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Jiaming Cao
ENGLISH68-7:30
Professor Robert Piluso
6/28/2016
Never Give Up
We all make mistakes, and we all make errors. It is a part of life, and it is a part of us. We should encourage ourselves to face the mistakes, try our best to fix the problems, and never give up. Skip downing Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein directed by Kenneth Branagh and the language of responsibility Prepared by Carla Rogers. When the creature keeps being kind what he has been doing even when it doesn’t work, he is acting as the victim. When Victor insists on creating the best results he can, he is acting as creator. Similar to Victor does in the movie, he encourages himself to face the problem and uses the problem as drives to do better. The most significant thing is
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Victor tries his best to against the fate of human death. Victor always can find out his own way to fix the problem. He never escapes from the problem and never gives up. Victor Frankenstein as a creator, he not only encourage himself to face the problem but also use this problem as his drives to let him change himself.
In the movie, Victor’s mother dead because of dystocia. Both Victor and his father, they all fell inconsolable. Nevertheless, Victor meets the problem that is his mother’s death, he still encourages himself to face it. Victor uses his inconsolable emotion as his power to keep studying medicine. He chooses his way to the positive side; however, the creature chooses his way to the negative side. The creature always puts energy into negative which is to revenge Victor. In the movie.When a little boy who is very cute guy saw the creature in the forest, the little boy gets away from the creature because of the creature’s ugly appearance. Then the creature finds the little boy who gets away from him is Victor’s brother. When the creature faces this problem, he chooses to kill the little boy who is Victor’s brother. The creature chooses to escape from the problem,and he does not find the way to fix it like Victor …show more content…
does. In Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein has the qualities of a creator though he uses science to fight to the death, try to create a new way to avoid death, brave debate with the professor. At first, no-one trust that Victor says. People think that what Victor said is crazy. However, Victor believe himself, he insists on his test, he constantly challenges himself. Victor wants to do the best he can do. Victor tries to create a new way to avoid death that he keep research knowledge about rebirth. After his few times test, the successful create the creature. He successful win the fate of human death. During Victor’s time at university, he braves to fight with professor’s opinion and tries to persuade the professor. Victor said, “we have the knowledge to make things better.” Even though Victor was already annoyed the professor, he still shows his option. Victor Frankenstein is a creator because he always can find his own way to fix the problem.
In the movie,after Victor’s litter brother dead, Victor came to see the creature. When the creature saw Victor, he keeps blaming Victor just give him the emotion but does not teach him how to control emotion and how to use his emotion to make him become better. Like mentioned in the language of responsibility, “When victims complain, blame, and make excuses, they have little energy left over to solve their problems – then they get stuck.” When the creature met the problem which is he can not find the love, he just keeps complaining someone. The creature does not find his own way to fix his problem. However, Victor takes his responsibility by trying to fix the problem which is he created. Finally, Victor realized he creates a monster who is a dangerous person. Victor rejects to make the new rebirth man that the creature let him do. Victor does not afraid the creature, he tries his best to fight with the creature. Even if Victor’s family all dead, Victor still insists on the fight with the creature until he dead. Victor exhausted the rest of his life to make up for his own
mistakes. Victor as a creator because he always taking responsibility for his own action. In the movie, Vitor finally realized he creates a monster after the creature killed Vitor’s family except him. Vitor is aware of the creature is a big problem, he must fix this big problem. Like mentioned in the language of responsibility, “The key words here are to take ownership of the situation and to have an action plan.” Therefore, Victor takes his responsibility for his own action. He wants to catch the creature and kill the creature. It is a good idea that can let the Victor protect the world by killing the creature. Victor never gives up to fix this problem, even if he chases the creature to the North Pole. Different from Victor, the creature never takes responsibility for his own action. When the creature keeps killing Victor’s family, he does not feel guilt. The creature does not realize what he has done is totally wrong. He puts himself in a wrong way. In conclusion,If you want to be a successful person like Victor, you have to put your whole energy into the positive way. You have to encourage yourself to face the problem, fix the problem, and never give up. Furthermore, you have to find your own way to fix the problem and against the fate. The most important thing is you have to take responsibility for your own action. If you do this thing, you might feel you challenge yourself. Different from the past, you will have a new attitude to treat your life. When you meet some problem that you can not solve it immediately, you will find your own way to solve it. You will try you best to do what you can do. If you make the mistake, you won’t want to far away from the mistake. You will feel happy to face your own mistake and fix it. You won’t give up to solve the problem. Never give up is the key to the success.
