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    Victor Frankenstein made a monster that he was scared of himself and what he had made. Victor was a smart man but he was tempted to find a way to escape death and made a monster that would kill William and the reason that Justine died. But the monster known today a s frankenstein shows us a lot of trying to to a person and fix into society but many people are scared of how he look and they ran him of of the village that he walk into. The main support that shows that frankenstein wants to be a human

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    Frankenstein is a novel of a man who was born in Geneva to a very well-known family. At a young age, Frankenstein’s parents took in his close childhood friend, Elizabeth to live with them. This came about when Elizabeth’s mother passed away. Frankenstein’s mother had decided while on her death bed that Elizabeth and Frankenstein should marry. It would seem that his life was laid out for him. As a teenager, Frankenstein becomes interested in the study of the natural world. This intense interest

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    and encourage him, but I am solitary and abhorred." - Mary Shelley. In this quote you can see that the monster is angry at Victor Frankenstein because Victor turned him into a hideous monster. According to the book there is only one monster and that is the creature of Victor Frankenstein. But you can also look at it in this way: Victor Frankenstein made a monster, so is Victor then also a monster because of what he has created? First the definition of monster: 1. Any animal or human grotesquely

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    decide how we want it to go and how we want to be seen by others. Victor Frankenstein lived in the romantic 1800’s period and tampered with life. The way he chose to live was beyond the ordinary. Was Frankenstien a hero? Was he a hero for all he accomplished and did in his life? For me the answer is no, Victor Frankenstein was not a hero, he tampered with life and death, he caused pain to loved ones as well as himself, and Frankenstein chose to do something but initially not follow through with the

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    novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley consistently used other characters to show who Victor Frankenstein was as a person. She used his mother, best friend, future lover, creation, and Robert Walton to demonstrate how he reacted to certain situations and how he needed other people around him to show his true character. Although Shelley wrote in multiple foils for Frankenstein, Walton and the monster both consistently had Victor show who he truly was. In a way, Walton is the best foil for Frankenstein because

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    2010 The Downfall of Victor Frankenstein In many situations today, the children most common problem can be trace back to their family issue. Without a strong bond of relationship between their parents can consequently cause a destruction of children’s future. Even more, the children grow up unsteadily with aggressive behavior and the sign of depression. This has come to be a controversial issue and as well the depth of the story that is contain in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. To many misinterpretations

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    James McAvoy's character Victor Frankenstein and his assistant, Daniel Radcliffe's character Igor, discover the way to create life in the movie Victor Frankenstein. The movie Victor Frankenstein was produced by John Davis in 2015. When Frankenstein successfully creates an undead monster, he raises questions about creation by God and man made creation. For the past two centuries, man has tried to discover if we could create life from death. In Victor Frankenstein, Frankenstein and Igor try to discover

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    In the novel “Frankenstein”, by Mary Shelley, the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, bestowed life to monster which he then banishes, leaving the creation to learn on his own. The abandonment of the monster subsequently caused him emotional and mental damage, his exclusion and isolation from society induced his immoral actions. Due to Victor Frankenstein not acting as a father figure toward his creation, the monster thus developed sociopathic tendencies and committed acts as a serial killer would

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    your gut or your brain? Maybe a little bit of both? The main character of Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein, relies on both those things, but only one at a time. While reading about Victor, you can see that he either only uses brain, or only uses gut feelings. Learning from Victor’s experiences, you can quickly learn that only relying on one or the other is a bad idea. The plot of Frankenstein follows Victor Frankenstein through childhood up as we watch him gain the desire to bring the dead back

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    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

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