How To Write An Analytical Essay On Frankenstein

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James Gray Mrs Hilliard English 10 February 19, 2024 Victor Frankenstein is at the center of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus. However, it is not the creature crafted by the ambitious scientist that deserves the title of monster. Rather, it is Frankenstein himself who is the true evil lurking within the book. His selfish ambition leads to an obsession that produces incalculable suffering and tragedy. This paper analyzes Victor Frankenstein and his relationship with Frankenstein through the psychoanalytical lens, a framework neurologist Sigmund Frued developed during the late 1800’s. Frankenstein remains unmoved by the death and destruction he causes, compounding his status as the ultimate villain. While the creature generated …show more content…

Robert gives thoughtful insight as to how Victor could have treated the monster differently and how different the novel would be if that was to happen. Robert also talks about Victor from an interesting perspective, focusing on not what he did wrong, but what he could have done worse. He brings up different scenarios and instances where Victor could have behaved worse than he already did, and in one of these scenarios he makes the argument that if Victor didn’t have fear about what the monster could do if it was unleashed that he would have made a mate for the monster and the two monsters and their offspring would wreak havoc on the world. He explains “On my first dystopian scenario, Victor may be no more enthusiastic to get started, yet he is less terrified by his imagination of the monsters-run-amok that haunts him in Shelley’ story” (Robert 22). To which he then later proclaims, “The worst version of this dystopian account, the creature and his mate and their hell spawn destroy the rainforests and their inhabitants and gradually take over the rest of the planet, bringing devastation and death everywhere they go” (Robert …show more content…

While it can be acknowledged that Victor undoubtedly had fear from the monster, the monster ultimately never had ill intentions and only desired to no longer feel alone and have a purpose in life. It has to be noted that while the monster is in the body of a grown adult, its mind is only a couple of years old, meaning because it is so young that it needs some sort of parental figure in its life to guide it and tell it right from wrong. What Victor did completely ignores that as he abandoned the monster the second he created it and hardly ever spoke to it again. He acted in cowardice, and while one of the driving factors may have been fear, it certainly wasn’t the main cause of him abandoning the monster and destroying the second one that he created. Victor’s ambition and thirst for knowledge is admirable, but his inability to consider the consequences of his actions is what leads to tragedy. Unquenchable curiosity and an urge to explore science are not necessarily bad things, but Victor had failed to identify which actions were acceptable as a scientist, and which actions were immoral or of someone who is trying to play the role of

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