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Left alone, I laid on the freezing cold metal table. I could not feel anything. I slowly got off the table. Through a puddle, I saw my hideous reflection. Black lips and yellow skin, I saw the monster I was. I ran my fingers down my jagged, rough skin. Horrified of my own self, Iran out of the shack, and all the townsfolk screamed. They threw rocks at me as I tried to get away. They screamed," Get the guns," and I was frightened. I ran all the way to the forest, and the first thing that spotted my eye was this woman drowning. I grabbed her arm and put her on the sand. Her clothes were soaking wet. Through the corner of my eye, I saw a little child; he looked petrified. I grabbed him, and lifted him up. I was going to use him for help, but then he said the name Frankenstein and I snapped. I found out that Frankenstein was my creator a while ago. I saw his journal, and how he made me. Then, he abandoned me. He did not help or teach me. He left me on a metal table. I was scared and lonely because of him. That little boy was Frankenstein's little brother. I was vengeful, so vengeful that I murdered the child. I framed it on the woman who was drowning two seconds earlier then I ran to safety. …show more content…
I went over Frankenstein's notes; the more I read, the more I hated him. Whoever was there before I left plenty of supplies. The most important item that was left behind was a blanket. The temperature was freezing, so the cozy, soft blanket was warm. I knew I had to leave the shack soon, but I was illiterate, so I could not communicate with the villagers. I could read bits and bits of Frankenstein's journal, but I could not talk well. Soon, I decided I could not stay in this small shack where the cold wind could seeped through the cracks. It was time to meet my
Frankenstein is the story of an eccentric scientist whose masterful creation, a monster composed of sown together appendages of dead bodies, escapes and is now loose in the country. In Frankenstein, Mary Shelly’s diction enhances fear-provoking imagery in order to induce apprehension and suspense on the reader. Throughout this horrifying account, the reader is almost ‘told’ how to feel – generally a feeling of uneasiness or fright. The author’s diction makes the images throughout the story more vivid and dramatic, so dramatic that it can almost make you shudder.
One day as I was walking along through the tall blades of grass, I came upon a massive figure. I thought to myself, oh just another one of these uninteresting creatures, but this one, this one was different. This one was clad with long flowing hair, and other features that did not fit my ordinary image of these marvelous creatures. I quickly realized it was going to place itself on the ground, and I was in its way. I quickly sprung to safety as the massive creature collapsed where I was previously stationed. How rude, I thought, It ruined the perfect flow of the grass. But I did not ponder too much on it as it was commonplace for these large creatures to land here. By the tree. Next to the water.
I have done it I have created life I stopped at the cemetery to get the last of the bodies I needed, I was still quite shaken because I have had to cut up my teacher today to create a bit of my creation but I was determined no matter what so I cut up the other bodies I collected from the cemetery I just hope people will understand I need their bodies to create life but never mind. I was upset at first because I thought it looked dead in the tub but I heard some faint knocking on the tub and my heart jumped as I unlocked the door to view him he looked magnificent as he got out of the tub I had to help him stand because he couldn’t use his legs as he stood and balance7d I suddenly took a good look at him he was horrible he wasn’t a man he was a disgrace all the bloodshed stitches it wasn’t fit to be in humanity I decided to put it out of it’s misery I Victor Frankenstein has created a monster.
There was no one left to provide the creature with companionship and was forced to isolate himself from society once again. When the family moved out of their cottage, the creature decided to go on his own adventure and seek out his creator. Upon doing so, the creature encountered a young girl who was about to drown near a lake. When the creature successfully saved the little girl, an older man confronted the creature and shot him in the shoulder. Because of what happened, the creature explained to Frankenstein that his, “...daily vows rose for revenge-a deep deadly revenge, such as would alone compensate for the outrages and anguish [he] had endured.” (Shelley 61). With this burning rage, the creature decided to take his revenge out on his creator, Frankenstein. One by one, Frankenstein’s relatives and closest friends were murdered by the creature, but his father’s death, was the final push. Frankenstein believed that he was the cause for all the murders and that he had to destroy what he created. He told Walton that, “...as [he] awakened to reason, at the same time awakened to revenge.” (Shelley 88). The only way to stop future deaths, was to hunt down the creature and kill him. Fueled with hatred, Frankenstein traveled for months in hopes of finding the creature. However, in his final days, Frankenstein was no longer able to continue his search, and passed away due to malnutrition. Upon discovering what had happened, the creature came out from hiding, and decided to explain his side of the story to Walton. Now that Frankenstein was dead, the creature decided to wander off and slowly die, isolated from the
Shelley, Mary. “Frankenstein.” In A Norton Critical Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1996.
