...More often than not, when people hear the name Frankenstein they immediately think of the monster, but they rarely think of the scientist who created him. The obsession with the monster has led people to refer to the monster as Frankenstein, but in reality, Mary Shelley, the author of the book, never named the monster. The true main character of Frankenstein is Victor Frankenstein. This common misconception is due to popular movies such as Young Frankenstein directed by Mel Brooks; unfortunately for many this is their only exposure to the story. If more people were to read the book they would quickly discover that Victor Frankenstein is immoral, obsessive, and secretive. A person is thought to be immoral if they do not conform to accepted...
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...Both Griffin of Invisible Man and Victor of Frankenstein are what we might classify as mad scientists. They have a need to create something never before done, against the persecution of the unbelieving science community. Although they differ in what they create, they both become successful in their quest towards a larger understanding of the scientific unknown. But the two end their tales in different states of mind, to which one might derive a certain sense of judgment in each. Of the two mad scientists one would most likely point towards Griffin as the less likable. His breakthrough was not to benefit the world or for the scientific community; it was simply for his personal gain. One might argue the same against Victor but he had very little gain from his creation His was rather to prove a human could create life from an unanimated body, in which he was going to show to the rest of the world. Griffin does not share his secret with anyone, he even has a coded journal where he keeps his formulas and notes. Victor does not share his secret either but he believes his creation is a menace and a monster and therefore should never be repeated. Griffin is a static character; he never changes throughout his tale, nor does he learn his lesson. He is greedy, selfish, uncaring and arrogant. He steals money from his father which becomes the cause of his death and never sheds a tear. He creates the invisibility potion for personal gain and even after creating it he says “all this isn’t...
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...Mary Shelley wrote the novel Frankenstein to have her readers on their toes and want to sleep with one eye open. Frankenstein is about a man named Victor Frankenstein that is fascinated by the mysteries of the natural world and decides that he wants to do the impossible. Victor’s mission was to construct an animate creature by collecting spare body parts. However, a series of tragic events occur after the creation comes to life. The Merriam-Webster dictionary states that a monster is, “something monstrous; especially: a person of unnatural or extreme ugliness, deformity, wickedness, or cruelty” (Merriam-Webster). Before reading the novel the reader would assume the creation is the monster, but Mary Shelley leaves that determination to the reader....
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...When Victor Frankenstein reanimated the creature, the creature only wanted to feel love and acceptance towards his creator; however, that does not occur because of the monsters’ hideous appearance. The monster feelings of loneliness and rejection led him to become the creature full of anger and later started seeking revenge towards the people Victor loved. To the creature, murdering the people Victor loved dearly was his form of seeking justice. He wanted to make Victor feel the same pain and loneliness so he would hunt down his family and friends as a way of him feeling justice and seeking revenge. The monster believes that seeking revenge on innocent civilians is a way of justice, the monsters’ justice successfully done since he managed to murder a few people Victor loved, and how morally wrong his way of justice is....
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...Introduction Many literary critics consider Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as one of the most impressive and imaginative Gothic horror novels of all times. In the novel, Shelley managed to create one of the most phenomenal creatures in literary history: Frankenstein monster. The epistolary style that the author employs allows the reader to view the circumstances from varied viewpoints and draw conclusions from the plot and the characters. The book The plot has a variety of story-lines rolled into one. The main however is about a Doctor Victor Frankenstein who though born to a well-to-do and loving family, is over- ambitious and thirsts to prove himself. After achieving excelling academically, he designs a technique of creating life from a fusion of inanimate objects, dead bodies an animal parts. The doctor is not satisfied with achieving conventional feats but is determined to create a living being. It is this ambition that leads to the creation after years of painstaking work. It is this creation that leads to Victor's downfall. The creation is 8 feat tall and due to the use of human parts that do not march his massive size, is hideous. He is described as having watery yellow eyes, a withered, yellowish, translucent skin which barely conceals his muscular system and blood vessels. The only good aspects of his appearance are his perfect, white teeth, long black hair and his black lips. The doctor, who had hoped to create a beautiful being is shocked by his creation...
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...When people become they sick they tend to stay inside and isolate themselves from society, for fear of getting others sick or quite possibly worsening their own condition. Throughout the course of Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, the main character, Victor Frankenstein, falls violently ill many times, separating himself from society. His unhealthy state seems to be a direct result to the monster he has created, because he succumbs to illness almost immediately after a difficult or traumatizing event with the monster. Frankenstein’s creation of the monster causes him great grief and guilt, because of the feeling of responsibility for the monster’s harmful actions. The character of Victor Frankenstein subconsciously uses illness as a way to...
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...own. When Frankenstein attempts to abandon his creature to its own vices, Shelley punishes his ignorance and shallowness. When Frankenstein originally creates the Creature, he describes it as unholy which Shelley uses to criticize his misunderstanding and disinterest in attempting to understand. Frankenstein runs away from the Creature in an attempt to disestablish himself with it. Unbeknownst to the reader at this time, the creature begins his understanding of his suffering and the unjust cause of it, his creator. Frankenstein forces the Creature into the world and does not help prepare it at all and abandons it to its, as Frankenstein believes, vices. Shelley attacks Frankenstein’s ignorance of proper caregiving. Without any compassion towards his Creature, Frankenstein displays inhumane qualities that should not...
