How Does Symbolism Play In Frankenstein

For my essay, the topic that I decided to choose was, what symbolism’s were used within the Frankenstein novel and how did they play a role? Well, in my opinion, I felt like religion, the role of women, knowledge, and revenge were all symbols of some sort, and that they all had a major role. But many people just thought that the creature in the novel was just a hideous monster that terrorized villages and killed. The only thing the creature wanted was to basically be loved, and have a life like a normal human being would and not be rejected.

In the novel, religion is taken place by creating life, a life that was so hideous, and frightening, that even the eyes of the creator were so frightened he rejected his own living creation. The creator

A powerful and popular symbol of concerns over the risks and dangers of science, yes, the pursuit of knowledge is in the novel Frankenstein. This role is most evident in the character of Victor Frankenstein. He suffers because of his thirst of knowledge and as his creation ultimately destroys his life, and as the novel goes on, the creature begins to change as he gains knowledge from a family he had been spying on who lived in a cottage, and also from books he had found. The creature at the start is harmless and means no harm. But as he gains knowledge, however, he begins to learn that he does not fit in and becomes very angry and upset with the human species. Victor Frankenstein created a monster in pursuing his ambition of creating life, and based upon his success, Victor gained the knowledge to reanimate life, but with this gained knowledge, it proved that he had mastered the human body, and how to give life back to the dead. In the end Victor also faced some losses. He lost many things based upon his gained knowledge of reanimating life. Victor

In the final chapters of the novel, both victor and the monster state their intent to avenge the wrongdoings of each other, the monster feels revenge on both Victor and every other human in the world because of the abandonment that his creator gave him, and Victor desperately seeks revenge on his gruesome creation, the monster, which destroyed every bit of happiness he once possessed. The monster only wanted to be accepted by society. He shows kindness toward society and he tries to help people, but however, he is immediately rejected by society because of his ugly physical appearance, causing him to murder and begin his everlasting war with the human species, and would stop at nothing to get his revenge, however the very human desire for revenge transforms both Victor and the monster into true monsters that have no feelings or desires beyond destroying their foe. Victor dies never having found his monster, never being able to get his revenge on the monster he created, for taking the lives of those that he loved. But to me, their relationship was so destructive and was based on revenge, Victor is trying to kill his creation, and the monster killing everyone that was important to Victor, Victor is trying to avenge those deaths and the monster wanting to destroy Victor for creating him in