Say there is someone, someone who acts viciously and commits heinous acts. Now, say that this same someone is just a child, misunderstood and abandoned. Knowing that this once-perceived evil being is just a child who’s been through immense amounts of misery and anguish – the root cause behind the crimes they committed – does that change one’s view of him? Throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the character of the creature is first seen as an evil demon. However, there are different perspectives that can change one’s view of him. During the course of Frankenstein, it is evident that the creature and his behavior is comparable to that of a child. There are many instances where the creature’s actions are comparable to those of a child, seen …show more content…
This is first seen through his development of the senses. He was forced to learn quickly how to differentiate between the senses. In addition, he had to discover fire after seeing it used by beggars. Once he had found it, he determined that its function was to make things warm and that it could be used for cooking food such as nuts and roots. It also took his own experience to find out that while it had its advantages, fire was dangerous and would inflict pain if touched (92). Moreover, the creature includes in his story how he learned to speak. He explains it by saying that he took notice in the manner of communication used by cottagers that utilized sounds and expressed emotion (100). He then took it upon himself to understand and learn how to communicate in this way as well. These are examples of his comparisons to a child, as he is like a child that has no knowledge of the world around him, and therefore must learn the way of the world and how to live and survive. However, the creature was given no help in learning these things like infants and toddlers are: he was shoved into the world with neither aid nor assistance: he must figure out all for
He decides to grab the boy and try to get him to understand his story, but instead the boy begins to verbally abuse the monster. The boy says, “Monster! Ugly wretch! You wish to eat me and tear me to pieces. You are an ogre.” Pg 144. The boy knows nothing of this creature and yet, he is insistent on yelling rude things at this creature. Yet again, the monster is being abused, and by someone who is significantly smaller than himself. It is easy to see that because the monster is beaten by Felix, beaten by a whole village of people, and verbally abused by the little boy, that the monster is abused and can therefore be seen as the true victim.
The creature from Mary Shelley's novel "Frankenstein" displays many different human qualities. Some of these qualities include: the creature's ability to learn, his capability to feel pain, his desire to be accepted, and his need for affection and sympathy. The need for affection and sympathy is something which the creature is unable to attain. This unrequited desire to be accepted causes the creature to be the victim of the novel. The creature is never given affection by human society because of his physical deformities, Dr. Frankenstein's denial to create him a mate, and the creature's violent behaviour.
Like most horror stories, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has a wretched monster who terrorizes and kills his victims with ease. However, the story is not as simple as it seems. One increasingly popular view of the true nature of the creature is one of understanding. This sympathetic view is often strengthened by looking at the upbringing of the creature in the harsh world in which he matures much as a child would. With no friends or even a true father, the creature can be said to be a product of society and its negative views and constant rejections of him. Although this popular view serves to lessen the severity of his crimes in most people’s eyes, the fact remains that the creature is in fact a cold-hearted wretch whose vindictive nature
Even if Little Frank is human his creature doesn't think so. I believe this too, since he made it he should know. For example, "On his deathbed, Victor tells the ship's captain, "'In a fit of enthusiastic madness I created a rational creature, and was bound towards him'" (Grimly 188)."This shows that Victor does admit to creating a creature and not a human. Victor tends to believe his creation is "... a rational creature ... " that he has created and brought into this world we live in today. I am sure, that the creator of this "creature" is the person who is bound to know all about his creation. No one knows more about Little Frank than his creature. In this case I say creature, because Little Frank was made by a human being. Not the ways
Frankenstein describes the “birth” of his “child” not with the typical affection of a new mother, but with complete repulse: “I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open: it breathed hard and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs (Shelley, p.58).” The first words his creation heard were the harsh words of his creator shouting: “abhorred monster! Fiend that thou art.” He does not rejoice or receive his “child” with kindness, as a loving mother would; he instead rushes out of the room appalled at the disgusting and abnormal physical appearance of his creation.
any better, he went for it. He was then met by a mob of angry villagers,
Mary Shelly was born in 1797 and died in 1851; she was the second wife
Frankenstein follows Victor Frankenstein’s triumph as he reanimates a dead body, and then details his guilt for creating such a thing. When the creation realizes how he came to be, and is rejected by mankind, he seeks revenge on his creator’s loved ones. In the novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley portrays Victor Frankenstein as the true monster of the story through the use of literary devices revealing the characteristics that Frankensteins and monsters share, and shows how Frankenstein’s irresponsibility leads to his monstrous labeling.
