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Ms. Garcia AP English Lit 3 12/14/16 The Tragedy of Frankenstein and his Creature Ever since its inception in 1818, Mary Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ has fueled the imaginations of thousands of readers through its portrayal of conflicted scientist Victor Frankenstein, and his neglected creation — referred to as the Creature in its first appearances, and later called the Monster. Though rich in storytelling, perhaps ‘Frankenstein’s most enduring quality is its wide array of themes which touch upon

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.  Dr. Victor Frankenstein

The novel tells the story of the scientist Victor Frankenstein who loses touch with reality while creating a new form of life, a monstrous being who nevertheless has human character traits. The nameless creature appears to be a representation of evil, a character representing unconscious, instinctual drives. Yet, the creature becomes only a monster due to denied love and rejection by Victor Frankenstein. Thus, he swears to take revenge, transforming into a monster. Thus, Frankenstein presents two

One of the many themes in James Whale’s 1931 film Frankenstein is that of the known vs the unknown or good vs evil. Whale uses the motif of fire as a powerful extension of what the good can do to the darkness. Fire is used as a way to keep the Monster or the evil representation of the film in isolation and outside of the known world and also as a way to show that the known or good will always win against the unknown or evil. Known vs unknown or good vs evil falls into the category of a knowledge

In Mary Shelly’s book, Frankenstein, she writes with a narrative style. A narrative style is telling a story. In the book Frankenstein is telling his story to Walton who is writing the story in a letter to his sister, Margaret. The readers do not know Frankenstein is telling the story until the end when he is on his death bed and the ‘you’ he used was not to the readers but to Walton. Right after we see he is writing this down in a letter to his sister. Frankenstein follows Frankenstein’s story in

of someone similar to themselves. Robert Walton plays an often-overlooked role in this story, although he can be considered the primary narrator. Walton is the captain of a failing expedition to the North Pole who discovers a freezing and lost Victor Frankenstein. Walton nurses Frankenstein back to health, and Frankenstein tells Walton of his misfortune of a life story. The similarities between Frankenstein and Walton are made fairly obvious, as Frankenstein himself points out their somewhat similar

can lead to catastrophic events where there is no way back. Victor Frankenstein keeps the monster, his creation, a secret, making himself guilty of every occurrence involving him and driving himself to a very complicated situation. When the Frankenstein family is betrayed by Victor it generates a feeling of agony in Victor which will drive him to do everything he can to reconcile with himself and his family. At Justine’s trial, Victor begins to feel the absence of hope because of the idea that

Even though Victor, a 7th grader from the story of “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, is trying to find his way socially, academically and personally, he is motivated to get his “girl” but in doing this he matures and develops. On the first day of seventh grade, Victor’s personality is sheepish and shy. When he was in his math room for his second period, he sat in the back because math was at his weakest subject. On Victor's way to math class the narrator says “After English, Victor had math, his weakest

dramatist of the Romantic movement, Victor Marie Hugo is considered one of the greatest and most renowned French writers of all time, specifically for his innovative brand of Romanticism developed over the first decade of his career. Considering Hugo’s popularity amongst readers everywhere, it is not surprising that many sources can be found on Hugo and his works. Many of these sources focus specifically on Hugo’s most famous work: Les Misérables. Certainly, Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables was heavily

Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you”. The term monster comes from the word monēre, which means to warn. Monsters are used to reveal or make reality a situation that is often left ignored. Often the word monster brings up any stories such as Frankenstein, Dracula, and Beowulf. The stories of these monsters have a lasting impact on generations