After abandoning the Creature, it vows “eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” which ends up being in direct correlation with Victor’s life (Shelley 143). The Creature is able to carry out this deed by not directly attacking his creator and abandoner, but the one’s of his creator’s affections. The Creature not only makes Victor feel pain through the killings, but also through the guilt that Victor experiences since he knows that he (Victor) is the reason that all the people are now dead. After all the killings had happened, “yet one duty” remained for Victor, to silence the Creature and all feelings of sorrow rooted from death (Shelley 176). This was Victor’s act of revenge in which only one of the two could live while the other was dead. Victor was so influenced by all the death he had experienced, that his revenge took him to his deathbed. The ending years of Victor’s life had been spent focusing and caring for the matters concerning the Creature and himself, which differs of how Zeus felt about his revenge, as it was only of current importance and had no impact on his
Victor animated the creature from dead body parts, effecting his creature’s appearance when he came alive. He couldn’t even look at his creation, and thought that it was malodorous, without thinking how unwanted and helpless the creature feels. With little hope for the creature because of his unappealing appearance, Victor does not bothering to wait and see if he has a good interior or not. As a result of Victor not taking responsibility, the monster decides to take revenge. The monster is repeatedly denied love and deals with the loneliness the only way that he can, revenge, killing Victor’s loved ones making him lonely just like
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.
...or was not thinking of others in his actions, but only of himself. He did not consider the tumult the abnormally large creature could cause in the world, nor what the feelings of the monster would be towards him if he abandoned him. Victor also did not contemplate the safety of his friends, as he had the chance to stop the creature’s misdoings but failed to do so, risking the life of his friends. Therefore, Victor was a selfish being, who only concerned himself with his wishes and never evaluated the situation of his loved ones, ultimately causing their demise. The misfortunate events that occurred through Victor’s life could have been prevented, and also discontinued when Victor had the chance. However, Victor’s irresponsibility overcame these opportunities and he in turn, caused misfortunes for himself as well as his loved ones.
Once the process of life has been initiated, individuals have a lot to consider. When Victor begins creating the first creature he is excited at the possibility of bringing his creation to life. He has no thoughts of destroying the creature at this time. However, once the creature is brought to life, and Victor realizes the monstrosity he has created, Victor wishes to abandon the creature.
Victor’s lack of compassion and sympathy towards the monster causes him to become angry instead of guilty. His cruelness to his creation made the monster kill and hurt the people he did but “when [he] reflected on [the monster’s] crimes and malice, [Victor’s] hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation,”(Shelley 325). Without compassion Victor thinks that the only way to stop the monster is to get revenge on him, instead of just giving him the empathy and kindness that monster craved. Victor realizes that "if he were vanquished, [he] should be a free man...balanced by those horrors of remorse and guilt which would pursue [him] until death. ”(Shelley 731).
...e all the evil things they have done. When he goes to Victor's coffin, the creature does the opposite of what a evil being would do. He grieves over Victor despite all the horrible things the creature has done to Victor. The creature even feels guilt over the innocent people he has killed and the torment he put his creator through. Despite Victor's actions leading the creature to commit evil deeds, the creature finds in himself to feel regret in the end.
Victor experiences very little joy at all after the creation of the monster. He suffers from numerous bouts of depression, he most tolerate the deaths of his brother, best friend, and wife, all of which were murdered at the hands of the monster. His friend Justine is executed because of the death of William, for which she is falsely accused and convicted. His father also dies after the murder of Elizabeth, Victor's ill-fated bride. With so much death surrounding his life, how is it possible that Victor could still be cognizant of his actions when he decides to pursue the monster and end its violent fury? He can't. Victor's mind is so clouded by the sorrow and pain of his past that he is blinded to the fact that he is attempting to destroy a creature with far greater physical strength and speed than any mortal. Much of his conflict appears to be created by the monster, when in fact the torment comes from Victor's own hands because he himself created and gave life to the monster.
