioned deposition. Victor Frankenstein, truly, is a piece of the puzzle with regards towards the entire understanding of his society and its other human inhabitants. The theme of outward appearance and inward regret drives the character of Frankenstein to home base with obvious examples, implicit reading, and a full-circle

Maslow’s Theory is separated into five different categories of needs. These include physiological needs, safety, love and belonging, esteem, and self-actualization. (“Maslow, Abraham”). Maslow categorized these needs into a pyramid structure. At the base of Maslow’s Pyramid are physiological needs which need to be met before a person can go higher up on the pyramid. Once these needs are met, then a person can begin fulfilling other needs such as safety, love and so on. Physiological needs include the basic needs of oxygen, food, water, sleep, proteins and minerals. Another part of these needs include being active, avoiding pain and removing waste from your body. As the physiological needs are meet, safety and security needs begin to dominate behavior (Boeree). Safety and security needs have to do with the natural desire for a predictable, orderly world that is somewhat within our control. This also includes protection, and safe

Frankenstein’s creation was perceived as an outcast. Throughout the story of Frankenstein, the monster was always alone. He felt this loneliness when being rejected by the “family” he thought was kind, but only to witness the disdain towards his creator for making him so hideous. Later in the novel the creature states that, “I am an unfortunate and deserted creature; I look around and I have no relation or friend upon earth (113)” this demonstrates that the creature was in need of a friend since his creator Victor Frankenstein abandoned him from the start, which left the monster in a trance not

Anxiety has been around for many years due to stress levels being too high or events that have happened in the past, but does anyone realize that it is a serious thing and can hurt someone mentally? While researching different academic articles about anxiety and other types of mental illness. I found a few academic journals who describe other people’s lives with anxiety and other mental illnesses. Mary Shelly author of her famous book “Frankenstein” is about Victor Frankenstein who created a monster and got very ill when he saw the beast breathe. Later, he started to neglect the beast and the monster started killing Victor’s loved ones because Victor abandoned the monster. I chose to write about mental illnesses and anxiety because. Victor Frankenstein suffers from a mental illness known as anxiety caused by the monster and events caused by him.

Throughout the story the author uses constant instances that allows us to reflect on responsibilities we may disregard due to fear of the result, and how neglecting the issue only allows room for further complications. Mary Shelley shows that happening when Frankenstein neglects and abandons the creature. Frankenstein's immediate reaction when faced with an obstacle was to run away. Unfortunately, this shows the true character of Victor Frankenstein. The best way to understand a person's real qualities, and values is to place them in a situation that is character building, or maybe even a little uncomfortable. Although, Victor knew that leaving the creature was wrong, he continued with his actions which resulted in a deserved consequence. The creature responded negatively due to the fact that the only person he ever interacted with left him. This influences the creatures outlook on humans because this was the first ever experience with them.

As stated further by Maslow, there are five levels in the need hierarchy, which are physiological, safety, love and belongingness, esteem, and self-actualization and they are very often of unconscious nature and can be at certain times reserved. Unfortunately, there are not too many who are capable of reaching self-actualization and the ones who will are very creative and acknowledge the world very accurately. An individual however is always aware of the fact that he or she has possesses a choice and therefore he or she has the ability to influence their behavior and personality at anytime (Cloninger, 2008).

According to Jones and Jones (2016), Abraham Maslow believed that when children demonstrated disruptive behavior, it was a direct result of not having their needs met; and if the needs go unmet, then the child will not be able to reach their full potential. Maslow offers a specific order of basic needs: (a) physiological needs; (b) safety and security; (c) belongingness and affections; (d) self-respect; (e) self-actualization; and (f) knowing and understanding (Jones & Jones, 2016). A seventh level, discussed in Maslow’s original declaration, includes aesthetic needs (Kenyon, 2009). Taormina and Gao (2013) studied the effects of

Frankenstein slowly transitions into a dysfunctional and vengeful monster, the neglect of his creator and his repulsive appearance causes him to lash out against Victor. When Victor creates him, Victor hides from this monster and the monster later finds a way to kill Victor’s loved ones. At first he wants people’s approval and someone to love him. “ I remembered too well the treatment I had suffered the night before from the barbarous villagers, and resolved, whatever course of conduct I might hereafter think it right to pursue, that for the present I would remain quietly in my hovel, watching and endeavouring to discover the motives which influenced their actions” (12, 1). He discovers the kind affection that humans give to each other, and feels he can not experience any of these emotions, as many run away from him. The monster doesn’t completely understand what's going on as he, doesn’t understand the emotions but craves to have them. “I sickened as I read. 'Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. 'Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” (15, 8). He finds notes of his

Foolish, chaotic, crazy, all ways to describe the state of a madman, and these just so happen to perfectly describe some characters in the works we have read and discussed. The theme of madness is heavily displayed in the literature pieces of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, and Hamlet, by William Shakespeare. Victor Frankenstein, The Creature, Hamlet, and are the characters that most express the course theme of madness in the works. These characters display similarities on their way to that unstable state of mind.

We are probably all familiar with Abraham Maslow 's Theory of Hierarchical Needs; Psychological Needs, Safety Needs, Belongingness and Love Needs, Esteem Needs, Need to Know and Understand, Aesthetic Needs, and Self-Actualization Needs. And we probably all remember that according to Maslow 's theory, needs that are in the lower hierarchy must be at least partially met before a person will try to satisfy higher-level needs. Although ultimately our goal is to aid students in self-actualizing or becoming "all that one can be," they must first achieve the level of Need to Know and Understand.