The Monster In Frankenstein

After the death of Frankenstein, the Creature is met face-to-face with Walton, and here the Creature meets his final challenge of communicating and addressing a human who might have compassion for him. Upon seeing and hearing from the Creature, Walton experiences similar reactions as Frankenstein upon first communicating with the Creature. His physical appearance once again stains with utter disgust any attempt at showing benevolence: “Never did I behold a vision so horrible as his face, of such loathsome, yet appalling hideousness. I shut my eyes involuntarily” (Shelley 211). Once this reaction takes place, the Creature’s words do cause a small time of wavering of compassion for Walton, although ultimately he does reject the Creature once

Victor Frankenstein is in many ways more monstrous than the monster he created. Victor and his creation demonstrate a thesis-antithesis correspondence wherein they reflect opposite character traits. Victor has no sense of empathy or compassion, whereas the monster, although hideous and rejected by society as an outcast, has

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

Frankenstein and the monster’s regard for human life diminished as they began to play God with the lives of others. After leaving the cottage and seeing how even people as kind as Felix and Agatha could not look past his own superficial hideousness the monster turned violent, in an effort to cause as much harm to his creator as Dr. Frankenstein had to him by making the monster so ugly that all of humanity hated him. In an effort to control Victor’s life, the monster killed Dr. Frankenstein’s brother, wife, and best friend, all while trying to blackmail Victor into creating another monster. In the face of rejection from humankind the monster transitioned from wanting compassion, to attempting to command fear “[the monster] was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend, make me happy and I shall again be virtuous.” (.94) The monster recognized the horror he had become and forced his pain upon Victor in order for his creator to feel as much pain as he, the creation, had to endure. Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s desire and success in discovering the secrets of biological science caused him to believe that he was of a higher status than the rest of humanity, whom he believed to be too prideful over their few accomplishments. This perceived self superiority over humanity was what led him to try and create a higher-caliber race, which could accomplish all that normal humans could not. Dr. Frankenstein threw away his relationships with family and friends in the pursuit of

The Frankenstein monster is often portrayed in the movies as unemotional and violent: a barely functioning behemoth. However, these depictions are far from the canon storyline. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, the creator of what shall be called the Creature, was actually rivaled in empathy and joie de vivre by his wretch. Throughout the story, the Creature showed more compassion and emotion than Frankenstein, but committed multiple monstrous things after facing neglect and trauma.

Who is the real monster?” acts as the dominant question throughout the novel “Frankenstein” written by Mary Shelly as the reader explores the protagonist Victor Frankenstein and his nameless creation. As the novel progresses, the reader notices how the relationship between the two characters goes far beyond a neglectful creature and resentful creation, for the two influence the thoughts, actions and emotions of each other. Furthermore, the creature’s physical appearance acts as his purpose throughout the novel as well as a mirror of Victor Frankenstein’s true identity. Additionally, the creature’s lack of identity begins to initiate Frankenstein’s shame towards his own identity, revealing the flawed character of Frankenstein and determining the resolution to the question “Who is the true monster? Who is the true catalyst of destruction?” During the novel, the reader is able to identify the creature as the most effective foil for Victor Frankenstein because the creature causes: Frankenstein to view the action of the creature as his own work, the shift between pride and shame in Frankenstein, and his physical appearance demonstrates his purpose to reveal the true character of Victor Frankenstein.

It is vital that you know who the real monster in the Frankenstein book, Victor Frankenstein is the number one contender for this position. He creates a monster, but who knows if the actual monster he created is the true monster in this story. In later chapters the true monster is revealed, Victor Frankenstein takes fault for the deaths of Justine, William, and Henry even though he wasn’t the actual cause of their death. Although the monster was created by Victor, he is still horrid and disgusted by how his monsters look and abandons his creation because of his unpleasant demeanor. Victor didn’t accept the monster and decided to avoid coming into contact with the monster, woefully the monster later commits an evil act and kills Justine

In the story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley ; Victor and his creation show good and bad qualities. However, people today wonder who is the real monster in the story? Is it the creature that killed innocent people while taking his vengeance upon his creator or is it the creator who left his creation all alone? In the eyes of many the creature seems to be the monster but looking beyond that what he began as was not a monster. Instead the misconception of people and society, resulting in loneliness turned him into a monster. For example, the creature had no “ relation or friend upon earth,” that caused him grief and sorrow. The joy and survival of a person depends on the interaction with others. Likewise the creature that Frankenstein had created

In the story ”Frankenstein” a scientist creates a monster that commits multiple murders throughout the book, but the creature wasn’t born a monster, he was made into one through his master’s and other human’s actions. Many people might believe that the creature is in fact a horrible, cold-hearted monster, but they often overlook the factors that have made him into a one.

When picturing a stereotype of a monster, often the thought of an asymmetrical, gruesome, and evil figure is visualized. A creature born to wreak havoc and compromise the peace of the defenseless and innocent. Because in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the common conception of a monstrous creature is not mirrored, the reader is forced to question who the true monster of the novel is. At first, the reader believes that Victor’s monster is to assume position, but as the plot unfolds, the situation demands closer attention. Upon further analysis, the reader can conclude by the character’s actions and motives, that Victor Frankenstein’s creature is not the real monster, rather Victor, himself.

Though Victor Frankenstein and his creation both have qualities that are clearly monstrous, Victor’s selfishness, his abandonment of his responsibilities, and his inability to recognize his own faults and the monstrous qualities within himself qualities within himself make him the true monster while his creation is rather the opposite.

Monsters are not born, but created. In order to become a monster one must have been previously victimized or have a predisposition to violence. The monster is created because he is exposed to violence and rejection, he then breakdowns and becomes malicious. In the lines “Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? (Frankenstein, 124)”. Shelley is showing that by turning against the creature, Victor is deserting him in a strange and uncomfortable world. The creature is miserable and all alone. In corollary, the creature hurts others, because he has been neglected and in turn a monster is created. The creature states that “I will revenge my injuries; if I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear, and chiefly towards you my archenemy, because my creator, do I swear inextinguishable hatred (Frankenstein, 138)”. I believe that the novel would have turned out differently if Victor had welcomed the creature with

This article is about what the monster speaks to all through the novel of Frankenstein. The writer of the article is Daniel Cottom. However, this article’s subtle elements on what the monster speaks to in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein novel. In spite of the fact that, Frankenstein's monster pictures the immense way of portrayal. Victor, then, may purposely pick the beast's "huge stature" as a mechanical catalyst in his work; yet when that work is finished, it comes to have a noteworthiness past the down to business. This physical giant of Frankenstein's animal is identified with issues in the portrayal of man as an animal categories, a social figure, an individual, an animal of reason, and a being with regards to science and political

Alhough Victor Frankenstein calls his creature a monster, and considers it disgusting and abhorrent, it is in fact Frankenstein who behaves monstrously. He claims to have created the creature for a noble purpose: to defeat death. However, it is clear that his motives