The Role Of The Monster In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

The monster that Frankenstein built had become bitter and remorseful at being abandoned by his creator. This consequently results in the monster becoming a menace to the stability of Victor’s many companionships. The monster murders many of Victor’s loved ones, including the direct deaths of William, Henry, and Elizabeth, as well as the indirect deaths of Alphonse, and Justine. Victor had taken his companions for granted, ignorant to the threats the monster had declared. The monster shares with Victor this sense of ignorance in his confrontation of the cottagers. The monster knows of his horrid appearance, but still he desired companions. Eventually the monster approaches the blind De Lacey, hoping to take advantage of his lack of sight, and gentle nature. This is eventually disrupted by the intrusion of Felix, Agatha, and Safie. They are shocked at his appearance, and aggressively attack him, forcing him to flee. The contrast in these situations is evident, Victor seeks more than companionship, and the monster’s sole desire is a companion.

Victor Frankenstein, a scientist and doctor, commits himself to the resurrection of a creature made with human remains of deceased villagers. Not thinking what might happen in the near future, he opens many doors for disaster. Victor, the determined doctor, drafts the intricate details, but as he sets to work bringing the creature to life, conflicts arise. The creature is stronger than Victor had planned for and escapes from the lab, killing William, Victor’s younger brother. Victor has gone into a depression as he struggles to accept the responsibility for the deaths of others at the hands of his “monster”. Another conflict arises as the creature becomes more intelligent and understands that society has rejected him. He threatens to kill more innocent lives, unless Victor goes back to his lab and creates another mate for him. This mate will give the monster a friend, keeping him from murdering further, but should Victor force another monster into the world? As Victor struggles to make a decision, the creature continues on his warpath, killing Victor’s wife, Elizabeth. Mary Shelley, the author of the novel Frankenstein, develops the theme of guilt through Victor’s remorse of the deaths caused by his creation. Shelly also focuses on the “monster’s” quilt and sense of shame as he becomes more

When Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein, many praised her by saying she wrote the greatest novel in existence to interact with the human conscience and society. Frankenstein is written in a unique way, the book starts off with a captain of a ship, who goes by the name of Robert Walton, writing letters to his sister in England about his progress on his dangerous voyage. During his voyage, he encounters Victor Frankenstein. Victor was traveling by a sled that was being carried by dogs. Victor was weak from the cold, so Captain Walton brought him onto his ship and takes care of him. During his time on board Robert Walton’s ship, Victor reveals to Robert his tragic story about the creation of a monster, Frankenstein. The book then dives into Victor’s Life, describing his childhood in Geneva. When he

Victor has the idea to make a creature that is supposed to better the human race when really he just has the desire to be important and known; like a God. His intent is to make the creature in the image of a perfect man: flawless structure, strong, independent, and intelligent. The creation is more human because of the heart he had until humans thought of him differently, how intelligent he is, and how he wants someone to love just as anyone does.

How is a monster defined? In Frankenstein, the author, Mary Shelley depicts Victor Frankenstein as the true monster by emphasizing his irresponsibility, hostility, and isolation. Accordingly, Frankenstein starts focusing only on his work and chooses to stay isolated when his family reaches out to him. However, immediately after he creates this creature, he shows hostility towards it and abandons his creation. After Frankenstein’s mother’s death, he starts living a more isolated life away from his family and friends to focus on bringing his creation to life. His strong desire to create this creature eventually leads him to become very unhealthy psychologically and physically. Even Frankenstein himself admits that,"Every night I was oppressed

In everyone's youth, we were all read the story of Frankenstein. The big monster who was created by a doctor and then came to life one night after a large lightning bolt hit him. The children’s novel focused heavily on the monster that was created. In the original novel titled Frankenstein by Mary Shelley she writes the book while focusing on both the monster created and the doctor, Victor Frankenstein. The original novel also consists of more characters besides the monster and Doctor Frankenstein. Victor Frankenstein also has a family and an arranged wife, Elizabeth. The entire novel is Victor telling a man named Robert Walton about his life and the story of the monster he created. When reading the novel many readers would not stop to think about whether or not the monster Victor created truly deserves to be called Daemon. Victor refers to the monster in the book as Daemon, therefore, placing it into the reader’s mind that the real villain is the creature. When analyzing the book, however, is the monster the villain or the victim perhaps? The monster is the victim in the story and his horrific actions are all a result of Victor Frankenstein. The real

The novel Frankenstein is written by author Mary Shelley which begins with the journey of Captain Walton, who is the narrator in the first segment of the story. As a captain, he is traveling towards the North Pole for his research when he rescues Victor Frankenstein who seems to be in frozen condition. Luckily, he finds a great companion for rest of the journey. In the text, Victor creates a monster and be his mother. The novel is divided into portions where Victor narrates his life from his birth to the story of his creation and the creation backfiring his entire life. Victor eliminates the reproductive need for a female mate for himself as he creates a life on his own. He initiates a sensational life by forming a living being with the help

