What Is Frankenstein's Role In Real Life

The tragic figure in Mary Shelley’s horror novel Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, is truly an instrument of suffering for his loved ones in his life. Frankenstein’s Creature horrifies Frankenstein and sets off a series of events that corrode his relationships and harm his family and friends; furthermore, Frankenstein’s actions cause the innocent characters to suffer the most, which contributes to the tragic vision of the work as a whole.

When Frankenstein became inspired with life and death, he abandoned his family, friends, and logical reasoning. On page 29, Frankenstein states, “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me” (Shelley 29). This quote clearly demonstrates Frankenstein’s impulsive nature. In Chapter 4, Frankenstein felt he had learned the secret between life and death, and he wanted to create a completely different species. Without any further thought, he began work on his project. Chapter 4 only shows the beginning of Frankenstein's lack of self-restraint. After he had begun his work, Victor would not respond to his family for months on end, isolating himself from the outside world, and no point did Frankenstein halt his experiments and research. “His creation of the monster brought out a different side to him. Frankenstein’s creation caused him to become more impulsive, with absolutely no self control. He buried himself in his studies, ignoring his family and friends. Frankenstein states on page 30, “...my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature. And the same feelings which made me neglect the scenes around me caused me also to forget those friends who were so many miles absent, and whom I had not seen for so long a time” (Shelley 30). He had become “...pale with study, and had become emaciated with confinement” (Shelley 29). As soon as Frankenstein found

There is a contradiction in the beginning of Frankenstein’s downfall when he was formulating his creation - if humans should obtain the power to “play God” given medical tools (used for good) to create a living creature consisted of corpse body parts (which is seen as immoral). In page 39, Frankenstein states the reason behind his commitment to something wicked, “The materials at present within my command hardly appeared adequate to so arduous an undertaking, [...] yet when I considered the improvement which every day takes place in science and mechanics, I was encouraged to hope my present attempts would at least lay the foundations of future success.” In this dialogue, we can draw that Frankenstein is merely an ambitious character that did what he did because of the elements and philosophy he had within reach. The myriad of components combined would have never

Since the birth of the creature, Shelley makes it very clear to the audience that Frankenstein abandons his creation and does everything he can to forget about the monstrosity he created by traveling further away from where he created him. The fact that Frankenstein abandons his creation is the first sign of him not showing his creation any sense of love or sense of attention. These are his first steps towards him showing how he isn’t deserving of the title of parent. Even though later on in the novel he does give his creation time to speak his mind and what he has been up to for the time he disappeared. At this point Frankenstein gave

After Frankenstein’s first creation which had taken a turn from glory, to fear and disgust to which he finally learns his lesson. Frankenstein’s monster tracks Victor down to ask him to “create a female for [him]” due to all the loneliness and suffering the monster had to endure. At first, Frankenstein shuts down the monster because he did not want another creature roaming the Earth and causing chaos. After much persuasion Frankenstein agrees to create a second monster but this time he creates it fully aware of his

Frankenstein works on a project to create a living creature. The moment arrives, and Frankenstein is anxious, but not worried about the outcomes of his experiments. Instead. Frankenstein anticipated the creation of a living being as he says that he might infuse a spark to bring the dead thing to lay at his feet (Shelley 40). Evidently, Frankenstein believes that the living being he is about to bring to life is not entirely human as he calls it a lifeless thing, s description that could be termed as cold. The creature being made is in a sense not a person, but a slave that Frankenstein intended to control, and that is he wanted the lifeless thing to lie at his feet. The physique of the creature is evidently below the human being’s body. . Frankenstein notes that the creature moves inexplicably and its bodily functions are rather weird if compared to the human body movement and function. The implications of his creation come back to haunt him days later. The creature’s odd movement and bodily functions result to its doing things that are not acceptable to the human being’s community. “At length, I perceived a small hut…This was a new sight to me, and I examined the structure; with great

Throughout the novel, Frankenstein repeatedly places blame on the creature instead of taking ownership for creating the creature. When he returns to Geneva after William’s death he recognizes that he created the creature but ultimately blames the creature for all of its actions, “I had turned loose into the world a depraved wretch whose delight was in carnage and misery” (Shelley 50). In an attempt to be the modern Prometheus, or God-like, Frankenstein’s selfish ambition blinds him from the consequences of creating the

Frankenstein continues to prove his label as a monster in the novel when he makes the sudden decision to abandons his own creation solely because of his physical appearance. The very moment the monster opens his eyes, to Frankenstein, “the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room” (Shelley, pg. 59). With no thought to what could happen mentally to his creation due to his abandonment, along with the lack of concern for what could happen to the people in his society letting a monster run loose with no guidance or love from it’s own creator, proves how much of a monster Frankenstein is. He leaves his creation to suffer the scrutiny of the judgemental society he lives in, explaining the root of his anger and the mental state the creature is in when he chooses to get

