Zeus In Frankenstein

His fear inducing appearance adds to his state of isolation, so much so that even his own creator “found himself filled with horror and fear at the hideous thing he created.”(Nardo 51). His abruptly ended friendship with the blind man only worsens his painful desolation since he now understands what a true friendship is like. The monster longs for a companion and begs to Victor “You must create a female for me with whom I can live” (Shelley 144) and pleads with him for a mate of the opposite sex. When this demand is not met, the monster fills with rage toward Victor, and he vows revenge upon

Because victor abandoned his creation and left it to run wild, the monster was left to find food, clothes, shelter, and educate himself, the monster eventually discovers his creator’s true feelings towards him and seeks out revenge against him, starting Frankenstein’s lifetime of punishment (Mia, 2016). Victor’s sin is not against God but against nature. His sin is that of Hubris, an attempt to become master over the powers of nature through the creation of an unnatural man. His corresponding punishment is to become a slave to the wicked actions of his monster. He is forced to watch his loved ones be murdered one by one, while he remains powerless (Mia, 2016). In the final chapter of Frankenstein, the creature does express remorse for his terrible acts, as they caused the death of his creator, surely he weeps over the body of victor Frankenstein whom he has loved from the second he opened his eyes (Westwood,

Frankenstein’s creation was lost in the world with no one who could have understood him . It felt sorrowful and unfulfilled emotions as seen in this quote. Betrayal by Victor leaves a large impact the monster carried, which, turned into a monster full of hate and dissatisfaction. Victor’s creation was not a monster , but new born baby in a grown horrific body that was not to be called his own . It becomes a monster both mentally and physically, who will be feared by all . Victor not giving him the love he needed gets the monster enraged, which leads the monster to cause series of events that affects Victor unforgivably. .

The reader can immediately see this because the Monster says, “I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?” (Shelley 124). He begins to murder members of Victor’s close friends and family. His first victim is William Frankenstein. The Monster has no intentions to kill William, but he says, “Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed” (Shelley 116). The Monster shows his frustration with Victor creating him in this way and for making him into an outcast. After Victor breaks his promise of creating a female monster, the Monster murders Henry Clerval. The Monster’s anger continues to build up over time and he believes the only way to face it is by taking the lives of those who have a close relationship with Victor. The Monster kills Elizabeth Lavenza on her wedding night. He takes the lives of the people who are in a close relationship with Victor due to the anger he feels toward him. The violence the Monster uses is his way to try and seek revenge on Victor because he feels that he set him up to fail, to be an outcast, and to be unacceptable to

There is a seemingly endless cycle of revenge throughout the novel, which connects Frankenstein to his creation. When Frankenstein finds out his creation is the reason for William and Justine’s death, it drives his deep emotions for the beast. “My abhorrence of this fiend cannot be conceived. When I thought of him I gnashed my teeth, my eyes became inflame, and I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I had so thoughtlessly bestowed”(Shelley74). He is reflecting on the creatures actions which have pushed him to wish the creature was never born. In a sense, he is

"It was dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half-frightened as it were instinctively, finding myself so desolate" (Shelley 68) For the monster it is the constant rejection and its abandonment by Frankenstein at birth that leads it to loneliness and extreme anxiety. "In all probability, the creature was reaching out, as a small child does to their mother, but his ugly appearance only frightened Victor into running away" (Coulter) The main reason for its rejection is the monster’s outward appearance. The rejection by humans in general and specifically by its creator only increases the monsters feelings of loneliness, emotional abandonment, and, as a result, anger.

Victor was crying because inside he was falling apart, but at the same time the world around him was perfect. The descriptions and natural beauty of the world in Frankenstein help make the theme of appearances.The theme of appearance is most evident in the novel because of the monster’s struggle with his appearance. Throughout the novel the monster is tormented for his looks, but no one takes the time to get to know him as a person. The monster is so hideous even when he does good deeds he is still looked at as evil, “This was then the reward of my benevolence! I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound which shattered the flesh and bone. The feelings of kindness and gentleness which I had entertained but a few moments before gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth. Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind. But the agony of my wound overcame me; my pulses paused, and I fainted” (Shelley 103). The monster is just walking and notices a girl and she falls in the river, the monster jumps in and saves her and a man comes up and grabs the girl then shoots the monster. The guy that shot him judged the monster by his looks and automatically looked at him as evil. This is how his good deed is repaid. The monster meant no harm he just wanted to help. From this point on in the novel the monster is seeking revenge

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

He did this by taking life. He killed William, Henry, and Elizabeth. He wanted to destroy and hurt Frankenstein. As he looked at Williams dead body he said “ I gazed on my victim and, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph… this death will carry despair to him” (102). He was saying that he was happy about killing William and knows it will hurt Frankenstein a lot.

