...Revenge is still very much a thing in our society since it is part of our human emotions, even if it is or isn’t justified by the reason. This is best shown in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. In the book, Frankenstein’s creation shows how human emotions can be driven to believe that there is nothing to the world, but hatred and revenge. Showcasing the human emotion that drives our need for revenge is best shown in the book, Frankenstein. In it, Frankenstein’s creation goes through many dramatic events after being abandoned by his creator. Like after he enters someone's home and is found eating their food, he gets chased out of a village by the villagers for stealing. Another time he gets rejected is when saves a girl from drowning in a river. Instead of being reward as a savior, he is reward with a bullet to the shoulder and is seen as a villain. After this he “vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all of mankind(101)”. He has been brought to this because he has found no love or kindness in the world due to his hideously, horrid figure that his creator choice to give life to....
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...Revenge; the action of imposing harm on someone for a wrong one endured because of them. Everyone has felt the need for it, whether they carried out the plan or not. It can seem to bring a sense of justice, equality, and even power. Although, can the use of revenge be taken too far? Mary Shelley explore this idea of the limits of revenge through the use of her characters Victor Frankenstein and his creation. They are constantly craving for the demolition of each other, and it takes a large toll on their mind-set, and even on their loved ones around them. Victor Frankenstein is enraged that his creation murdered some of his loved ones. This results in him to want nothing other than the abolition of his creation, or as he refers to him, “the monster.” The creation only wants love and companionship from others, but is denied the request on multiple accounts due to his horrendous appearance. The creation places the blame for his loneliness on Victor...
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...However, by Victor creating the monster, the monster has been going on a rampage within his revenge towards the villagers. The first sight of villagers that he tried to interact with was a nice family. Over a few nights of him watching and observing the family, he noticed that they cut and used wood for their fires, The monster goes out and finds the fire wood for the family and left it for the family. (78) After watching the family for days the monster tries to introduce himself but the family shames him, leading him to watch “ the wind fanned the fire, and the cottage was quickly enveloped by the flames” (99) after the monster sets the cottage on fire. The monster comes across other times on his journey that he once again tries to help a...
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...Different, Yet so Alike In Marry Shelly’s novel Frankenstein she develops two different characters, Victor Frankenstein and the Creature also know as Dr. Frankenstein’s creation. Even though these two characters are not related nor do they look alike in any way, they have very distinct characteristics that make them so similar. Looking at just the surface it’s hard to see how it would be even possible to call them alike. However, after digging a little deeper it becomes easier to draw distinct parallels between the two characters. As these similarities connect them in a few ways the Creature begins to seem less like the actual monster. They are similar because of; their desire to learn, a love for nature, and a longing for revenge against their enemies; all these begin to blur the lines on who the actual Monster is, as Dr. Frankenstein begins to seem more evil. From the very start, both Dr. Frankenstein and his creation had a similar desire to learn. When Dr. Frankenstein was a young child he had an abnormal desire to learn. Surely, what ultimately led to his downfall. Beginning as just a child he was obsessed with reading books on alchemy, astrology, and pseudo-sciences. He came across a volume of Cornelius Agrippa’s books, which is what completely shaped his thinking of the world around him and his love for natural philosophy. This thirst for knowledge inspired him to go to a university to study science. During his studies he gained a lot of knowledge from his mentors and...
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...Honors English 10 1 December 2015 Frankenstein Essay Revenge follows abandonment. When one creates something, it is theirs; they are the “mother/father” of this creation. They are supposed to take care of it like it is theirs. Cherish it. Love it. But, what happens when one does not do those things? The creation takes revenge on them because they never gave it the time of day; never tried to help it. Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein explores the act of revenge driven by a sense of abandonment and neglect. Shelly shows, in the novel Frankenstein, that when one is abandoned or neglected, he/she will resort to revenge to find piece within him/her self. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelly shows that when one abandons something, it will come back and take revenge on them. Shelly had an interesting way of showing this throughout the chapter; she played on characters emotions, killing their close ones. She created acts of violence that we see in our daily lives, driven by the anger from abandonment or neglect. An example of this is when Victor receives a letter from his father stating that his brother, William, has been murdered. So, Victor goes to Geneva where his family is located, but its too late and the gates are closed. He spends the night plodding around and comes across the spot where his brother was killed. Victor sees the monster hiding behind trees and this brings Dr. Frankenstin to the conclusion that the Monster showed no clemency to William. The audience, know that the monster...
