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    “It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways” (Buddha). Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is a science fiction novel about knowledge. In the novel, Victor Frankenstein spends years creating a creature from dead bodies. Upon the completion of his project, he immediately abandons the creature leaving him to discover humanity on his own. In Mary Shelley's novel, both Frankenstein and his creature are on a search for knowledge, though the quest is executed in opposite ways:

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    Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein uses Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who has become mentally unstable due to his obsession with of creating life in unnatural circumstances. and The Monster, the stitched up creature made and abandoned by Victor, comes to who curses and questions his very existence. This outcome causes the reader , to explore many psychological and philosophical conundrums. Victor’s obsession to create life becomes reality creating The Monster but his obsession soon turns to utter

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    Mary Shelley’s literary masterpiece Frankenstein relates the story of Victor Frankenstein and his unnatural creation, told in three distinct narratives, that eventually leads to Frankenstein’s disastrous end. One narrative in particular, that of Frankenstein’s creation’s, highlights the creature’s conversion into a true monster rather than an almost human being as a result of a terrible injustice upon him. The access to his narrative allows for a deeper understanding of the creature’s very nature

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    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

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    Creator In Frankenstein

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    having a positive role model because Victor abandoned him unleashes the “monster” in him and leads to the Creature not knowing what is morally right. Through the portrayal of the “monster” inside the creature, Shelley argues that the role of creator to creation is crucial for proper development. According to Rousseau, everyone is born good, until corrupted by evil. Throughout the book, we see how the Creature was born innocent, but corrupted by evil from Victor abandoning him. The audience sees when

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    Victor becomes so engaged in his scientific creation that he abandons his family and friends to complete the task before him. He becomes obsessed with his goal to the extreme that he fails to realize the negative effect it has on his health. When the creation was complete, “the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled his heart”(Shelly 70). The creation is let free to roam the town due to fear and Victor becomes extremely ill thinking about

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    the course of the novel. As we read the novel, I had notice that Victor Frankenstein's plans and goals had changed as the novel came to an end. The Novel takes place in the Frozen Wastelands in the 1800s. Victor Frankenstein was born in Naples, and moved to Geneva with his family when his brother William was born. Nowhere in the novel is the setting more significant than in the Arctic scenes, where the novel begins and ends. Victor has quite literally chased his monster to the ends of the earth,

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    The Blame Game Analysis

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    The Blame Game: Frankenstein Edition In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Frankenstein dreamed for months about creating life and conquering death for the fame and gratification he would receive. He then spent years trying different experiments while going for his one goal - bringing life to a creation he stitched together from different, “perfect” body parts he found from the local graveyard. Once his creation was brought to life, Frankenstein was disgusted by his creation’s stature and grotesque

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    down and step all over you. In this world, many humans have the problem of judging others and being very mean to them. You should not care what other people think of you because you are a child of God and that’s all that matters. The monster that Victor created shows sad, lonely and evil characteristics involving his actions and thoughts. Everyone in this world goes through times where they feel sad and gloomy. In this case, the monster had a feeling of sadness because he did not like the way

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    Frankenstein’s monster they think of this ugly, horrible monster that will never be accepted into their society. Or that he, the monster, doesn’t understand what they are saying about him. And unlike everyone else he “doesn’t have feelings”. And at the time victor Frankenstein, the creator, thought that he was doing something good. Or something extraordinary, that no one has ever done which is true, but this could ruin his life. Because he is afraid of losing this life or his loved ones lives he agrees with

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