Who Is The Monster In Frankenstein

The word monster has a negative connotation to it and usually refers to something that is evil in nature. In chapters ten and eleven of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Victor is shown to be more monstrous that his creature.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

Plagued by loneliness during the critical period of childhood, he is forced to fend for himself. Forsaken, the Creature constantly questions his history but receives no answers. He views the De Laceys as his surrogate family yet is never truly integrated into a social environment. Detached from society despite ardently yearning to join it, the Creature is doomed. He learns his morals from books, particularly that of justice.

Webster’s Dictionary defines a monster as a “powerful person or thing that cannot be controlled and that causes many problems”. Mankind usually thinks of them as ugly and vile creatures. This is not always true, although in the case of the book Frankenstein, the monster has hideous characteristics, according to Victor and the monster himself. Fiends have a habit of getting classified as not having emotions, but this is not the instance with Victor’s creature. Mary Shelley identifies the monster in Frankenstein by his tendency to become angry, feel unloved, and seek revenge.

Mary Shelly’s gothic novel, Frankenstein, tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, the man who created a monster that led to his demise. The man-made monster was forced to learn how to act in a society through countless rejections from the public. While Victor Frankenstein rejected his creation from the start, the monster longed for the acceptance of his creator. When the monster did not get the acceptance he was looking for, he killed Victor’s younger brother, William, saying, “Frankenstein! You belong then to my enemy- to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim” (Mary Shelley, 153; ch. 16). Afterward, he framed the housekeeper, Justine, for his crime. Elizabeth, the adopted daughter of Alphonse Frankenstein, was

Victor Frankenstein, who is dedicated to science has created a monster. Victor has experienced a tragedy of his mother death during childbirth. The death of his mother has inspired him to bringing back life from death. Without knowing of creating the monster, Victor life would change and his personality. How was Victor before and after creating the monster?

Victor's duties towards his creature are to take care of him as if he were his son. Not let him wander around by himself, not let him be lonely. At first, Victor let him wander around because he was scared of the creature and was mad at him because he believe the monster killed William. According to paragraph 14, line 6, it states, "You accuse me of murder; and yet you would, with a satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature." This quote shows how the monster is trying to tell Victor that he too is a murderer if he plans on killing the creature he created. This also ties in with Mary Shelley's epigraph which states, "DID I REQUEST THEE, MAKER, FROM MY CLAY, TO MOULD ME MAN?" This quote shows how the creature never asked to be created,

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is the son of a rich man, and is very intrigued by natural philosophy and science. After many hours of lectures, classes, and late night of thinking and working, Victor discovered the secret to life. He had great plans for this creation and his secret, he thought maybe he could cure all disease and become the greatest scientist that ever existed. But what Frankenstein created was not a human being, it was a monster. Victor was repulsed by the very sight and fled when he first saw him.

Science is a broad field which covers many aspects of everyday life and existence. Some areas of science include the study of the universe, the environment, dinosaurs, animals, and insects. Another popular science is the study of people and how they function. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Dr. Victor Frankenstein is an inspiring scientist that studies the dead. He wants to be the first person to give life to a dead human being. He spends all of his time concentrating on this goal, and gives up his family and friends. When he finally accomplishes this, everything falls apart. So, Victor Frankenstein is to blame for the tragedy, not the monster he has created, because he is the mastermind behind the whole operation, and

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the creature is introduced to four readings that influenced his outlook on human life. The four books being Paradise Lost By John Milton,Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans By Plutarch,The Sorrows of Young Werther By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and Ruins of Empires by Constantin-François de Volney . Knowing that these four works influenced the creature to be who he became, I would change them in hopes of him becoming good. In the story of Frankenstein, the Creature studies or listens to 4 books. Each book molded who he became and how he thought or felt about society. Bibliotherapy is used occasionally for psychiatric therapy or to help solve your personal problems. If his reading choices

dka Prof. Brian Dunnigan ENG 102 April 20, 2016 The Monster Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is a science fiction novel which tells the story about the science student Victor and the Monster, he created. With the help of these two main characters, Shelley is able to show man’s relationship to science and technology, the nature and use of knowledge for good and for evil. Victor’s obsession to find secret behind the human life brings assembled old body parts into life creating the gigantic Monster. Although, Victor has created eight feet tall and physically very strong Monster, his physical appearance is ugly, his mind is a blank slate, and he has no identity.