Frankenstein's Life Lessons

Frankenstein is full of ideas and warnings, which are relevant to a modern day audience; in what ways does Shelley explore. Frankenstein Coursework Q. Frankenstein is full of ideas and warnings, which are relevant to a modern day audience; in what ways does Shelley explore these ideas? The novel Frankenstein is set in the pre 1914’s, when there were theories on certain things that they did not understand. It is full of darkness and tragedy in some places.

“Victor finds himself farther and farther removed from the boundaries of society as he falls deeper and deeper into his passionate consumption.” (Bangerter 3). Victor lost his ability to communicate with his family and his fascination with the monster brought them closer throughout the book. Victor never learned until the end that the monster was only killing to keep his attention and hopefully bring them together. Once again, Freud would tell us that through his id he created the monster as his mother and his Oedipus complex was the reason for his attraction to the monster. “Frankenstein wanted to recreate his mother but he instead made a creature comprised of socially repressed elements of his wish for his mother.” (Hicks 1).

During Chapter 5, Victor created the monster but he didn’t give him the proper care that the creature needed to be able to live with society. In page 35 and 36 within the chapter, he “escaped and rushed downstairs,” as he was filled with horror for what he had created. So he abandoned it as it was too much out of his control, leaving him alone in the cruel world that won’t accept him. Because of the lack of care and affection, the creature learned to hate as he tried to make the world like him, but failed. And as a first act of his hatred, he started to kill all of Victor’s family to get back at him for recreating him. He strangled William as he has “the print of the murderer’s finger on his neck.” He killed Henry as he also had “black marks” around his neck.” And he killed Elizabeth by rushing into Victor’s room and having the same fate as the other two. All of his family were gone and not there to be with Victor, just like how the creature felt when his father left him. Sad. Helpless. Alone. And that’s what became the death of Frankenstein. A slow, painful death with no one to be there with

In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the character Victor Frankenstein illustrates betrayal in the way he abandons his creation, with no hesitation he leaves him behind. With the feeling of abandonment ,the creature feels anger towards Victor which leads the “monster” to become a villain. Love and family are all the monster wants, but it is something that Victor could not give due to his own internal battles. As result, the monster begins to take Victor’s loved ones such as: little William and his wife Elizabeth. The monster kills

The creature created by Frankenstein learned by observing other people and he realized he should not be lost or lonely, and that he should at least have someone else there for companionship. That is the reason he asked Victor to make him a companion, but Victor did not go through with it. He was wrong for doing so because the female creature would only know as much as the creature would’ve wanted her to know, and if it was any more than that it was simply an observation. He would’ve also gone down in history for changing human society by advancing science. The creature just wanted happiness from life, and he depended on Victor to deliver that happiness.

In the novel when Victor’s mother dies after taking care of his sister Elizabeth who was sick with a very ill condition, Victor then wants to study the cycle of life. Maybe the death his mother in this novel made him want to in some way come back into contact with his mother. Victor couldn't take the responsibility for the monster he created nor could he take care of it. “...so much has been done, exclaimed the soul of frankenstein… I will achieve treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore the unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.” (Shelley 47) Victor didn't want to manage with the discovery  he made with science and he ignored it. Victor Frankenstein and his creature are the same in some ways. It is the problem of loneliness and coming into contact with the world. Also trying to find somewhere they belong in the world and a person's love. The creature created would not have been given the title as a monster if it had gotten the love it wanted. If Victor would have knew how to take care of the creature,  the monster title wouldn't have been there, so responsibility was not there. Victor only thought of the creature of an science experiment gone wrong.

“[The old man] turned on hearing a noise; and perceiving me, shrieked loudly, and quitting the hut, ran across the fields…”(73) Upon seeing the creature’s face, the man screamed and ran away from his own home. The old man’s scream made the creature feel bad about how it looks. This is significant because the old man’s screaming shows how horrendous the creature looks, being the same reason its creator ran away. “[William] still struggled, and loaded me with epithets which carried despair to my heart: I grasped his throat to silence him, and in a moment he lay dead at my feet.”(102) The creature killed William, Victor’s youngest brother, because he belonged to the Frankenstein family, which infuriated him more than the insults since it considered the family its enemy. William’s insults caused the creature to feel heartbroken, which affected it so much because William was only a little boy and he was calling it a monster. The creature learned new emotions while it was in the forest looking for its creator. Instead of the creature being blamed for William’s death, Justine, the housemaid, was blamed and hanged for the murder, causing Victor to feel very guilty due to his cowardliness. If William was not part of Victor’s family, then the creature might not have killed him. This marks the beginning of the unfortunate events and leads to Victor’s

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny” (C.S. Lewis). If these words are true, and it is also true nobody is ordinary, does that then mean that hardships are a form of midlife rebirth? Any form of birth is proof that you have survived something, after all nothing is created nor destroyed merely transformed. Although many people do not believe in past lives, it can hardly be denied that everyone goes through rebirth in their lives and that our struggles shape who we are.

