Quotes From Frankenstein

“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.”

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.

In Mary Shelley's gothic novel Frankenstein, Shelley introduces a Creature who represents many symbols throughout the story. Such as the war between passion and responsibility, the effects of a corrupt society, and the Creature is a symbol of nature vs. nurture . through this Creature we see mainly the effects of society on an abandoned, innocent being and how it matures in the story fending for itself against society as a whole.

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.”

Topic: Mary Shelley has Victor Frankenstein create a living being, who then becomes a murderer. Who or what is responsible for the wretch’s behavior? Is Shelley casting blame on a society that refuses to accept the wretch? Does she hold Victor responsible for his negligence as a “parent” (both father and mother) or is the wretch himself responsible for the chaos he creates?

Manfred tells us how he perceives his fate and expresses feelings similar to those of Victor. Manfred feels doomed in his cruse and after several attempts to escape it sees no other option than death itself. Victor perceives the same for himself in the later half of Frankenstein.

The fear of living in isolation or being isolated from everyone else has been something people have tried staying away from. Sometimes people end up going into isolation without knowing it until it becomes too late. All your family and friends start to stray away and you are left alone with nobody by your side. When he isolates himself from society and his family, Victor Frankenstein pushes everyone out of his life to become an inventor, showing that pushing your family away is acceptable only when the outcome has an impact on the world.

According to the Oxford University Press, companionship is defined as, “friendship, fellowship, closeness, togetherness, amity, intimacy, rapport, camaraderie, brotherhood, sisterhood; company, society, social contact.” All these words form the idea of two people spending their time and life together. The idea of companionship is a necessity in life, because all different types of people and creations rely on the company of others. Without the company of others, people no longer act as they should in society. They no longer learn new things and they become outcasts. In the book, Frankenstein, the creature lives his life without a companion and the outcome is tragic. Companionship is a necessity in life, because living without a companion

"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)

An allusion is a figure of speech that is a reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work. These allusions are typically used by an author who intends to make a powerful point without the need to explain it. Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein provides many examples of allusion 's. She connects the story of “Prometheus”, Coleridge 's Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and Milton 's Paradise Lost to her own novel to convey the critical points of the meaning behind the story. Not only does Mary Shelley make use of the mythological symbolism, but includes biblical allusions of the creation of Adam and Eve as well. The

'I think this song relates to what the creature is feeling which is misery and loneliness. Within the song it states “The loneliness is haunting me.” This part of lyrics connects with the creature because he doesn't want to be lonely anymore and he's been like that for a long time. It's Victor's fault that he feels alone because he doesn't love him and Victor ran away instead of taking care of the creature. Another part of the song is “ the weight of the world is getting hard to hold up.”

Question 4 At the beginning of Frankenstein by Mary Shelly we are first introduced to a quote from Paradise Lost. The quote says “Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay/ To mould Me man?

Frankenstein The book Frankenstein in actuality is a slow book, its pace has no true rhythm, other than a smooth timeline, and can vary in emotions. It could be argued that all of this is intentional and creates a dramatic theme to the general story. Frankly this is not the case. In regard to the quote I do not fully agree with this statement, although it does bring up an intriguing argument.

Every day in English I we are required to write “I Can” Statements. “I Can” Statements are basically statements that we write that tell us what we learned that we can do that day. My “I Can” Statements this week were that I can effectively analyze the text to understand and build my vocabulary (April 11, 2016), I can agree and disagree with my peers on what they interrupted from Frankenstein Chapter 3 in the Final Word Protocol (April 12, 2016), I can complete the Frankenstein Character Form by analyzing the text of what I have read so far (April 13, 2016), I can discuss what I thought was interesting and significant in the Frankenstein text with my peers (April 14, 2016), and I can speak frankly about a Scientific Dilemma in a Socratic Seminar (April 15, 2016). Friday in English I we a Socratic Seminar on the letters and chapters we have read so far in Frankenstein.

Frankenstein created a monster too. His monster wasn’t really a monster. He was misunderstood. Perhaps that’s true of Violet also, but that’s little comfort when your scream is being gagged by a realistic, child-sized fist being shoved down your throat.