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...throughout Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. I will argue that knowledge is the major cause of suffering throughout this novel and it is what eventually drives one character to death, and another to the realization of what could possibly happen to him if continues as he is. The quest for knowledge is present throughout the entire novel and is implemented by multiple characters, with each presenting the same result. Starting with Victor Frankenstein, it becomes known that he strives to gain as much knowledge as he can, but eventually this expedition lands him in situations that are dangerous and unwanted. Victor’s main focus is science and despite his father’s wishes, he attends University and pursues his dreams. At the time when Victor attended college, there was little known about the field of science, especially chemistry. As Victor continues on in his endeavors, his thirst for knowledge (to learn?) continues to grow,...
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...The next change was when Harry finally did receive the memory he was challenged to get. He had to go to the Hogwarts potions teacher, Professor Slughorn. He and Dumbledore watched the memory and saw a conversation with Voldemort as a student with Slughorn about horcruxes. Horcruxes are an evil way that you can keep your soul alive if you die. That was the piece of the puzzle they were missing. Dumbledore’s theory was complete, Voldemort split his soul into different horcruxes to stay away from his biggest fear, death. Dumbledore knew that in order to destroy Voldemort they would have to hunt down the horcruxes and destroy all of them until ultimately destroying Voldemort himself. Harry convinced Dumbledore to go with him on the hunt for the...
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...Who’s the real monster in Frankenstein? How can we prove if somebody is a monster? In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the main character is named Victor Frankenstein, a person of unnatural cruelty. Throughout the book, Victor encourages the reader to believe that his horrid creation is a monster, but in reality, it is Victor. Throughout the novel Victor displays his cruelty in the way he treats his family, the way Victor acts toward the creation, and is visible through Victor’s lack of responsibility in caring for his loved ones. Victor Frankenstein treats his family and friends with no regard. He spends two years away from his family in college secretly working to bring a deceased man back to life. His family does not hear from him once during this span of time. Victor is so obsessed with completing his creation that his wife, Elizabeth, believes he is having an affair with another woman. “I conjure you by our mutual happiness, with simple truth—Do you not love another?’ ‘You have travelled; you have spent several years of your life at Ingolstadt; and I confess to you, my friend, that when I saw you last autumn so unhappy, flying to solitude from the society of every creature, I could not help supposing that you might regret our connection and believe yourself bound in honour to fulfil the wishes of your parents, although they opposed themselves to your inclinations.”’ (Shelley 178) Victor is so preoccupied with his work that he drives Elizabeth to think...
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...beaming in through the unshut curtains, Victor Frankenstein was awake. He could feel the rays of sun hitting his sheets and loved the warmth they provided. He was to comfortable to get up. He rolled over to look to see if his creature was awake as well and to his surprise the creature was missing from his twin bed. Victor immediately got up and dressed and rushed over to 221-B Baker Street to as Sherlock Holmes for his help. On an oddly warm, november day, Sherlock Holmes heard a knock on his door. It was a Sunday and he knew he would have a busy day. He already called Inspector Lestrade over to assist with his investigations. Once reaching the door he saw the notorious Victor Frankenstein. In shock he started talking fast and getting excited. He had admired Victor's work for quite some time and actually studied some of it while at oxford. Victor cut him off and said, “The creature, he is missing.” Sherlock was shocked. He was being called upon by one of the most famous scientist to help him find his creation....
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...In Doctor Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Frankenstein, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame, McCormick believes that the real villains, or monsters, are Dr. Frankenstein, Dr. Jekyll, and Claude Frollo. These characters are usually not considered monsters, but are in fact, the creators of monsters. McCormick explains that these characters do not “abide their own humanity” or “show any compassion for those whose disfigured humanity has made them outcasts.” Since these characters do not see their individual faults and are incapable of mercy, responsibility, and pity towards their creations, they are the real monsters of their...
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...The Real Menace on the Island Some might say that the monster, or monsters, on the island are the beast people. But Moreau has very evil characteristics that some people might not be able to see. He uses his island as a safe haven to keep away from the general public to conduct inhumane experiments on helpless animals giving the humanistic traits to try and make them ¨better¨ even though they normally go wrong. The real menace on the island is definitely Dr. Moreau. The vivisections that Moreau does on these animals are very inhumane. So inhumane to the point where he got kicked out of London for performing them. Basically what he is doing is cutting the animal open and performing experiments to the animal while it’s still alive and awake....
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...Antarctica represents foreshadowing. This is where we met Captain Robert Walton a young explorer infatuated with the exploring of the unknown, much like Victor Frankenstein, Walton represents the early stage of Frankenstein he hasn't lost all hope yet but he's at the tipping point he can either choose to fall prey to his desires I'll turn around before the fall Walton was physically and figuratively stuck. Geneva Switzerland represents Victor's childhood being the antithesis of the monsters childhood. Victor describes that he had the perfect childhood with loving, caring parents who traveled the world with him and thought him about life, educated his mind, and supported he's passions yet when Victor creates the Monster he abandons it he is...
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...Frankenstein “Sometimes you have to give up on people, not because you don’t care, but because they don’t,” by Unknown. Going back to the big question; Yes, Victor did make the right decision when he tore up the female monster because, what if the new couple decided to start causing chaos due to the wife not agreeing to the promise that Victor and the monster made. Second, what if the couple are able to produce babies, or ask Victor to make them. Lastly, with the monster having a “wife”, that make them twice as dangerous than one monster. Even if Victor made the female monster, what are the odds that the female will even like the male version. If the male monster, that Victor made, was able to have its own opinions and thoughts, then it's more likely that the female will have some thoughts and opinions of her own. One idea that comes to mind is, “ Will the female monster even like the male monster?” Even if the female were to like the male one, her personality could be different than his. Who knows, maybe the male and female monster could just get along just like how a mosquito is drawn toward a light....
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