Human Qualities In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein '

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Mr. A. Pucciarelli

English 4 College Prep: Class F

18 January 2017 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: Human qualities

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Shelley addresses many debatable topics such as creation, sciences and guilt. Indeed these are important topics to discuss. However, morality is the most concerning issue that she discusses. When Victor Frankenstein creates his monster, he believed that he had created a hideous creature that he should not reveal to the world. Frankenstein abandons the monster because he cannot cope with his creation. Immediately, he assumes that his creature is an evil beast, but contrary to this idea, the monster is not evil in nature and possesses what every human has: a soul. The being

The first example of his intensity and energy is shown when the cottagers left and in a sense of rage, the set fire to the cottage and the surrounding yard. His emotions have gotten to him not only when he realizes that he was the cause of the sudden move, but also that the cottagers were the closest people he had to protect, since they are the people who taught him everything that he knew. This intensity and anger is directed toward himself for making the De Lacy family move and it was shown he burns the cottage. Moreover, when the monster confronts Victor Frankenstein and demands to create a female monster which would give him what he did not receive because he was

It was the only thing he wanted in the entire world and what he thought he deserves because every other living creature has a mate. Finally when he saved the little girl from the river, and his reward for his good deed was to be yelled at and then shot, it caused him to be outraged. He realizes that whether he does a good or bad act, humans would still respond in the same manner towards him due to his appearance. In his outburst he proclaims, “I had saved a human being from destruction, and as a recompense I now writhed under the miserable pain of a wound which shattered the flesh and bone” (Frankenstein 101). This energy reveals anger towards the people who will not accept him, a creator who abandoned him, and that this would be the reaction of humans who saw him. The living being’s energy may seen as negative and upset because of what has happened to him.

The loneliness and abandonment are the two major pain that the monster experiences by his creator, Victor Frankenstein. It is true that the monster does do some fairly inhuman things, but it would not be the first time that a human being acts in a manner that is less than human. It can prove that these elements of seeking companionship, possessing self awareness, and wanting to alleviate its own tormented condition are what helps to define the monster as