Q2. Main Character
Elizabeth Lavenza (later Elizabeth Frankenstein) is one of the main characters in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. She is a beautiful young girl; fragile and perfect in the eyes of all. Her father was a nobleman from Milan, while her mother was of German descent. Before she was adopted by the wealthy Frankenstein family, she lived with a poor family. After Alphonose and Caroline Frankenstein adopt Elizabeth, they lovingly raise her alongside their biological son, Victor Frankenstein, in hopes that the two will eventually get married. When Victor goes off to Ingolstadt college, Elizabeth writes letters to him that later become a crucial part of the story. It weaves together every piece of the story, holding together each individual
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area of the plot. While Victor is away at university, Elizabeth and Caroline both catch scarlet fever, and while Caroline dies, Elizabeth survives and continues to hold the family together after Caroline’s death.
I think this is a sign of a strong character. She was able to overcome her sickness and still stay in touch with her brother/fiance, linking him to the rest of the family even when he couldn’t be there in person. Throughout the time that Victor was away, her letters gave him a view of everything that was happening back home. In a way, Elizabeth was also the last connection to his mother Victor had. As Caroline died, Elizabeth continued to write to Victor, telling him all the details so that he could know what happened to his mother, even as she took her last breaths. It must have been hard for Elizabeth to deliver the news, as the sickness nearly took her along with her adopted mother. Elizabeth’s experiences turned an innocent, positive child to a realistically thinking woman who has seen and experienced more pain at her age than most people do in their …show more content…
lives. Although Elizabeth was raised as Victor’s sister, their wedding is arranged. By this time, Victor had already “built” his famed monster. After Victor provokes it, the monster hints that something bad might happen at the wedding of Victor and Elizabeth. They end up holding the wedding peacefully. Once they are married, they go on the traditional honeymoon. However, due to the fact that the monster remains angry at Victor, they aren’t safe. In the middle of the night, the monster kills Elizabeth as revenge, ignoring the fact that she is innocent. Elizabeth’s death was an unfair result of Victor’s terrible creation and overall carelessness. Q3. Discussion of KLT Resolution is a very important KLT exhibited in Frankenstein, as the ending of the book is what brings much of its meaning together. In the end, Victor reaches Walton’s ship and dies. When the monster finds Victor’s dead body, he is distraught but still slightly angry. After a long speech about his bittersweet regrets and longing wishes that will never be fulfilled, the monster jumps off the boat into darkness. I think this represents how even though the monster was filled with hate that had built up inside of him, he still felt remorse and loneliness from the death of his creator. If he was truly the monster he was made out to be, there would be no sorrow on his part. However, the fact that there was a remaining feeling of sadness hints that maybe the monster wasn’t such an evil beast after all. This KLT is a key part of the book because The resolution is what tells the reader that the monster wasn’t truly a monster; that he broke when the pressure of those around him became too much. It wasn’t that he couldn’t experience human feelings, it’s that his rage blinded him to the point where he killed innocent people just to get revenge on one person. He was angry at the world, as the world expected him to be a soulless killer. As soon as he proved them right, everyone was suddenly shocked. This brings us to the end of the book, where nearly ten people have been brutally murdered, the monster feels regret, and the reader is left speculating if the monster lives after hurling himself off Walton’s ship in his sadness. Mary Shelley leaves us with the question: was the scientific advancement -the human step into “the role of god”- worth all the agony and trauma that is there in the end? In short, were the journey’s benefits worth the end’s losses? Q4. Explanation of Theme One main theme of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is nature versus nurture.
