Frankenstein As A Bad Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

For many people, the creature was the antagonist of Frankenstein. People don't see him as human, even though he was created with human body parts. Many think simply because he was dead and brought back, the creature must be evil. Many people think he only wants to haunt his creator and make him suffer. However, the creature

In Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, the unnamed creature brings terror to civilians and commits horrific acts against his creator, Victor Frankenstein. However, his redeemable acts of kindness makes his character morally ambiguous. He struggles between doing well and causing trouble because of isolation, the excerpts of society, and his pursuit for love.

For as long as man has encompassed this world, the divisive enigma of humanity has prevailed. Seeping its way into each generation, while sparking heated conversations, it has become evident that there is much we do not know about what truly makes us human. Regardless of our genetic composition, philosophers often ponder the deeper meaning of humanity. We know that, biologically, recreating the genetic makeup of a human does not yield humanity, so what is the missing aspect? Humans -have the ability to contemplate their own existence in this world. Awareness of existence. This driving force enables us to analyze situations while placing ourselves within them. Our involuntary ability to understand the impact of our actions and the affect they have on others causes us to be inherently human. Our actions evoke strong emotions within us that allow us to learn through our experiences. We retain the resonated feelings of certain occurrences and apply them to others in order to deduce outcomes. Often this facet of mankind is taken for granted, yet we are reminded, through both literature and hypothetical scenarios, of its importance. Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, constitutes as one of these profound reminders. Shelley develops a theoretical story in which the humanity of Frankenstein’s monster is questioned. Despite having the accurate organs and framework of a human, Shelley causes the reader to seek the missing aspect that is preventing the monster from being human. Likewise,

The monster notices that humans are afraid of him because of his appearance, he feels embarrassed of himself, as humans do when they don’t seem to be accepted. He admires the De Lacey Family that lives in the cottage, he also learns from them, and hopes to have companion as they do. The monster is like humans, as mentioned, in the way that he wants someone to listen and care about him. He is discovering the world and his capacities, he seeks knowledge and understand plenty aspects of life by learning how to speak and read. “The gentle manners and beauty of the cottagers greatly endeared them to me; when they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoiced, I sympathized in their joys” (Shelley 47). The monster developed feelings and emotions as humans. The creature is different from humans also, since he never got to grow up as a normal human, and

Frankenstein, on the other hand, has lived within society and is expected to have certain morals. Among these should include parental responsibility, an obligation to care for the being to whom he

In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is the true monster, not the creature himself.

All these years the world has seen the monster in frankenstein as the antagonist in the book. Honestly if you truly look at it and and look at how the monster was treated he was actually not the bad guy. If the monster was treated like everyone else he could've of been a big help but instead was judge how his appearance and how he physically looked instead of how he acted emotionally. All the monster wanted was to fit in but humans would not allow that to happen which brought out his evil side.although the monster was abandoned,not the most attractive person,murdered out of revenge,and he is still not the bad guy but instead is the human their self since they allowed this to happen.

Frankenstein’s monster received an exceedingly amount of hatred by people that were disgusted because they had never seen a monster before, but no one cared to think that perhaps the monster was not evil and all it just wanted was compassion from a person and to understand what it meant to live like a human being. The oppression that was perhaps being used onto the monster was perchance that the humans may have never seen a monster before and no one took their time to understand what the monster was and how it was created. This caused many individuals to fear the monster and attack or scare the monster away

sees as a good world. Due to this the novel is a case of the clichéd

Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is very much a commentary on the Enlightenment and its failure to tame the human condition through reason. The human condition can be defined as the unique features which mold a human being. The creature is undoubtedly a victim of this predicament. He grapples with the meaning of life, the search for gratification, the sense of curiosity, the inevitability of isolation, and the awareness of the inescapability of death. These qualities and his ceaseless stalking of his master conjure up the metaphor that he is the shadow of the Enlightenment. Indeed, the Enlightenment is represented through Frankenstein whereas the creature is the embodiment of everything it shuns. These include nature, emotion, and savagery. The two characters are understood as counterparts and yet strikingly similar at the same time. The creature is considered a monster because of his grotesque appearance. Frankenstein on the other hand is a monster of another kind: his ambition, secrecy, and selfishness alienate him from human society. He is eventually consumed by an obsessive hatred of his creation. Both characters also commit primordial crimes. Although rationality pervades through Frankenstein's endeavours, it can be argued that he becomes less human the more he tries to be God. The secret of life lies beyond an accepted boundary from which none can return. By creating life Frankenstein ironically sets the stage for his own destruction as well as that of his family. The

Humans are so quick to judge things and no one ever takes the time to see what the creatures intentions are, after all it was not like the monster chose to exist. Frankenstein allowing his creature to be subjected to the cruelty of mankind was not a heroic move, and it was more cowardice than anything. Above all, it is easy to loathe Frankenstein for his actions and even to pity his

Often times a villain does not exists purely for evil. He or she is used to deliver an important truth, or to progress the protagonists journey by giving them an obstacle to overcome. In the Gothic novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the monsters actions, which could be perceived as evil are justified through his private thoughts and sympathetic nature which encaptures the theme of society judging people based on their appearance.

Movies, books, and TV shows often portray monsters as hideous creatures who differ from society’s view of true beauty. However, Shelley and Steinbeck were able to present a theme which provided a new outlook on monsters; people are not always who they appear to be. Riordan illustrated this theme through his quote, highlighting the real monsters in of Mice and Men and Frankenstein.

In many books and stories the monster is portrayed as a mysterious, awful, powerful and inhuman creature created for numerous reasons. In one story the monster was created so that the creator could prove that he could make life and be just like God or be a God, in another no one knows the origin of the monster as a fact making the stories merely legions. Additionally, there was even a story about a man who didn’t want to feel any empathy for the crimes he committed so he created his own special kind of monster, himself. All of these monsters have very strange abilities that make them seem unreal and very inhuman yet also very believable at the same time, thus why they are such good stories, but over the year’s big movie industries such as

    . The novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley explains many themes and characters throughout Victor's life and his creation of the monster. In addition, the movie Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein directed by Kenneth Branagh also does the same, but includes a couple twists. The novel first published in 1818, includes grammar and language from the 19th century. Written in an older type of English allows for the reader to have a rough, but a more in depth reading of the book. The movie made in 1994, uses more 20th century language and many filming techniques. Some actors of the movie include Robert De Niro, who acts as the monster, Helena Bonham Carter plays as Elizabeth and the director of the movie plays as Victor. Within both works they use different setting locations, for example the North Arctic Ocean, London, the University of Ingolstadt and others. Furthermore, the movie also uses these locations to keep the two in sync through the timeline and events. Both works provide many similarities when it comes to themes. For example, both show how society reacts to the monster, and the idea of revenge between Victor and his creation. To summarize the two, in 1794, in the Arctic Sea, Captain Robert Walton is a man obsessed to reach the North Pole, pushing his crew to exhaustion. In the movie, Walton's ship hits an iceberg and becomes stranded. In the novel Walton and his crew become stranded because the boat can no longer push through the ice; so the men