Manfred Quotes In Frankenstein

I strongly believe that the creature made by Victor Frankenstein is indeed very human. I say this because he shows many human traits. Some of these traits are that he can feel complex emotion's and he has a higher intellect than most animals such as humans. In this essay I will also discuss multiply reasons some might use as evidence to support the claim that he is not human and why they are not sufficient to make the conclusion that the creature made by Frankenstein is not human.

I may die, but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery.” (Shelley 153). The Monster then states he will see Victor on his wedding day, which he believes as a threat against his own life. The creature’s threat however ends up being made towards Victor’s new wife. The creature’s killing spree in the novel proves how he wants to pick who lives and who dies, ultimately resembling his desire to play God.

“No human being could have passed a happier childhood than myself. My parents were possessed by the very spirit of kindness and indulgence. We felt that they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to their caprice, but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed. When I mingled with other families I distinctly discerned how peculiarly fortunate my lot was, and gratitude assisted the development of filial love.”

Throughout Shelley’s work, the creature struggles to conform to society, alone from his first moments - abandoned by his creator - he is given no proper upbringing, and abhorred by society. He grows up in hiding and fear, his only interactions with others ending in violence. Hence, seems only natural that his desperate need to conform would lead to violence. The need to “belong” is an essential “human” desire, however this sense of belonging his completely dependent on one’s upbringing.

Frankenstein’s creation was lost in the world with no one who could have understood him . It felt sorrowful and unfulfilled emotions as seen in this quote. Betrayal by Victor leaves a large impact the monster carried, which, turned into a monster full of hate and dissatisfaction. Victor’s creation was not a monster , but new born baby in a grown horrific body that was not to be called his own . It becomes a monster both mentally and physically, who will be feared by all . Victor not giving him the love he needed gets the monster enraged, which leads the monster to cause series of events that affects Victor unforgivably. .

Have you ever discriminated against someone or been discriminated against because you were different? Frankenstein is a book that explores society and human behavior when someone different is introduced. It says that humans are not always willing to introduce someone new to their society and that sometimes they tend to discriminate against the different one. To show this, the writer used a monster which was introduced to a human society. This monster is rejected everywhere he goes because of his difference. He is rejected by his creator, and then he is rejected by the villagers, by the farmers who the monster had so long admired and in the end by the reader himself.

Knowledge plays an incredibly large part of Mary Shelly’s novel, Frankenstein. I think that Victor’s obsessive and unhealthy search for knowledge is the true cause of his suffering. Not only does he neglect his friends and family while working to create the monster he puts his own health in danger. “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health.” In this quote we see that Victor stops at nothing to find if he would be successful with his creation. Victor has made this project such a main priority that once it is completed and the creature comes to life he does not know what to do. Since Victor has met his goals and done what he said he wanted to do he does not want to deal with the being he just created so this becomes a problem for him. We see that Victor was very troubled by this whole experience when he says, “You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you, as mine has been.”

Conversely, the character of Manfred thrives in chaos and does not shy from the problems he creates. Instead of feeling overwhelmed or guilty for his actions, Manfred becomes more vocal and authoritative during his demise. Particularly, when the Frederic of Vincenza arrives at the castle of Otranto, Manfred is not concerned by the large sword that Frederic hold; he challenges Frederick to a fight, and confidently states that he “…trusts the righteousness of his cause…though shall have a fair field; and heaven befriend the juster side” (Walpole 61). This demonstrates Manfred’s quick to act nature; completely unbothered by the possibility of failure or death. He does not avoid fighting to maintain what is his or what he wants and is ready to create more chaos in the process of doing so. Unlike Frankenstein who does not want to fix any problems that are the result of his doings, Manfred is the opposite and regards everything in an arrogant manner, linked to his selfish character. This is

Letter 1 Explain what is established in the first passage/letter who is narrating? Why is he making this voyage? When and where is this taking place? To whom is he writing the letter?

In Gris Grimly's Frankenstein, the author's language choices push the reader to share the disgust and hatred the Victor feels for the creature he has made. In Volume 1, Chapter 4, when Victor creates the creature and describes how it looks and how horrid it looked. In Volume 1, Chapter 4, Victor states the he "worked for 2 years" and has "deprived himself of rest and health." He also said that he had "desired it with a passion more beyond from self-control"(42). Then, when he had finished, and his "heart was filled" with "horror" and "disgust"(42). After that, he wanted to seek a few moments of forgetfulness. Now, in Volume 2, Chapter 2, Victor and the creature have an extreme argument against each other. Victor shows disgust to the creature

Victor Frankenstein played the role of God in hopes of getting rid of death and disease so no one else would know the suffering that he felt after the death of his mother. He is a learned man and became fixated on acquiring the ‘secret of life’. Finally he finds the secret, but is unhappy with his results, a foul mangled monster. As a result, Victor is enraged, guilt ridden and consumed with the lust of destroying his creation. As a result of Victors remorse and anger the monster is ridden with suffering and sadness. Henceforth the monster and Victor make a deal for the monster to obtain a companion. Be that as it may, Victor goes back on his part of the deal and the monster is enraged and wishes to make Victor feel

In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, we discover that the search for now knowledge has a good and a bad side. Suffering is something we all go through at some point. We try to avoid it but our search for knowledge will always lead to suffering. In Frankenstein Victor had set out on a search for knowledge, he was relentless. His search consumed all his time, destroyed relationships, and lead to the death of not only himself but his friends and family. All of those negative effects originated from the monster Victor had created on his search for knowledge. Although Victor may have achieved his end goal, at what cost did this come to? Victor’s search

"Do you think, Victor," said he, "that I do not suffer also? No one could love a child more than I loved your brother" (tears came into his eyes as he spoke); "but is it not a duty to the survivors, that we should refrain from augmenting their unhappiness by an appearance of immoderate grief? It is also a duty owed to yourself; for excessive sorrow prevents improvement or enjoyment, or even the discharge of daily usefulness, without which no man is fit for society." (78)

Victor and Manfred share an important similarity: the desire for radical autonomy. Manfred’s development of autonomy is in two strongly definable phases. Manfred’s situation better suits his pursuit of complete autonomy because he does not have a responsibility to those around him. This allows him to be fully independent from obligations. In Frankenstein, Victor continually tries to attain a defiant autonomy, but he is swimming against the current with his desire. Victor is unable to retain a complete independence because of his responsibility to the monster, which grows and transforms into a dependency. The shared drive of being defiant in their independence is a key factor for the outcomes of both stories; the differing outcomes suggest

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