The Significance of Chapter 5 in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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This essay will consider the significance of Chapter five to the rest
of the novel, and look at how Mary Shelley's life has influenced her
writing. I am going to focus mainly on Chapter five, but first I am
going to consider some important aspects of the preceding chapters.
In Chapter one Victor describes how his mother and father met and how
he and Elizabeth where brought together. When he first describes her,
it contrasts greatly with his primary depiction of the creature
"Her brow was clear and ample, her blue eyes cloudless, and her
Lips and the moulding of her face so expressive of sensibility and
Sweetness" (chapter 1, pg 36).
Whereas Frankenstein's description of his creation is
"His watery eyes his shrivelled complexion and straight black
lips" (chapter 5, pg 58).
Victor is horrified with the creature's appearance, and wishes to
disassociate himself from his creation. Whereas in Elizabeth's case,
Frankenstein is delighted to be acquainted to such a beautiful woman
and describes her as:
"My pride and my delight" (chapter 1, pg 37).
Mary Shelley's mother was a devoted feminist, and had been advocating
the rights of women when she was alive. It is believed that Victor's
mother is perhaps an image of how the author thinks her mother would
have been like if she had met her rather than her dying ten days after
giving birth. However there are times when she speaks of Elizabeth as
if she was lower than Frankenstein
" I have a pretty present for my Victor" (chapter 1, pg 37).
The attitude of Victors mother reflects th...
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...ment haunts
him through the rest of the novel.
Victor is weak and it is only near the end of the novel that he
attempts to face his creature and to destroy it to restore nature's
order. Finally the pursuit of his creation destroys him. It is the
creation itself that decides he is an affront to nature and mankind.
" I shall collect my funeral pile, and consume to ashes this miserable
frame, that its remains may afford no light to any curious and
unhallowed wretch, who would create such another as I have been"
(Chapter 24, pg 224)
In this way the novel ends on the course of despair that it began in
Chapter five. This was with rejection and horror of the creation that
was 'man made'. This suspicion of 'playing with God' is as relevant
today as humans argue over issues such as 'cloning' and 'designer
babies'.
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"At the very end of the novel- what is represented as being important? Find two quotes to illustrate this".
In Lisa Nocks article appropriately titled “Frankenstein, in a better light,” she takes us through a view of the characters in the eyes of the author Mary Shelly. The name Frankenstein conjures up feeling of monsters and horror however, the monster could be a metaphor for the time period of which the book was written according to Nocks. The article implies that the book was geared more towards science because scientific treatises were popular readings among the educated classes, of which Shelley was a member of. Shelley, whose father was wealthy and had an extensive library, was encouraged to self-educate, which gave her knowledge of contemporary science and philosophy, which also influenced Frankenstein as well as circumstances of her life.
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