There is a myth that every creature on this planet is one half of a whole and must be completed by another half. Sometimes it takes that other half coming into their life to make them realize the truth about themselves and to see hidden parts of their unconscious minds that they otherwise would not have noticed themselves. Mary Shelley, an accomplished writer during the Romantic Era of English Literature, is the author of Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein is a young man with a hunger and passion for knowledge and science. He wants to do what no one has ever done before- create human life all on his own. Victor creates an eight foot tall, grotesquely terrifying monster that after continuous rejection from society, decides to take revenge on the man that gave him life. Shelley shows throughout this novel how two mortal enemies can be surprisingly similar and even act as mirrors of each other.
Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, symbolized a person’s necessity for acceptance by society. Society labels everything as good or bad, right or wrong, rich or poor. Although some of these labels may be correct, many are misconceptions. The monster, needed to be accepted by society, but instead was scorned, attacked, and shunned because of his outward appearance. The treatment of the monster was on the assumption that he was actually a monster. The only justification of this treatment was his outward appearance.
In Mary Shelley´s Gothic novel, Frankenstein, the Monster once claimed, “The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.” Frankenstein, since the 1910 film adaptation, has known a series of several adaptations that changed drastically, not only the plot but one of the main characters, the Monster, from stealing its creator´s name to being portrayed as a cold villain. Though, in the original storyline, the biggest threat to society is the creator itself, the one pretending to play as God, Victor Frankenstein. This essay will discuss the nature of the main characters of the novel and conclude who is the “real monster” in the end.
The monster notices that humans are afraid of him because of his appearance, he feels embarrassed of himself, as humans do when they don’t seem to be accepted. He admires the De Lacey Family that lives in the cottage, he also learns from them, and hopes to have companion as they do. The monster is like humans, as mentioned, in the way that he wants someone to listen and care about him. He is discovering the world and his capacities, he seeks knowledge and understand plenty aspects of life by learning how to speak and read. “The gentle manners and beauty of the cottagers greatly endeared them to me; when they were unhappy, I felt depressed; when they rejoiced, I sympathized in their joys” (Shelley 47). The monster developed feelings and emotions as humans. The creature is different from humans also, since he never got to grow up as a normal human, and
An example, of when he learned how to do a good deed was when he overheard how the father and mother of the house couldn’t pick out the potato’s from their
When a young child touches a hot stove tears are sure to follow. Trial and error experiences like this are necessary for a child to learn from their mistakes. Some things, however, are taught by parents and guardians. A lack of parenting and guidance can have a dramatic and negative effect on the development of a child. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the monster that Victor creates is similar to a child. The monster can not speak initially and immediately feels abandoned when Victor goes to bed for the night. He is very emotional over the smallest of issues and shows many more signs of immaturity. Viewing the monster as a child causes the reader to feel empathetic for him like a child without parents.
Introduction: Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is a book with a deep message that touches to the very heart. This message implies that the reader will not see the story only from the perspective of the narrator but also reveal numerous hidden opinions and form a personal interpretation of the novel. One of its primary statements is that no one is born a monster and a “monster” is created throughout socialization, and the process of socialization starts from the contact with the “creator”. It is Victor Frankenstein that could not take the responsibility for his creature and was not able to take care of his “child”. Pride and vanity were the qualities that directed Victor Frankenstein to his discovery of life: “...So much has been done, exclaimed the soul of Frankenstein-more, far more, will I achieve: treading in the steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation”[p.47]. He could not cope with this discovery and simply ignored it. The tragedy of Victor Frankenstein and the tragedy of his creature is the same – it is the tragedy of loneliness and confronting the world, trying to find a place in it and deserve someone’s love. The creature would have never become a monster if it got the love it strived for. Victor Frankenstein would have never converted his creature into a monster if he knew how to love and take responsibility for the ones we bring to this world.