Examples Of Corruption In Frankenstein

Can corruption of the innocent can lead to the unwanted destruction caused by the individual that was once innocent? It is evident in books such as Macbeth, Frankenstein, Wuthering Heights, Brave New World, and Lord of the Flies. Each one has examples some better than others but all of them once had an innocence that got ripped from their bare hands all while they still thought they had it making confusion for those around them. So in all reality are we innocent or are we the monsters we fear that take our innocence. Some examples from Macbeth are “This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill, cannot be good. If ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth? I am Thane of Cawdor. If good, why do I yield to that suggestion

Some examples from Frankenstein are in chapter one “The innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by heaven, whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot it was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery, according to as they fulfilled their duties towards me” (1, Shelly) This goes to show that Victor believes that the way you turn out is based on how you are raised. This goes to a theme are childhood and innocence intertwined? In this book, it seems so especially when the monster says this "Frankenstein! you belong then to my enemy--to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge; you shall be my first victim."(16, Shelly) That William who the monster killed was portrayed as innocent. His innocence in his murder helped drive Victor into disappearing when he realized that he was the person who unleashed this monster upon this world and only he could possibly kill it or neutralize the threat. This was all brought about by his innocence in the subject he was studying and what he was doing. Did he realize what he was doing for if he did he would have surely thought about it and what would happen if the monster remembered he created

An answer to that type of question can be answered in Wuthering Heights. Some examples from Wuthering Heights are “Come in! come in! he sobbed. Cathy, do come. Oh, do once more! Oh! My heart's darling, hear me this time Catherine, at last!” (3, Bronte) This just goes to show what the loss of childhood innocence to soon can lead to people throwing their lives away for the wrong person or for the wrong things. When they throw their life away they can become bitter old people who don't know how to let go of the past just like Heathcliff except in a way he still held onto his innocence in part due to his hope of Catherine and what she would do for her when he came back. Another example is “She was much too fond of Heathcliff. The greatest punishment we could invent for her was to keep her separate from him: yet she got chided more than any of us on his account” (5, Bronte) This just goes to show that contrary to the truth she does go on to love another man but never as much as Heathcliff and when he comes back it breaks her heart that she did not wait on him. It also ends up killing her since Catherine was childish and that she had to have what she wanted and right then as well. Unlike her daughter who outgrew her childhood innocence, she grew to care for more than just herself. Catherine never did and it ended up destroying her and Heathcliff both since they could never lose their “innocence of