Obsession In Frankenstein And The Poisonwood Bible

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 reader can immediately see this because the Monster says, “I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?” (Shelley 124). He begins to murder members of Victor’s close friends and family. His first victim is William Frankenstein. The Monster has no intentions to kill William, but he says, “Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed” (Shelley 116). The Monster shows his frustration with Victor creating him in this way and for making him into an outcast. After Victor breaks his promise of creating a female monster, the Monster murders Henry Clerval. The Monster’s anger continues to build up over time and he believes the only way to face it is by taking the lives of those who have a close relationship with Victor. The Monster kills Elizabeth Lavenza on her wedding night. He takes the lives of the people who are in a close relationship with Victor due to the anger he feels toward him. The violence the Monster uses is his way to try and seek revenge on Victor because he feels that he set him up to fail, to be an outcast, and to be unacceptable to

There is a seemingly endless cycle of revenge throughout the novel, which connects Frankenstein to his creation. When Frankenstein finds out his creation is the reason for William and Justine’s death, it drives his deep emotions for the beast. “My abhorrence of this fiend cannot be conceived. When I thought of him I gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflame, and I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I had so thoughtlessly bestowed”(Shelley74). He is reflecting on the creatures actions which have pushed him to wish the creature was never born. In a sense, he is

Victor, Victor, Victor for once it’s shouldn’t be all about you! Novelist, Mary Shelley in her novel, Frankenstein a unnatured and secrecy has been taken a part of something that Victor can get out of. His obsession of creating life out of the lifeless which not only walks but teaches his self how to talk is everything. Mary Shelley is one clever lady. She uses a letter which Victor’s writing but, as the time passes on Walton finishes the letter as Victor’s on his death bed. In this novel about him (Victor) hiding his addiction of old and new science attempting to create a creature, Shelley highlights secrecy and guilt to show that with hiding his addiction nothing good every comes out when you don’t speak

Victor’s driving, obsessive ambition ruined his life and led to his own death and the murder of his loved ones. Illustrate how ambition affects not only Victor and Robert Walton, but also the creature in Frankenstein.

Impulsivity. It hunts, it haunts, and occasionally it can eat a person alive to the point of sheer destruction. Impulsivity can alter a human’s life in just one single second. An impulsive decision has power far beyond what one might imagine or originally perceive. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein deeply senses the repercussions of his impulsive as well as passionate decision to create a creature without thinking about the major consequences that could occur. As a result, his life is transformed. The primary truth of consequences of impulsive and passionate decisions are revealed in this novel through experiences and warnings of loneliness, rage, and unhappiness of Frankenstein.

Victor Frankenstein was obsessed with knowledge, and thought knowledge was the key to unlocking nature and become a pioneer in science and challenging God. “I have described myself as always having been imbued with a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature” (Shelley, Frankenstein, 21). Victor always had to push boundaries, and his passion drove him closer to science and immorality and farther from his family and friends. Once Victor sees his abomination animated, his potential come alive, he wishes for nothing more than if it had never happened. He moves on to a new obsession – fleeing his past. It consumes him and his health.

Throughout Frankenstein, Victor proves to be quite an egotistical person. Victor’s actions will sometimes be selfish and not as noble as he would like others to believe. He creates the monster with a desire to obtain awe and fame and to make sure that his name will be remembered throughout history. “… a light so brilliant and wondrous… that I alone should be reserved to discover so astonishing a secret” (Shelley 37). While this discovery of Victor’s may be groundbreaking, he fails to think of the negative consequences, only thinking of himself and what this could potentially

In this Essay I shall explore the reasons for Victor Frankenstein’s emotional turmoil in chapters 9 and 10 and look at how some events in Mary Shelley’s life mirrors some events in the book. I will also look at a few of the themes running through Frankenstein. Such as religion, parenting, hate, revenge, guilt and compassion.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley has a simple origin, compared to other stories. While stories such as It by Stephen king started a several year process of creation, Frankenstein began simply as a campfire story Mary Shelley shared with her writer friends one evening. Although the origins of this novel are fairly simple, it provides an in depth psychological perspective on the darker side of human psyche through the shifting first person perspective. Usually these darker aspects are associated with the character’s personal struggles, but one specific theme in all the characters. The theme of obsession has been consistent and the central focus of the three main characters Victor, the creature, and Robert. With this central theme in mind the author, Mary Shelley shows that obsession leads to the characters suffering negative psychological and physical effects, as well as impair their decision making. This is depicted through the decline of physical and mental health through Victor’s struggles with his obsessions with knowledge and justice.

In the movie, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, there is a recurring theme of obsession that seems to play out with many of the main characters. Victor Frankenstein was obsessed with his research, so obsessed, in fact, that his work literally killed him. The unnamed creation, Victor’s creation, was obsessed with finding Victor and seeking revenge for ever making him in the first place. The creation’s obsession is the reason for all of the deaths, other than Victor’s mother, in the movie. Captain Robert Walton is obsessed with his goal to be well known for being the first to the North Pole.

In Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, the monster which is created by Victor Frankenstein acts as a mirror to reflect and bring out Victor’s hidden thoughts. In a particular study called Frankenstein – A Critical Study from a Freudian Perspective, it argues that Victor on the surface seems to be a “healthy man” (Johnson 1). In fact, he unconsciously has many dangerous thoughts, and the creation of the monster brings out those thoughts and finally leads to his failure (Johnson 2). In specific, present paper will analysis Victor’s characters by examining his intention and decisions toward the monster he creates, and the paper is intended

To begin with, Victor faces his guilt alone because he sees it as a personal problem, and it also changes him to turn towards nature to cure his guilt. Victor sees guilt as a personal problem and believes he shouldn’t turn towards anyone else to help cure his guilt. When Frankenstein cannot handle the guilt of Williams death, he runs away into nature. Shelley writes, “It (is) during an access of this kind that I suddenly (leave) home, and my steps near Alpine valleys(...) to forget myself and my ephemeral, because human, sorrows” (98). Victor leaves home and everyone there to go by himself to try and deal with the guilt he possesses. He believes he has to deal with all of his guilt by himself because he doesn’t want to burden anyone else with his problems. Victor’s guilt causes him to keep all of his problems to himself. Also, when Victor vows to destroy the monster it is because of his guilt, the text states, “I devote myself, either in my life or death, to his destruction” (217). Victor doesn’t turn towards anyone to help solve his guilt, instead, he wastes the rest of his life and chases the monster. No matter what happens Victor never turns towards anyone to help him solve his guilt he always keeps his guilt to himself up until his death. Secondly, Victor is changed by his guilt by always turning towards nature to try and solve his guilt. After William is murdered Victor turns towards nature to solve his guilt. Shelley writes, “The winds (whispers) in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more” (99). Victor changed by always finding comfort in nature because of his guilt. Normally, Victor would turn towards his work to solve his guilt but now he turns towards nature. Also, after William dies nature changes Victor to turn towards nature to forget everything. The text states, “Then I (spur) on my animal striving so to

He is overwhelmed with these emotions and the only way to release the anger is to bring death to the loved ones of Frankenstein. The monster is deprived of any sort of love from the very beginning of his life; thus, he will make it his goal to replicate this feeling for Victor. The beast does succeed in bringing terror into the life of Victor with the murders of William, Justine, Henry, and Elizabeth. This active desire to harm your creator is something unique about the relationship between the creator and created in Frankenstein.