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...It is a common misconception that “Frankenstein” is the name of the creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein; however, Victor Frankenstein is actually the name of the man who creates the monster, who is found to be unnamed. Although the two are not the same being, they are very similar in many ways. Frankenstein and his creature have more similarities than differences. Throughout the novel, both Frankenstein and his creature prove to be fueled by revenge, intrigued by tampering with life and death, and isolated by and from society. Notably, both Frankenstein and his creature obtain a thirst for revenge. After the murders of various friends and family members of Victor, he becomes infuriated with the being he has created: “When I reflected on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation… I wished to see him again that I might wreak the utmost extent of abhorrence on his head, and avenge the deaths of William and Justine” (76). The crimes that his creation has committed compel him to seek revenge and rain havoc down upon the creature. After Victor abandons the creature and tears apart the companion that he is constructing for him, breaking his promise, the creature swears to pursue revenge on Victor: “Cursed, cursed creator… my feelings were those of rage...
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...Webb 1 Kennedi Webb Ms. Barrett AP English IV September 4, 2014 Frankenstein “Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay. To mould me Man, did I solicit thee. From darkness to promote me?” (Paradise Lost, X, 74345). There are many different major themes in the novel, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley. Life and Revenge would to be two major themes that condemn two of the main characters, Victor Frankenstein and the creature he has created. Life is one of the major themes in Frankenstein for many reasons. Dr. Victor Frankenstein chose to make life from different body parts of corpses hoping to make a new species/race. Victor somewhat plays God by creating life in an inanimate object. The difference between Victor and God is how Victor does not take responsibility of his creation and is horrified at what he has done. The creature is abandoned at the very beginning of his new life and is undoubtedly hated by his creator. “Remember that I am thy creature; I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel, whom thou drivest from joy for misdeed” (10.3). The monster sees himself like Satan in John Milton’s Paradise Lost, “irrevocably executed” from bliss. The creature was created like Adam and free of sin but the way society has treated him has made him hateful and vengeful. “I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity: but am I not alone, miserably alone?”(10.3). The monster only wants love from another companion and does not receive that from even his ...
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...ESSAY CONFRONTATION IN FRANKENSTEIN. Frankenstein is a novel that was written in 1818 by Mary Shelley. It deals with a young science student named Victor Frankenstein, who gives birth to a being in a scientific experiment. The novel revolves around the conflict between two characters : Victor Frankenstein and the creature, who are linked in a complex, multidimensional relationship. In fact, the creature and its creator become enemies the first time they meet and battle against each other through the entire story. Moreover, it is easily noticeable that their confrontation has several aspects to it. First, we will study their confrontation to each other through the story. Then, we will see how these two characters are involved in a confrontation with the human kind. Finally, we will ponder on the way the characters and their conflicts mirror the confrontation between nature and science. First of all, by reading Mary Shelley's novel, we can see that Frankenstein and the creature are struggling with each other until the end of the book. Actually, we have on one hand the Frankenstein monster who is dependent on his creator because he is the only man with enough knowledge to create another of his kind. On the other hand, we have Frankenstein who is dependent on his creation, because it is physically stronger than he and able to murder his family and friends. For these reasons, each of these two characters is able to blackmail the other, and so they...
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...When God created the humans, he asked the angels to bow down to his creation. One of the angels, Iblis (Satan), refused and was banished from the heavens for this sin(The Noble Qur’an 2:34). In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, The Creation is born, and is banished from civilization by his creator, Frankenstein, similar to how the devil was banished from the heavens. In both stories the one ostracized, unsightly and deformed in comparison to its creator and fellow beings, swears revenge on them but for separate reasons. Unlike the Quranic story of the devil, the novel focuses on themes of revenge and appearance allowing one to sympathize more with the creation rather than with its creator. Both Frankenstein and the creation feel the need for revenge...
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...Thesis: Frankenstein maintains its relevancy to a modern audience through its powerful themes. Frankenstein maintains its relevancy to a modern audience through its powerful themes in a variety of different ways including friendship, prejudice, revenge, and creation. The first theme that still has a modern audience is the theme friendship, the ways and ‘rules’ of friendship might have changed over the years but the real meaning of it will and always have stayed the same. Frankenstein shows the theme friendship in a few different ways including when the monster wants to feel accepted which is why he asks Frankenstein to create a wife for him that way he would have someone to spend all his time with. Also it shows that friendship is important...
