Frankenstein Dialectical Journal Essay

Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, is a story of a man who creates a monster. Victor Frankenstein is a scientist during the time just after the Scientific Revolution. He becomes fascinated with natural philosophy, which talks about nature and how God is part of it. Victor creates a hideous monster that he throws out, and the monster sets his sights on revenge against Victor. Natural philosophy is what drives Victor to create the monster and study science.

Winnie sighed. She had been waiting for Mr. Scamander to come back for a few hours. The minute he had left, she started wandering around, looking at the beautiful, strange creatures around her. But she began to get bored. Not that anyone could get bored of these animals, each one was as fantastic as the one before. She was bored because she was a people person, and she had no one to talk to, unless you counted the jarvey, which Winnie certainly did not. So after a few minutes, she found her way back to the room she had originally fallen into. She sat right beside the ladder, glancing up every few minutes, hoping that he would come. She didn’t know how long it took to get to Saint-Pierre, but she imagined it couldn’t be longer than half a day.

In this section of the reading, the creature’s habits really stood out to me. I couldn’t help but see a more softer and human like side to the monster. When the creature is observing his neighbors he comes to notice that they are unhappy and he is “deeply affected” by this. When the creature learns that poverty is causing their unhappiness he also comes to the realization that when he has stolen their food he causes them great pain and suffering. So the creature “abstained” and swore to not steal anymore. So not only is this supposedly monsterish creature feeling sorrow and remorse for others pain, but he also chooses to end his role in causing this pain. These kind of emotions and actions that the creature is conducting are really interesting.

These chapters focus mainly on Victor Frankenstein's back-story as he was growing up. He describes his cousin Elizabeth, who he later becomes married to, and about how they came about finding her. Later we are introduced to Victors best friend, Henry Clerval. We also learn that Frankenstein became fascinated with the sciences by the 16th century author Cornelius Agrippa. This along with many of the other philosophers of that time inspired him to become a scientist. Later he also witnesses the power of electricity when a bolt of lightning strikes a tree nearby where he is staying. At the start of chapter three we learn that Victor is in the process of leaving for college when Elizabeth gets sick. In an effort

1. Who is he? The narrator was a friend of Santiago who knew everything about the death but never saw it happen. 2. What is his goal in the text?

Joanna Martinez Ms. Tobenkin AP Literature, Period 4 07 November 2015 Frankenstein Quotations: Chapter 9-20 Chapter 9: "I was seized by remorse and the sense of guilt,which hurried me away to a hell of intense tortures, such as no language can describe." In this chapter, Frankenstein is overwhelmed with grief. There's a lot of self-loathing coming from Frankenstein.

When man decides to assume the role of God, consequences are bound to plague such an ambition. In the case of Victor Frankenstein, the protagonist in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the product of such an ambition is a creature born of the dead. Despite the frightening process of his creation, the creature wakes into the world as a benevolent being. He simply longs for acceptance and friendship, but due to his unsightly features, the world is quick to condemn him as the monster he appears to be. With an unbearable sense of rejection in his heart, the monster begins to turn wicked. Soon enough he is responsible for multiple deaths in the name of revenge. Although many treat him unfairly, the monster is fully aware of his actions

Victor emotions are full of anxiety and disconcert due to the recent traumatizing deaths of his loved ones and the mysterious role of his own grotesque creation in them; the speaker uses imagery and diction to express Victor’s suppression of these feelings to cope with his struggles. The speaker shows Victor’s vehement concern and desolation about his actions of putting together his monstrous creation by using imagery that evokes ominous and unsettling emotions. In the first paragraph of this passage, these vast and captivating surroundings, which are mainly composed of ice glaciers, mountains and trees, are described in thorough detail and all of which, have been regularly associated with tranquility and repose in conventional literature.

The word “knowledge” was recurring many times throughout Frankenstein novel and attracted or forced the reader to find out the true definition of it. Curiously, I decided to look up the definition of knowledge from the Webster 's Dictionary. It defines, “Knowledge: n. Understanding gained by actual experience; range of information; clear perception of truth; something learned and kept in the mind.” (Merriam-Webster Dictionary) I realized this word is very straightforward, but has many useful and different meanings to all of us. It is also powerful tool to determine and control the result of our judgment. “Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions”. (Knowledge Intellectual

Thank you June for sharing your comments! I enjoyed learning many things about Frankenstein. I also enjoyed learning many things about evolution. Yes, science is involved with the laws of nature. Science does involve culture. Culture may be able to affect the society overall. Different cultures have a different way of living. Yes, some people may believe that it is good to earn power. Evolution does deal with organisms. Did you learn anything new while conducting your

When one is faced with two conflicting, but equally compelling obligations, one feels trapped. In a situation such as this, one is under enormous pressure, most of which comes from one’s own heart. A prime example of such a situation is presented to the reader in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus in the plight of Victor Frankenstein. While Victor feels a fatherly obligation toward The Being, he also feels that he must protect mankind from his creation–this influences the meaning of the work in that it provides a central conflict on which the plot of the novel hinges. The fatherly sentiments Victor holds in regard to The Being cause him to attempt to appease The Being, which sets the novel up for the final worsening in the last chapters.

Levine’s main argument is that although Frankenstein is a gothic novel, it is not a typical gothic novel with many realistic ideas. It aims to generate terror in the reader like other gothic novels but does not involve the supernatural. The events that Mary Shelley writes out in Frankenstein are not far from ordinary and the commonplace. Levine’s more interesting argument is that Mary Shelley’s use of the Gothic tradition allows her to dip in the imaginative and subjective inner truths that a realistic novel would not allow. For example how the characters reflect or double each other. Also most of the characters represent aspects of Victor Frankenstein

Frankenstein was a story written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley while she was on her vacation in Switzerland with her husband. The story got published in 1818 without letting the public about the author. It was in 1831 when the novel revised edition was out and Mary Shelley name mentioned as an author. The novel focused on social, cultural and political facet of the societies during Mary’s lifetime. The fictional character in the novel clearly shows the battle against the pre-established people’s attitude during that time. Religion and science always create a controversy in the society with religion always differencing from any scientific principles and experiments. Shelley’s tried to addresses the above controversy and showed how science and modern technology is sometimes wrong. She tried to show how scientists and inventors are sometimes selfish only care for achieving their plan without evaluating the end result.

I am currently in the mountains, on a cliff overlooking a deep valley. I am unsure of the year but the weather is chilly, so I assume it is autumn. I was once one of you but now, I am a mere outcast. The man responsible for my dreadful condition is named Dr. Victor Frankenstein. He and his dreadful creation have made my life irreversibly miserable. As justice, I have destroyed all those who have wronged me, all except that wretched Frankenstein. Allow me to relate the circumstances of my short lived life.

when he felt lonely and when he was hungry there was no one to guide