Family In Frankenstein

role confusion, or the adolescent stage, it doesn’t matter as much what the caregiver does because the it depends on the person’s actions (Learning Theories). Independence is more important as they find out who they are and who they want to be (Allpsych). The monster has his independence, but his continued isolation, lack of a caregiver validating and supporting him, and he is different from everyone. All of these things contribute to a negative development in this stage because the doesn’t have the ability to find out who he is or what he wants. At around this point, the monster starts to show signs of conventional morality when it comes to interpersonal relationships because “there is an emphasis on conformity, being “nice,” and consideration of how choices influence relationships” (Kohlberg). This is evident when he wants to appease Dr. Frankenstein because he is his creator, even if he has never been there for him. Maintaining social order in the conventional morality level emphasizes looking not just their own morals, but society’s morals as well (Kohlberg). This is different from the interpersonal relationship stage because the individual wants to maintain order. The monster does not seem to exhibit any of these characteristics because he commits murder several

Walton's letters to his sister at the beginning of the story foreshadow the feelings and motivations that Frankenstein experiences when he first discovers the "the cause of generation and life." Both Walton and Frankenstein are adventures and obsessive with

The monster is victimized because he does nothing to warrant the unfair treatment he gets considering he really does nothing wrong. First of all, the monster is not at fault for how he looks. Victor himself even says that what he had been working on for two whole years turned out as a catastrophe. When Victor brings his creation to life, he says, “How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I had endeavored to form?” Pg 48. Victor works so hard and so long on his creation and he plans for it to be a beautiful creature and he messes up and instead ends up with something that scares everyone who sees it. The monster is mistreated because of how he looks which is not, in any way shape or form, his fault.

This novel reflects Shelley’s own childhood, which consisted of her feeling obligated to rebel against her own father’s wishes and his choice for her marriage. Frankenstein is a way for Shelley to tell her own experiences with parental conflict and how she feels she was affected by her demanding father and the environment she grew up in, by comparing herself to Victor’s monster. Shelley analyzed her own characteristics, and the characteristics of her father, and placed them within Victor and the

Pg. 62). The letters with in the preface tell the story of Walton and his sister, and reveals that both he and his sister both put themselves in harm’s way simply to be the first to gain knowledge. The novel shows that sometimes the actions you take do not necessarily give you the outcomes that you want. This is shown in chapter four when Dr. Frankenstein was first conducing his experiment and becomes extremely obsessed with the lust to create life. Dr. Frankenstein ultimately removes all of his personal relationships and isolates himself from people who care about him. “For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardor that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.”(Chapter 5, pg. 42) It is clear that Dr. Frankenstein dislikes the monster he just created and notices that he does not make something that is beautiful but more on something that’s is monstrous. Increasingly, Shelly makes a point by giving the reader a sort of “warning” on the aspect of wanting knowledge too much She makes the effort by making Dr. Frankenstein a example for the magnitude of gaining dangerous knowledge. “A flash of lightning illuminated the object and

Everything changed for Victor during childhood when he witnessed a tree destroyed by Lightning. “When Victor first saw an oak tree struck by lightning, he began to take a different outlook of the studies of science”(Cultural). The destruction of nature by nature would forever shape the way he lived

The entire story is told through the letters of Robert Walton to his sister, Margaret Saville. Walton’s letters start and end the novel, which sets up the framework for Frankenstein. Walton shares a few similarities with the characters of Victor and the monster. For instance, much like Victor’s character, Walton has an inquisitive nature and he loves to explore. In his first letter he writes, “I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the world never before visited” (Shelley 16). While Victor has a deep interest in new sciences, Walton has an interest in exploring new places. This curiosity drives both men to take their interests to the limits. Walton’s character also shares some similarities with the

A predominant theme throughout the novel Frankenstein is that of a parental figure, poor parenting techniques and furthermore the rearing of the child. The main family that brings this theme to light in the novel is Victor and the monster’s, where there really

This chapter was significantly longer than any of the other ones, however, it had a very deep meaning in all of it. The story of Frankenstein has several lessons in it for Walton to consider. The first is to not let ambition cloud your judgement. As a young Frankenstein was zealously devoted to his cause, he let his morals drop and he dug himself a grave filled with misfortune. In the end, he follows his creation to the coldest part of the world just to die at the end because he pushed himself past the limits of fatigue, hunger, and nature.

The strong ties that exist between Frankenstein and his family are also apparent in Walton’s relationship with his sister. Throughout Frankenstein’s research in Ingolstadt and his struggles with the monster , Frankenstein maintains contact with his family. Despite the length of Walton’s journey , he updates his sister on his location and condition frequently. Frankenstein waits patiently for the day he will finally marry Elizabeth, and her death leaves Frankenstein seeking only to “pursue and destroy the being to whom [he] gave existence”(S 187) and join his love in death. Walton has many adventures but longs for the day he will see his sister again.

The creature experiences roles that a family have from the Delacys. The Delacy family is one of the main influences that help the creature learn about human society. While observing them the creature is able to learn about the human lifestyle. These moments and events all play in his choices in wanting to be more human. We are told of a moment in the novel where the creature learns about the roles within a family: “ The young man was constantly employed out of doors, and the girl in various laborious occupation within” (76). This tells us that we can see how the creature was able to make the connection between the two genders and the roles they have within a family. The creature knows that the men is the one who outside of the home while

It only served to show him what he was missing. In a reality setting, the monster’s loneliness can be compared to that of orphaned children. Though both are obviously without parents, the side effects of orphanage runs past the physical. It creates a mental rift in the child’s ability to connect with the world. In a study done on Russian orphans after a governmental revolution, the scientists, “…found dramatic reduction in what’s referred to as gray matter and in white matter,’ Nelson says, ‘In other words, their brains were actually physically smaller”(Sengendo). Being a child orphan physically changes the way the brain develops. Lacking human interactions stunted the monster’s growth in both mental function and character. Though he talked with a vast vocabulary, his speech is all he was able to develop. Just like a deprived child, all he wants, from his birth to his death, is attention. However, he has an unacceptable way of getting attention. The monster resorts to killing Frankenstein’s family. Though orphaned children do not kill for attention, both do not know the correct way to seek it.

Two or more people sharing multiple traits and or characteristics are often recognized as a whole. Consider the relationships you may have with the people around you, do you notice any similarities you may share with any of them ? I know that in my family, I am often being told that I favor my mother and grandmother as well. Majority of my family members noticed the similarities that we all share due to physical and personality traits. My mother believes that I resemble my grandmother the most because of the way we scrunch up or lips and physical characteristics whereas, my grandmother has believed that I’m similar to “ her damn mammy!”. Mary Shelley’s novel “Frankenstein” revolves around two of the main characters, Victor Frankenstein, the

The monster realized quickly that he is seemingly the only being on Earth without a parent to guide him at birth (Shelley 69). He felt as though we was horribly wronged and needed to take revenge on his creator for leaving him (Shelley 102). Although children hopefully wouldn’t take revenge by killing their parent’s family, this can be translated over to them to show that they may want to take revenge on parents who may have left them (Telgen). They may feel wronged and angry at the world and they really do not have any way to fix it. The only real solution, which is impossible to force people to follow, would be for couples to abstain from having children until they are completely certain nothing will happen but even then, people change

As Victor becomes mad in his work, he empowers his life with a new, longing interest. He explained that he has been “imbued with a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature” (Shelly 35). A