This lust for accomplishment leads to the ones he loves to perish. We see at the begging the distancing of his family is caused by his lust, but this lust lead to him wanting to create something to play God, to be a scientist who does the impossible. This then leads to him making a monster which he is horrified by and wants nothing to do with, leading the monster to develop the longing for love and acceptance. The monster and the consequences of the creation of the monster comes with his desires to be wanted and being neglected, this neglect then leads him to have a cold heart once he realizes his very creator didn’t want him. He seeks revenge on the ones Frankenstein loved and this tears Frankenstein apart because he knows he is ultimately responsible “But I, the true murderer, felt the never-dying worm alive in my bosom...” (96)., Victor states “Anguish and despair had penetrated into the core of my heart; I bore a

Because victor abandoned his creation and left it to run wild, the monster was left to find food, clothes, shelter, and educate himself, the monster eventually discovers his creator’s true feelings towards him and seeks out revenge against him, starting Frankenstein’s lifetime of punishment (Mia, 2016). Victor’s sin is not against God but against nature. His sin is that of Hubris, an attempt to become master over the powers of nature through the creation of an unnatural man. His corresponding punishment is to become a slave to the wicked actions of his monster. He is forced to watch his loved ones be murdered one by one, while he remains powerless (Mia, 2016). In the final chapter of Frankenstein, the creature does express remorse for his terrible acts, as they caused the death of his creator, surely he weeps over the body of victor Frankenstein whom he has loved from the second he opened his eyes (Westwood,

While Creature is full of humanity and has a thirst for knowledge, his longing for acceptance in society is met with constant rejection. Through this rejection, it sparks anger into the Creature for his irresponsible creator, Victor Frankenstein. Creature’s anger leads to greater tragedies for Victor. The greater of the tragedies are the murdering of innocent people including Victor’s family that is seen to be the fault of Creature since he is the one who murdered them. If Victor did not abandon the Creature and had taught him murder was not morally correct, Creature would not have committed the heinous acts.When Creature was first theoretically born, he was introduced into the world in a very harsh way. Metaphorically, Creature starts out into the world as a newborn, needing a parent 's guidance and teachings. Victor abandons him immediately with no sense of direction. Creature, after his “birth”, approaches Victor with a hand of longing for compassion. “He held up the curtain of the bed; and his eyes, if eyes they maybe called, were fixed on me...He might have spoken, but I did not hear; one hand was stretched out” (Shelley 35). Victor instead of showing acceptance immediately runs away at the sight of him.

The creature was outraged so he killed Victor’s brother and set up Justine for the murder so Victor loses two people close to him. Frankenstein’s creature says "I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?" (Ch.17, pg.174) Not being accepted has caused anger and loneliness in both creatures which causes them to kill they both just wanted a friend/ companion and they wouldn’t have been the “monsters” some thought they

The monster believed that Victor would accept him, but after he realized that not only did Victor not want to assume his position in the monster’s life, but society also rejected him, it became a transitory thought, and instead became replaced with his bloodthirst towards Victor and his loved ones, which he knew would hurt way worse than just killing him; making him lonely like himself. Both Victor and the monster partook in horrid acts, in which held horrendous actions; the main one being Victor creating the monster in the first place which in result caused the both of them heartbreak, loneliness, and pain. If Victor wouldn’t have created the monster, then his life would not be filled with so much grief and emptiness; Victor is the true monster, although they are both the primal protagonists as much as they are the antagonists because of the display of the emotions they both portray as lamenting humans/monsters, and the power they give to nature in order to destroy one another. Victor used nature to his advantage, although it was wrong; Victor used nature to create and destroy the monster; he used the

     As soon as Frankenstein’s monster comes to life, “… horror and disgust filled his heart,” (56). After running from the monster for years, Frankenstein realizes that his monster has been killing people close to him. Frankenstein immediately takes the blame for the deaths and will do anything to stop the monster’s actions. Victor reluctantly agrees to make a female companion for his monster. He begins to create another monster but destroys her because he can not bear the thought of, “setting loose upon the earth a demon whose delight is in death and wretchedness,” (160). Victor chases the monster for years in hopes that he will end the monster’s life in retribution for killing his loved ones. He never catches the monster and the rest of Victor’s life is lived with overwhelming feelings of remorse. It was his creation that killed his brother, best friend, wife, and lead to the death of his father.