Frankenstein and Golem
Frankenstein’s theme that man made creations that are created by opposing the Laws of nature are destined to be not accepted and unwanted are stemmed from the many similarities of the Golem of Talmud. Frankenstein’s monster was made in order to provide proof that you could restore life to dead matter so that he could believe he could bring back his mother. The Golem was made in order to protect the Jewish Community from oppressors. However both Frankenstein and the Golem’s creation were seen as unnatural and were shunned.
In the Talmud, Shortly after the animation of the Golem (called Adam by his creator) the creator realizes the fact that like Adam(the first human,created from mud.), all golems are created from mud by …show more content…
.Unfortunately Victor’s success was not as beautiful as he initially thought.Instead of the beautifully reanimated being, a monstrous amalgamate of moving flesh stood in it’s place. Everyone even Victor himself was repelled by the sight of the results of his experiment. Everyone that encountered the monster was terrified because the monster was a mass of flesh that was animated and given life even though all parts of it were previously dead.“having been imbued with a fervent longing to penetrate the secrets of nature.I always came from my studies discontented and unsatisfied”(Shelly,Chapter 2 page 3) Victor wanted his creation to be useful but his creation became a mistake that haunted him for the rest of his life. Frankenstein’s Monster and his experiences of not being wanted and rejected by the people he was created to help stemmed from the ideas of the Golem of Talmud. Both the Golem and the Monster were designed to better humanity but each were rejected because they were both made by playing the role of god and bestowing life into inanimate