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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Being Bad In The 1800s

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Frankenstein: Being Bad In the 1800s The 1800s was a time of change politically, economically, and personally for many citizens. Because of rapid change in power many rules were put in place, changed, neglected as well as rebelled. More specifically, when an individual committed a crime, back then they had different ways of going about the punishment. Some would see their ways as sexist and biased, whereas others thought it was completely reasonable. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein there are a series of unexpected deaths in the story. The first one however, one of the more critical ones because the characters and the audience is not sure who is responsible. As the characters debate who is the murderer, punishments and explanations change …show more content…

The story contains multiple point of views from vital characters, but all relating to the actions or reactions of Victor. When he was a child he lived with close family in Geneva. As a child he had an interest in science abdb began studying the works of Paracelsus, Michelangelo, and more. His father never supported this interest and suggested he spend his time doing something else. Victor didn't listen and continued to invest his time studying. He grew up this same way later attending the University of Ingolstadt. There he majored in the study of nature and human nature. In class he was very intrigued and would often ask his professors for their opinion on certain experiments and scientists. Some scientists that Victor had as a child studied, they criticized with struck something in Victor. He vowed to never be denied the way the were. He wanted to be the best, to create thing no one else had ever done, for his name to be known as a man who set a historic mark. He knew what he would have to do. He want to his laboratory and would spend hours in there, neglecting human contact and his classwork. He was too busy drawing up his plan. He wanted to create a person, he knew he would have to do this by gathering old/ dead body parts. He was disgusted by the idea but determined to make his mark in science. After many days and nights his product was finished. He had created a living breathing monster. Instead of being proud Victor was scared. Scared of its presence and what it was capable of. He left it out of fear. While he was gone the monster endured a lot. He had to learn how to live, how to eat, drink and communicate. This was especially hard given his physical attributes. Being of a greenish tone, and way larger than the average man, many knew he was a monster and only became scared when they saw him. Because of this he had no help trying to learn. He found a shed and

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