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...disastrous, in this case, deadly. Victor Frankenstein is the creator of the creature. Victor becomes obsessed with the idea of creating the human form and bringing it to life. Immediately after creating the creature, he is terrified because he doesn't truly understand what he has created. He returns home to his family, only to find tragedy there. Victor is not fully aware of the consequences of his actions and in a turn of events he spends his entire life trying to destroy the the one thing he spent his entire life creating. Much like a mother figure Victor Frankenstein brings a creature into the world but unlike most mothers Victor...
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...Introduction: Frankenstein or (the Modern Prometheus) known as the first science-fiction novel written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, at the age of 21, the widely famous novel was published in 1818. Although serving as the basis for the Western horror story and the inspiration for numerous movies in the 20th century, the book Frankenstein is much more than pop fiction. The story explores philosophical themes and challenges Romantic ideals about the beauty and goodness of nature. But what’s the difference between Frankenstein the story and the film? About the novel (Frankenstein): This novel functions on symbolic many levels such as Frankenstein’s monster symbolize the coming of industrialization to Europe also the destruction and the death...
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...Examine some of the ways Gothic horror is presented in Frankenstein showing how your understanding of Mary Shelley’s techniques has been illuminated by your reading of Poe’s short stories Firstly, Shelley uses the setting of her novel in order to create an unsettling atmosphere in various chapters. Factors such as time, weather and architecture all play an important role in bringing horror to life in both Frankenstein and Poe’s short stories. Mary Shelley aligns Victor with the Romantic Movement, which emphasised a turn to nature for experiences like hope and happiness. The natural world has notable effects on Victor’s mood. He is moved and happy in the presence of the scenic beauty of Switzerland. In return this also reminds Victor of his guilt, shame and regret. “The rain depressed me; my old feelings recurred, and I was miserable”. This enables the weather to foreshadow Victor’s emotions throughout the novel. The theme of nature also reappears in the monster’s narrative. Whereas Victor seeks the high cold hard world of the Alps for comfort, as if to freeze his guilt, the monster finds solace in the soft colours of a spring time forest. This symbolises his desire to reveal himself to the world and interact with others. The architecture of the early nineteenth century was typically gothic and of a medieval revival style. It is this gloomy and frightening scenery, which sets the scene for what the audience should expect. Likewise, Poe uses the setting to convey...
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...Khizer Awan AP LIT Frankenstein Literary Analysis I Must Know More Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley is a romantic era novel based on the theme of knowledge. The word “knowledge” reoccurred many times throughout Frankenstein and forced the reader to understand the definition of it. According to Webster’s Dictionary, knowledge is defined as “Knowledge: n. Understanding gained by actual experience; range of information; clear perception of truth; something learned and kept in the mind.” The word knowledge is very simple, but has different meanings to all of us. Knowledge is the tool we use in making proper judgement. Knowledge is an extremely powerful thing and it must be used wisely and properly. Carelessly using knowledge can cause terrible consequences. The novel, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is a novel that has many comparisons of powers in life. It pertains to many themes in society today. Frankenstein contrasts science, technology, life and death, and most importantly knowledge and ignorance. It shows the consequences of knowledge in both negative and positive ways. In Frankenstein, three characters searched for one thing - knowledge. Unfortunately the results of their search differed from what they had anticipated. Walton, blinded by ambition, believed that search for knowledge on the route to the North Pole would bring fame to his name, but he quickly learned that he ended up only with the danger to the lives of his crew. Frankenstein, driven by passion...
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...Have you ever read a book that's so sad that it left you wanting to save the monster or creature? The book “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley focusing on abandonment of relationships formed through creation, labor and death which creates such a feeling in its readers. “Frankenstein” is a type of autobiography where the author uses her experiences in these areas and works out her own fears in the novel. In the beginning of the book “Frankenstein” she demonstrates abandonment with Victor Frankenstein’s mother passing away which results with Victor Frankenstein creating a creature in search of a companion, which in doing so isolates himself from all whom he loves resulting with him not being able to trust his loved ones with the truth about what...
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