By the time of their death, both Victor and the creature has committed repugnant acts: Victor created a being out of corpses and then abandoned it and let it wreak havoc on the people he loved, the creature directly killed three people. But Victor tells Walton that, “During these last days I have been occupied in examining my past conduct; nor do I find it blamable […] nor do I know where this thirst for vengeance may end” (269). Victor is not able to see past the metaphorical clouds that seem to shroud his mind from seeing the truth. Furthermore, Victor is not able to let go of his hate for the creature. In contrast, the creature admits, “But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless” (275). The creature is able to recognize that he has made mistakes and as a result he loathes himself. He tells Walton that, “You hate me, but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which I regard myself” (275). Although no amount of regret or sorrow can bring back the people that he has killed, the creature does acknowledge the evil of his actions, which in turn allow him to make come to peace. He is able to reconcile his vengeful feelings towards his creator and praises Victor by calling him, “worthy of love and admiration among men” (275). Both Victor and the creature have done committed actions against each
Each living being has the right to live and to be happy in this world – which is the simple philosophy of life. When the creature asks Victor to create somebody to love it gets heartless reply:” …Devil ... do you dare approach me? ... Be gone, vile insect! Or rather, stay that I may trample you to dust! ... Abhorred monster! Fiend that thou art! The tortures of hell are too mild a vengeance for thy crimes. Wretched devil! You reproach me with your creation; come on then, that I may extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed” [p.68]. For him the life on this creature is nothing, just another caprice, just something used to want and does not need anymore. He, considering himself to be “God”, does not care about what the creature feels and how lonely it is. Whom to blame? Analysis shows that Victor is the victim of the mistakes his parents did, and the Creature is a victim of Victor’s ill perception of reality. The answer says to itself!
Victor is so engulfed by his work that he is unaware of what is going on around him. He “bore onwards [with his work], like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success” and he wants to “pour a torrent of light into our dark world" (Shelley 55). Blinded by his yearning for making new discoveries, Victor thinks that his knowledge of the sciences will be enough for him to be successful. However, he does not understand that in order to create an auspicious relationship between him and his creation, he needs to have knowledge of society as well. Once his creation is animated, Victor is unable to see that all the creature wants is to be loved and accepted. The creature craves the maternal love that Victor denies him. From the beginning, Victor is unable to realize the significance of his creation. He describes how the creature’s “yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath... [and] his hair was of a lustrous black... [and] his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips” (Shelley 58). He immediately focuses on the negative features of his creation, and does not even attempt to learn the positive qualities. If Victor uses more social skills, rather than his knowledge of the sciences to manage his creation, all of the destruction the creation causes could have been
Furthermore, after his creation breathes its first breath, Victor already despises it, which leads to his health’s deterioration and hatred of his previous love. His love quickly changes to despise when he says, “I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health. I had desired it with an ardor that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (53). His statement shows how his heart does a complete 1800 and stops loving the monster the moment it lives. When Victor’s “…heart palpitated in the sickness of fear…” (54), it proves how his monster tormented his creator without having to be near him. Which also leads to the teaching of the lesson “think before you act”.
After Victor destroys his work on the female monster meant to ease the monster's solitude, the monster is overcome with suffering and sadness. These feelings affected his state of mind and caused him to do wrong things. He did not deserve to see his one and only mate be destroyed.
Unlike the Romantic who revered and honored nature, Victor wants to use it for his own gain. He expects “happy” and “excellent natures” to obey him, and he doesn’t dwell upon the consequences of his actions. His outlook changes after the creature comes to life. As Victor stares into the watery, lifeless eyes of his creature, he finally realizes his mistake in trying to disrupt the natural order of the world. Scared by the outcome of his actions, Victor attempts to run away and find comfort in nature.
The confrontation between the two demonstrates Victor 's weaknesses as an individual. Although Victor is the Creature 's creator, he refers to his creation as an "abhorred monster" (Shelley 68) and is willing to "extinguish the spark which he so negligently bestowed" (Shelley 68) upon him. This demonstrates Victor 's lack of responsibility. His goal was to create life, essentially to play God. Once the monster began to murder those dearest to Victor, he failed to take responsibility for the creature 's actions. Another weakness in Victor 's character is revealed through the dialogue exchanged between creator and creation. Instead of calmly trying to reason with the Creature, Victor lashes back at the Creature. He even suggests that the two "try their strength in a fight in which one must fall." (Shelley 69) The monster, however, maturely and eloquently urges Victor 's "compassion to be moved" (Shelley69). Because Victor is full of "rage and horror" he wants to destroy his own creation even though victor is playing god in recreation of humanity. They both are to blame due to the fact that Victor created the creature as well as the signs of irresponsibility between the two for the Creature killing people and for Victor trying to recreate