Although “Frankenstein” is the story of Victor and his monster, Walton is the most reliable narrator throughout the novel. However, like most narrator’s, even his retelling of Victor’s story is skewed by prejudice and favoritism of the scientist’s point of view. Yet this could be attributed to the only view points he ever gets to truly hear are from Victor himself and not the monster that he only gets to meet after he comes to mourn his fallen master.
I heard a blood-curdling scream and I jumped. I felt silent tears running down my heavily scarred face, but they weren’t out of sadness. Mostly. They were a mixture of pain and fear. I ran into the eerie, blood-splattered room and screamed as I felt cold fingers grab my neck.
Victor Frankenstein serves as an instrument of suffering of others and contributes to the tragic vision as a whole in this novel. He hurts those surrounding him by his selfish character and his own creation plots against his master due to the lack of happiness and love. The audience should learn from Frankenstein’s tragic life and character to always remain humble. We should never try to take superiority that is not granted to us because like victor we shall suffer and perish. He had the opportunity to make a difference in his life and take responsibility as a creator but his selfishness caused him to die alone just like what he had feared.
In the 1980’s classic The Breakfast Club, John Hughes wrote it best, “We're all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, that's all.” Societal normalcy is more of a false notion and facade rather than an fact. Who dictates what normal is? With every person on Earth being different, how is there a norm? The idea of what is “normal” in society is what plagues the monster in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. Wanting to be a functioning member of society, the creation of Doctor Frankenstein is judged based on his physical differences rather than given a chance to show his true nature. However, society is not always to blame for a person or creatures’ adversity with society.
Throughout the year Professor Prudden has been teaching us the idea of the individual and when and how it came about. We have studied The French Revolution, Scientific Revolution, Colonialism, and Reformation, all stressing what made this time period important to the individual. We finished the class reading the novel Frankenstein with does a great job of demonstrating a man or “monster” creaking his own being. We have already determined that an individual is; the habit or principle of being independent and self-reliant. Mary Shelley demonstrates individuality through Frankenstein and leads to his internal isolation and loneliness. She shows that uniqueness is the most important aspect of individualism not only through Frankenstein but Victor
Mary Shelley’s gothic novel Frankenstein is a novel narrated by Robert Walton about Victor Frankenstein and the Monster that he creates. Frankenstein grew up surrounding himself with what he loved most, science. He attended Ingolstadt University where he studied chemistry and natural philosophy, but being involved in academics was not enough for him. Frankenstein wanted to discover things, but did not think about the potential outcomes that could come with this decision. Frankenstein was astonished by the human frame and all living creatures, so he built the Monster out of various human and animal parts (Shelley, 52). At the time Frankenstein thought this creation was a great discovery, but as time went on the Monster turned out to be terrifying to anyone he came in contact with. So, taking his anger out on Frankenstein, the Monster causes chaos in a lot of people’s lives and the continuing battle goes on between the Monster and Frankenstein. Throughout this novel, it is hard to perceive who is pursuing whom as well as who ends up worse off until the book comes to a close.
In the excerpt "Frankenstein", Mary Shelley writes about a creature that has been abandoned by its creator, and anyone that gets a glimpse of him, fears him. The creature has moved into a hut in the woods where he can be hidden. Next to the creature's hut there is a cottage occupied by people. The creature is able to observe them and learn from their lifestyle. He will start to develop feelings and a sense of understanding over time. This excerpt is written in the first person from the point of view of the creature. In this essay, I will be talking about the importance of the point of view in this excerpt, what I (the reader) learned about the creature through his words, observations, and actions, and how I relate to him as a character.
Victor Frankenstein spent months in his laboratory constructing a monstrous figure from discarded human remains. When the crack of lightening on this particular night deemed Victor a father, he proudly accepted his fate. Victor dreamed of producing an offspring but Elizabeth’s infertility posed a problem for biological children. His desire to be a father could have been satisfied through adoption or a surrogate, but Victor’s interest in the creation of life lead him to take matters into his own hands. The months of Victor’s hard work had finally come to a head when the creature calmly sat up from the operating table and stared, with deep-yellow eyes, into the optics of his creator.
In Shelley’s era, Biology was the new science. It was believed that people could be brought back to life by electricity (BBC). Being a hot subject, this was brought into Frankenstein, creating a story that seems fresh and innovative to this very day. This new-found idea was accompanied by many other influences and experiences to help form and shape this beautiful yet simply written book, varying from friendly gatherings to her own personal life.
Every night, when I got ready for bed, I would ask my mom to check the closet for the monster. She always told me there was no monster there. When the lights went out, I could hear the monster’s claws scratching against the closet door. I heard its tail gliding across the floor. I saw the beast’s