The monster was not truly a monster until the world made him one. Victor created the monster for his own purposes of scientific research and exploration, not thinking how the outcome could go wrong. The monster was portrayed as a wretched, terrible creature, but I think the human construct of beauty and vainness was what really made people reject him when he went out to the world. If they had been willing to look past his flawed figure with no prejudice, they might have seen that he just wanted to be treated with basic respect and have a shred, no matter how small, of humanity. Similarly to Captain Nemo from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne, the monster’s whole personality and hunger for revenge was shaped by the world around him. Neither Nemo or the monster started off vengeful and filled with hate. The world saw them as monsters, so they became
monsters. Like the people in Frankenstein, today’s society is so concerned with petty troubles such as looks, we barely take a step back to appreciate people for who they truly are. The monster merely wanted love and respect, but when those around him rejected him for something he couldn’t control about himself, he decided that he would rather become what was expected of him, simply because it was easier to be what everyone already thought he was. If he had chosen to chase after what he wanted in life, it would be harder for him, as he was seen as disgusting and unworthy of humane treatment. If his environment had been more accepting, he wouldn’t have turned into the savage, revenge hungry creature that he eventually became. His feelings were never taken into account, so he bottled them up and essentially morphed into the image of himself that had once been just an outsider’s perspective of him. The stigma that ugly=bad isn’t new. As proven by Frankenstein, society has always had a prejudice against less attractive people, making it more difficult for said people to receive acceptance. However, the reactions to this inherent stereotype are extremely varied. In the case of Frankenstein’s monster, he is driven to become a true monster, just like his creator. Others have ignored it, though. When faced with prejudice, many people have been able to overcome it and fight for their rights.
Act 3 of the Crucible can only be described as crazy. Each character was fighting their own battle; Every one of them lost except for Reverend Parris. Revered Parris was struggling to keep his reputation and career alive. If the trials were to end fraudulently, Parris would be left with a lying daughter and niece. He is only trying to cover himself and make sure his social position is not lowered because of witchcraft in his house. I am not a fan of Reverend Parris.
The awakening is plenty of characters that describe in a very loyal way the society of the nineteenth century in America. Among the most important ones there are Edna Pontellier, Léonce Pontellier, Madame Lebrun, Robert Lebrun, Victor Lebrun, Alcée Arobin, Adéle Ratignolle and Mademoiselle Reisz.
Madame Defarge tries to kill and hurt everyone who opposes her in Tale of Two Cities. Her only hobby is knitting, and she knits as a way to show anger and bring fear to her enemies. She knits a list of people who die in the revolution. The essay shows how Madame Defarge has motives for her killings, her allies, and if the behavior is justified.
As a romantic, archetype and gothic novel, Victor is responsible for the monsters actions because Victor abandons his creation meaning the creature is dejected and ends up hideous and fiendish. It is unfair to create someone into this world and then just abandon it and not teach it how to survive. The quote from the creature “Why did you make such a hideous creature like me just to leave me in disgust” demonstrates how much agony the creature is in. He is neglected because of his creator. The monster says “The hateful day when I received life! I accurse my creator. Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” Victor is wholly at fault for his actions, image and evil.
Anne Frank a young girl who died believing that people are good at heart. ‘’You could not do this you could not do that.’’ A quote from Anne Frank. Found in the collection book page number 283. In this essay, I will be showing you why Anne might feel certain ways during this hardship. Also what it reveals about her character. Anne is a brave young girl who always does what she feels is right and her way of taking on life and its challenges is taught for a person to do in that time and she managed to take on so much. In advance to Anne hard life, she keeps a diary to share her thoughts and option on life in hiding during the dreadful event called World War Two. This dairy was a miracle to the world. They now know the hardship and struggles that the Jews had two indoor. Anne dairy opened so many doors for journalists and many others. They have a diary of a real end of the Holocaust in their hands.
