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Creature or Monster? How does Shelley's presentation of the Creature and Frankenstein create sympathy or horror at different stages of the novel? Who is the real monster? The novel "Frankenstein" was written by Mary Shelley as a teenager during the 19th century.

In Frankenstein, the creature created by Victor Frankenstein kills many people in the novel for being rejected by his creator and other people in the society only because of his ugly appearance. He states, “I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on. Even now my blood boils at the recollection of this injustice” (“Frankenstein” 201). These words spoken by the monster reveals how this feeling of rejection by his creator and other people had compelled him to commit the crimes. Although the creature murdered several people, he was not harmful or evil by nature.

Frankenstein, Or the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley, tells the story of a bright and ambitious scientist that wishes to discover the secrets of life. After several years of research, he achieves his goal and brings to life a creature fashioned from old body parts. Horrified by his creation, Victor flees and spends the rest of his life hiding from and witnessing horrendous acts by the creature he so desperately wanted to create.

Many years have passed since the novel “Frankenstein” was published for the common readers, yet it gave a huge impact in the society’s point of views and beliefs about what kind of monster Victor Frankenstein created. Even in present day, the novel has influenced, in many ways, how to shape the opinions of the society. Although, it has many argumentatives elements, they are all based on how the monster develops in the story from a victim to a villain.

    Imagine an eight-foot-tall, misshapen human child. You might complain that this is contradictory - but do it anyway. Imagine some sort of humanoid being with the mind of a human child in an eight-foot body, green with a nail in its head if you want. This is what Frankenstein's creature is. Frankenstein's creature is mentally a child, and we see its evolution through traditional child development in the course of its narrative. But the creature is the only member of its species, and therefore its narrative can be taken to represent the history of an entire species - the creature's first experiences can be viewed as an amalgam of creation myths.

Beauty is often the most lethal poison. It intoxicates both the beholder and the beheld. Humans are raised into a society that instills certain standards of elegance and beauty. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the woes and misery of the monster is brought to the readers’ attention as humans constantly berate and abuse the creature for it’s hideous body. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein discusses the advantages and the detriments that an alluring versus unappealing body provides a person, and how that person is affected due to the pressures and assumptions of society placed upon their shoulders. Mary Shelley may have been amongst the first to examine the concept of beauty and the advantages it provides. She insinuates that the conformity of the ideals of beauty place shackles, and struggles upon those who do not fit into such standards.

His abandonment issues corrupt the Creature’s life as it causes him to seek a place he will be accepted in. His first positive encounter was with a blind man who was able to judge the Creature by his personality rather than his physical appearance. The Creature tells Mr. De Lacey, “they are the most excellent creatures in the world; but, unfortunately, they are prejudiced against me. I have good dispositions” (Shelley 159). The Creature is troubled by his appearance because it has gotten in the way of living a normal life. The Creature chooses to accept that Victor is the only person that can solve his situation as he seeks a companion that’ll join him in life. He may have started off corrupted, but the attainment of knowledge improved him.

In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley depicts the monstrosities of physical beauty. Shelley’s characters display conceited attributes that value outer beauty over inner beauty. This is best represented by Frankenstein’s monster. Initially, the monster is a curious being who is compassionate and naïve towards society. His value for physical beauty is so strong that he idolizes the family in which he is observing, therefore dehumanizing them. Evidently, he is unable to contemplate why “such lovely creatures [are] miserable” (Shelley 127). His association of beauty with happiness causes the inevitable eradication of his own self esteem. Furthermore, the monstrosity comes into place when the monster uses his lack of confidence to justify his

The novel Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley starts off with a man named Robert Walton who meets Victor Frankenstein. Robert retells Victor’s story to his sister in a series of letters. Victor Frankenstein is an alchemist who creates a monster out of human body parts. Victor then goes through many events that put his loved ones in danger because of his creations. In the story, Mary Shelley hints many types of themes.

From the beginning of the Creature’s existence, he is deprived of making choices for himself. He was never asked to be created, nor did he have a choice on how he was treated. For any existent being, being deprived of choices can only lead to a sense of rebellion and a feeling of rejection by society. This is another factor that plays into the Creature's State of Nature and how he finds himself in the end of novel feeling like he is evil. When the Creature discovers that he is no more than a mere reject from society, he ask Victor for a companion, in which whom he can spend his days with and no longer be an outsider. The Creature wanted someone who, ¨[was] of the same species, and [has] the same defects¨. (Frankenstein, 143). His testimony shows that if he had a choice, he would

In the story, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley the creature is portrayed differently throughout the story. The creature is Victor Frankenstein’s life creation. Throughout the story the creature meets different characters. These characters have different reactions when first meeting the monster. Most people run in terror of the monster, but a couple of people actually enjoy the monster.

For over two-hundred years, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, published in 1818, has attracted the attention of readers from all backgrounds, challenging minds through her unique use of horror. Her novel influenced the creation of the popular Frankenstein movies between the early 1930s to 1940s, the creation of comical spoofs on her characters as exhibited in Adult Swim’s television series from 2010 Mary Shelley’s Frankenhole, to even children's movies such as Adam Sandler’s Hotel Transylvania in 2012. As seen through both the pop culture’s interpretation of the green monster and the actuality of Shelley’s bronzed skinned creature, the novel Frankenstein has been pointed to countless times for its ability to explain the importance of morality in

Curiosity has always been the downfall of humans; dating back to the times of Adam and Eve, when their curiosity led to the eating of the forbidden fruit, to modern day scientific experiments that defy the laws of nature. When dealing with facts and truths, one can have delusions of grandeur, which ultimately becomes his/her downfall. This combination of delusion and curiosity has been the downfall of many greats including Shelley’s Frankenstein, whose intelligence suppresses his moral and ethical compass.

In Marry Shelly’s Frankenstein, perception plays a key part in the monsters’ icy demise. Not only is the story affected by how the villagers perceive the monster, but the readers’ perception, like in any literary work, plays the role of ultimate judge.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, is a novel of interpersonal struggle between inborn traits versus the self determined willingness to work for success. The author demonstrates the contrasting personalities of Victor and the Creature specifically in regard to the nature they are born with in contrast to who they made of themselves. Innate aspects hinder personal growth for the Creature although he works hard to become a self-made man, whereas nurturing miens obstruct growth for the dignified Victor despite his fortunate nature. Shelley demonstrates sympathy with a Creature who tries to overcome his monstrous form more than a gentleman who abases him in order to convey that no matter how hard he tries to overcome his nature, personal choices can