Starting off in Frankenstein the overall torture that the monster brings to Victor is that the monster kept killing off all of Victor’s doted ones. Additionally, in the resolution of the plot, all of the agony caused by the monster caused Victor to die in his attempt to seek revenge on the monster by chasing him down. An example of one of the monster’s victim in the book is where Victor reads out the letter from his father, “I wish to prepare you for the woeful news, but I know it is impossible; even now your eye skims over the page, to seek the words which are to convey to you the horrible tidings. William is dead! -- that sweet child, whose smiles delighted and warmed my

Frankenstein’s and society’s rejection of the monster, however, drove him to an uneven passionate pursuit for a companion. He forced Frankenstein to create a female monster, and he provided motivation by killing Frankenstein’s loved ones and threatening to kill more of them. The monster recalls in this final scene of Shelley’s novel how his desire drove him to evil. “. . . do you think that I was then dead to agony and remorse?--He . . . suffered not more in the consummation of the deed;--oh! Not the ten-thousandth portion of the anguish that was mine during the lingering detail of its execution. A frightful selfishness hurried me on. . . .” (153) At that point in the novel, the monster has changed from good in nature to evil in nature. His own desires are more important to him than the well-being of others and he is willing to commit murder in order ensure the fulfillment of his desire.

The Monster demonstrates this when he allows passion and revenge to control his life instead of balance and harmony which once reigned. This transformation highlights the impulses and passion that dictate the course of Victor’s life. The Monster slaves away for the DeLacey family, striving to establish a healthy relationship, but the family’s shortsightedness and rejection of the Monster based on his looks angers the once humble creature. Upon repudiation, the Monster feels alone within the world and feels “anger [return]” so he “turn[s] his fury towards inanimate objects” (123) even combusting the cabin later that night. The Monster, understandably frustrated, allows his anger to surmount his generally amiable person and take over his actions. Victor Frankenstein, cursed with a similar lack of control, also sought to destroy his life’s work when he found it unappealing. This anger of the Monster quickly escalates as he searches out Victor in his homeland of Geneva. While hiding in the forest, the Monster devises a plan to raise and capture a young child as his own. However, when the child, Victor’s younger brother, resists this kidnapping, the Monster exerts his strength over the child and kills him. Instead of feeling regret for killing an innocent creature, the Monster contently “gaze[s] on his victim” and feels “hellish triumph.” (127) Similarly, when Victor destroys all chances of the Monster to have a spouse, he is excited and has no regards for the consequences. As the Monster brings Victor to his deathbed, he realizes his pursuit of revenge took him too far and that “[he] was the slave, not the master, of an impulse, which [he]...could not disobey.” (187) This realization, although late, demonstrates the Monster’s awareness that impulses will lead to

After all those who he cared for were taken from him by the monster, Frankenstein professes: “By the sacred earth on which I kneel, by the shades that wander near me, by the deep and eternal grief that I feel, I wear; and by thee, O Night, and the spirits that preside over thee, to pursue the daemon who caused this misery until he or I shall perish in mortal conflict” (178-179). Frankenstein’s actions show just how consumed he is by his hatred for the monster and how it will dictate the remainder of his miserable life. Although Frankenstein liberates himself from his prison of guilt, his opting for one of wrath hurts no one but himself. Moreover, his vengeance ultimately leads him to his demise, and the creature who had finally succeeded in gaining the companionship he always desired through torturing his creator by means of revenge was left alone to eventually be consumed by his own misery and die as well, reinforcing the concept that hate can never lead to a positive

Throughout the story the Frankenstein’s monster is referred to as a true monster because of the different acts that he has committed, yet throughout the story the reader is made aware of the compassion and morality that Victor’s” creature possesses, like a real human. Victor is the true monster in this horror novel, because he possesses many of the characteristics that would define what a monster is. Victor Frankenstein created his monster due to his eagerness for alchemy and his unnatural obsession with being like God. Victor does not take into account the consequences of his actions. Victor rejects his creation the moment he lays eyes on it, and this caused the monster to perform the acts that he did. The cruel rejection is what begins the a journey that will soon enough be end of Victor. After Victor decides to go back on creating his monster a mate, he then destroys the half made creature which anger Frankenstein’s monster and this cause him wreak revenge on his creator. The monster tells Victor that he will be at his wedding night and the killing spree beings, Victor loses his father, and his friend Henry Clerval because of what Victor had done. In my opinion I believe that should have stuck to creating his monster a mate and this would have made things easier for him and

Prometheus was a Titan god that during the wartime of the Titanomachy sided with the winning side. He did so to avoid punishment was then “[...] presented to be the protector and benefactor of mankind” (“Greek”). The most important part to the story of