The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is about an ambitious scientist who believes he can play god and create a living thing out of the dead. His creation grew to be a menace who tormented the lives of many, especially those close to his creator. Ambitious might not have been the best choice of words there. The creator, Victor Frankenstein had an ego so big that he not only thought that he could successfully create a human being, but didn’t even own up to the chaos and destruction that happened in the process. In most people’s mind today, there seems to be no question who the monster is in Frankenstein. Most people would answer that it’s the murderous, ugly, problematic, and isolated creature that Frankenstein has created. However, looking beyond the outer appearance of the monster and his actions, it seems evident that it is not the true monster of this story. Victor Frankenstein is the monster because of the way he viewed not only his creation, but himself as well.

Victor Frankenstein’s monstrous qualities first begin to emerge after his initial harsh neglect during the “birth” of the creature, and continue to develop during his other abandonments. For a moment, Frankenstein is blinded by his great achievement. Eventually however, he is able to understand the enormity of what he has done through the creature’s appearance, and soon “the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled [Victor’s] heart” (Shelley 55). Victor, the parent of the creature, is utterly repulsed by his own child. Without even giving him a chance to prove himself, he immediately rejects the creature based on his appearance only. Although Frankenstein does not necessarily have the intention to reject his creation,

The monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a rare creature who has never experienced human life. His view on humans was based on his first impressions of them. Like a child , the monster was curious and wanted to learn about those around him. Unfortunately, the monster had limited resources from which he was able to learn and had extremely unpleasant experiences when he did meet humans. The monster quickly learned about many things which shaped his character and caused him to live up to his name; or lack of.

When you hear the word monster what do you think? Do you think of something like a zombie, or Dracula, or do you think of the people that you might pass on the streets everyday that might have murdered someone just minutes before? Do you think that a monster can change it’s personality? What do you think goes through a monster's mind? What leads them to be as bad as they are sought out to be? Can a monster only be a monster or is there more to it than what the naked eye can see?

Evil is not something people are born with; Evil is a reaction to the way people treated a person in their past. In Volume II of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the readers gain an inside perspective as to the creation of an evil mind. Victor Frankenstein creates, then neglects a creature that he created in hope scientific limits. The monster now has been forced to live in isolation without anyone willing to give him a chance at a relationship. When the creation is tired of no one being open to his friendship and treating him as if he matters, he “… Declared ever- lasting war against the species… against him who had formed me and sent me forth to this unsupportable misery.” (97) His war on mankind is the result of the way he has been treated since

     As soon as Frankenstein’s monster comes to life, “… horror and disgust filled his heart,” (56). After running from the monster for years, Frankenstein realizes that his monster has been killing people close to him. Frankenstein immediately takes the blame for the deaths and will do anything to stop the monster’s actions. Victor reluctantly agrees to make a female companion for his monster. He begins to create another monster but destroys her because he can not bear the thought of, “setting loose upon the earth a demon whose delight is in death and wretchedness,” (160). Victor chases the monster for years in hopes that he will end the monster’s life in retribution for killing his loved ones. He never catches the monster and the rest of Victor’s life is lived with overwhelming feelings of remorse. It was his creation that killed his brother, best friend, wife, and lead to the death of his father.

The environment and the climate, of the narrative, are also integrated as gothic literary elements and set the setting and disposition of the novel. The narrative of Frankenstein, by the eminent and well-distinguished author Mary Shelley, is a gothic science fiction novel, which took place during the early 19th century, explaining the horrid events in the life of the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, to Robert Walton, the captain of a ship headed towards the North Pole. Victor Frankenstein, who studied at a university in the city of Ingolstadt, was greatly intrigued by the occult sciences and soon became a mastermind. He assembled some tools and some dead material and was able to create a horrid human being. This Horrifying monstrosity tormented him and confronted him in every way possible. A precise moment where a gothic element is clearly evident in this novel is the atmosphere Victor Frankenstein experienced as he created the abhorrent monstrosity that ultimately tormented him for the remainder of his existence: "It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils. With an anxiety that almost amounted to agony, I collected the instruments of life around me, that I might infuse a spark

His monster soon grows out of control, and Frankenstein flees his apartment. Struck by a letter of his brother William's death and the wrong party accused of murder, Victor slips into even more agony, suspecting his monster killed William. He soon engages in a confrontation with his monster, learning of the monster's plight and request: that Frankenstein create another monster of equal ugliness as a companion for him. As Frankenstein refuses to comply, disgusted by the monster's figure, the beast seeks revenge with his immense size, strength, and knowledge. Over the course of the book, the monster slowly murders people close to him, and Frankenstein vows to kill his creation. This brings the story back to Walton's point of view and ship, where the monster ends up murdering Victor before leaping into the sea prepared to