Revenge Theme In Frankenstein Research Paper

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Isobella Villarreal Mrs. Penn Literacy 1 8 April 2024 Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley and modernized by Gris Grimly, showcases the theme of revenge. There are many things that happen in this novel that can portray different themes: death, love, and family could definitely be a good theme for the book Frankenstein. However, the biggest theme is revenge. The first act of revenge I saw was on pg.113 the creature at first did not intend to hurt the child he had come across but then the child, William said “Hideous monster! let me go; my papa is M. Frankenstein-he would punish you.” When the creature found out that William the child he had come across was a Frankenstein, a relative of Victor, his creator, he did want to hurt William. The monster kills William and says “My enemy is not impregnable; this death will carry despair to him, and a thousand other miseries shall destroy him.” I think this is definitely a display of revenge because he is also …show more content…

Also the monster says “I go; but shall be with you on your wedding-night” (142). Then an illustration shows Victor's bride dead on her bed in the wedding gown(165). Another act was with Victor Frankenstein, the creature proposes a deal he in a demanding tone says “You must create a female for me, with whom I can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for my being. I demand it of you as a right which you must not refuse.”(115-117) After a little bit of thinking Victor decides to comply with the creature's request. Then Victor finished creating the female creature that he promised to make, but then he started thinking about everything that could go wrong. He says all these things like “She might quit him, and he be again alone.” – “so might refuse to comply with a compact made before her creation”(136-139) along with many other things. After thinking for a while, he rips the heart of his new creation, destroying it, however he didn’t

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