Throughout Victor Frankenstein’s and the creature’s sides of the story neither thought they were in the wrong, Frankenstein justified his decisions as good for society and the creature justified his decisions as good for rightful revenge. What Frankenstein and the creature were expressing through their actions and reactions was for their own individual selfish perspectives that they labelled as good. The creatures a little more self-serving by trying to give Frankenstein the pain that he had caused the creature, however, the creature was trying to find out what was considered to be good and be that, but it seemed that both the creature and Victor Frankenstein were selfish beings. They were trying to achieve something good but went about it the wrong way, the good that the creature was trying to achieve was revenge but was ultimately for his own clarity. The creation of the creature was seen as good by Frankenstein as it would improve modern science but then suddenly becomes bad because the creature wasn’t what Frankenstein wanted and he hadn’t prepared for after the creature was

I’d like to think that when i graduate i’d be more excited rather than sad to leave, but truth be told i’m more sad to do so. All your life you have been told where to sit, where to go and how to do it. Everyone has been holding my hand this whole time and now i’m choosing my class schedule for college, something that was made for me my whole life. Throughout senior year i have learned valuable life lessons which will help me, throughout college and life in general. Would you believe me if i told you most of those lessons were learned right here in Mrs.Hilers senior english class?

As mentioned before, Frankenstein always had a passion for science and so Frankenstien really hoped he could bring the dead back to life and so he gathered his “materials” to do so. During the process an error occurred because when the creation finally was done it turned out to be “ugly.” In other words the creation did not turn out to be how Frankenstein scientifically expected. Therefore in chapter five Frankenstein states “Now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room.” (5.35). The basic interpretation of Frankenstein actions is that he ran away from his responsibilities. It’s like giving birth to a child and once the baby is born the mother runs out of the hospital and leaves the baby at the hospital. There are many reasons behind the decision of why the mother in this case Frankenstein left their creation. For starters, it seems Frankenstein did not want to be responsible for this creation because he must have judge the monster based off of his first impression on him. The ugliness must have also make Frankenstein feared that he could not take care of or control the monster and must have thought the creation is just pure evil. However, due to the judgment Frankenstein is truly the reason why the monster later on did do evil things like the

Another feeling that comes into play is his feeling of love and possession toward his creature. Frankenstein sees that the creature is good natured and means no harm, but he is still reluctant to accept him because of the consequences of that would follow from his fellow men due to their fear of him. When the creature forces Frankenstein to listen to his story, Frankenstein feels pity and feels conflicted because he created the creature only to have him live like an outcast. This contributes to the overall tones of confusion and betrayal in the book. The readers expect Frankenstein to love and care for his creature, but his desire to conform interferes and results in his betrayal and abandonment of the creature, which in turn results in the creature betraying and killing people. It shows readers that the desire for love and acceptance is dominant over loyalty and a sense of duty to

In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein should be depicted as the real monster for attempting to recreate God’s creation. Instead, it is his creation who has to pay the price for Victor’s wrong doings. While his creation pays the price, he still finds a way to become his own hero as well. It may go unsaid but the monster has the will to keep on going. Through his life he still finds a way to live. The monster in Frankenstein talks about himself for a bit and says this “ I have good dispositions; my life has been hitherto harmless and in some degree beneficial; but a fatal prejudice clouds their eyes, and where they ought to see a feeling and kind friend, they behold only a detestable monster (159.)” The monster tries to act right but it seems as if whatever he does his actions are misunderstood. Yet, like a child he is pure and unaware of his doings. The courageous step he takes is asking Victor Frankenstein to create him a mate to live his life with. The monster is aware of how fearful his creator is of him but still approaches him and is not afraid to ask for his request. It was a baby step into a new

Every novel consists of minor characters that may seem to be useless aspects to the story but are actually very important. They have a purpose that helps carry out the main focus of the novel. They may serve as a means of revealing more about major characters as well as to advance or move along the plot. They can be either good or bad, serving as a central part of the story as without them the story falls apart and fail. Justine Moritz is a minor character that reveals more about Victor Frankenstein and becomes the reason for the creature’s desire to want a mate. Whereas Henry Clerval is the one person Victor can confide in who is not in the same emotional state as him and is a foil to his character. Moreover, through the Delacy family the creature learns the way of life and seeks retaliations. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the novel as a whole is brought together with the help of minor character such as Justin Moritz, Henry Clerval and the Delacy family.

His hypothesis was that through the power of nature, he could reanimate organic tissue which his chosen mentors had claimed to achieve. Though Victor Frankenstein’s experimentation required a form, which took him to the charnel houses to claim tissue from the deceased. The creature was complete with the animating science developed by Victor Frankenstein. His hypothesis proved true in the respect that it could give life. Throughout the process he underwent to create the creature at no time in the process was there a point to reflect as to whether or not he should create such a monster. There was no point in the process to stop and contemplate the possible outcome of his experiment and its effect on humanity. Victor Frankenstein followed the scientific process to the letter of the word, without trepidation as to his actions. There was no point, as it was not ascribed to be essential to the course of discovery. Victor Frankenstein’s creation was not completely due to his own scientific irresponsibility, it is due to the scientific community whose emphasis on the if we can do something outweighed the decision of whether or not we should do something. There is no safeguard to this question of advancement or what is beneficial to humanity. Victor Frankenstein performed his profession and found it to be lacking in this one area, and he would pay for it in the lives the creature would soon end. Victor