In conclusion, having empathy for the monster has proven that the monster was good and was not created to be evil. The people he encountered and his creator has influenced him to change his behavior to do evil intentions. The outcome would have been different if Victor created the monster in the image of a better person that is acceptable and can easily blend in with
Victor Frankenstein and the others who have encountered the creature all recoiled in horror at the mere sight of him. He is described by Victor: “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful!—Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set, his shriveled complexion, and straight black lips” (Shelley, 35). Even his creator shuns him based solely on his looks. Another attribute of the creature that makes him monstrous is his thirst for revenge against Victor and the hateful attitude he develops toward humans throughout the book. While he has not developed the emotional intelligence and experience of other human beings, he has learned to differentiate between right and wrong. Therefore, the murders he has committed are taken into consideration when labeling the creature as a monster. If anything, as I will later demonstrate, the creature is an antihero. He is mostly monstrous in appearance but his thoughts, feelings and circumstances create the ingredients of an antihero, who has doubtlessly committed
The Creature, Victor Frankenstein’s creation, is shaped into a monster through its experiences, instead of the nature of itself, which is more expected. Victor Frankenstein, on the other hand, is shaped into a monster because of his mind’s power-hungry nature. Victor treats his creature poorly and he himself becomes wicked. While the Creature also becomes wicked in the end, its actions are more justified because multiple people treated it poorly, causing the Creature to lash out. Even though Victor Frankenstein and the Creature both turn into wicked monsters, to some extent, only one of
I don’t understand these characters at all. Most of them are inhuman, selfish brats, and I don’t share any sort of empathy whatsoever with them.
As a tragic hero, Victor’s tragedies begin with his overly obsessive thirst for knowledge. Throughout his life, Victor has always been looking for new things to learn in the areas of science and philosophy. He goes so far with his knowledge that he ends up creating a living creature. Victor has extremely high expectations for his creation but is highly disappointed with the outcome. He says, “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelley 35). Frankenstein neglects the creature because of his horrifying looks, which spark the beginning of numerous conflicts and tragedies. At this point, the creature becomes a monster because of Victor’s neglect and irresponsibility. The monster is forced to learn to survive on his own, without anyone or anything to guide him along the way. Plus, the monster’s ugly looks cause society to turn against him, ad...
Frankenstein said that he had been an only child and during a expedition with his parents, his mother found a peasant and his wife with five hungry babies. The peasant’s children were dark-skinned, except for one little girl. Frankenstein’s mother decided to adopt the little girl. Victor and his adopted sister, Elizabeth, came to love one another, even though they were very different in temperament and nature. Elizabeth "busied herself with following the aerial creations of poets," while Frankenstein preferred scientific knowledge "it was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn ... the physical secrets of the world." After the death of his mother when he was seventeen, Frankenstein departed for the University of Inglostadt. Frankenstein grew intensely interested in the phenomena of the human body and he explored the processes of death and decay, and became infatuated with the idea of creating human life itself.
Frankenstein shows the oedipal complex in many ways; one of which is his union with Elizabeth. Elizabeth Lavenza is an orphan
He is unfamiliar and unwanted with no one to guide him through. The monster came into the world and right away rejected by his creator, this implanted that he is only a disappointment. The monster commits many crimes, for the rejection of people, because there was no reason for people to reject him other than his appearance. He was only accepted, by a man that couldn't even see; this shows how humans are shallow beings. The monster wants revenge, and mostly on Victor, for he isolated him, he will isolate Victor as well. And he is very successful as he murder Victors loved
At first, The Monster is very kind and sympathetic. He has a good heart, as shown when he collected firewood for the family on the brink of poverty. Like every other human creation, he was not born a murderer. All the Monster wanted was to be accepted and loved by Victor Frankenstein and the other humans but instead he was judged by his appearance and considered to be dangerous. The Monster says, “like Adam, I was created apparently united by no link to any other being in existence…many times I considered Satan as the fitter emblem of my condition; for often, like him, when I viewed the bliss of my protectors, the bitter gall of envy rose within me” (page 105). This line is an important part of the novel because the Monster lets it be known how like Adam he was created into this world completely abandoned and like Satan he is angry with those people who have found contentment and satisfaction in their lives. The rejection and unwelcome feeling he is faced with, is the main reason the Monster becomes a killer. Watching another family show love towards each other made the Monster realize how alienated he truly was. He did not know how to deal with his pain and emotions so he murders as
The Novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is introduced as one of the most haunting stories in Western literature. In the novel there are many characters who take part in how the story elevates, each character has a key role in the story. Elizabeth was an orphan child taken in by the Frankensteins. She was four years younger than Victor Frankenstein, at such an early age her parents died and was adopted into the family. I believe Elizabeth's role in the story is very important to the novel, she comforts the Frankensteins throughout the novel being supportive in the hard times.