There is also corruption within the lack of relationship between Victor and his creation that leads to death, revenge and internal hatred surrounding them. Being there for a child or creation at birth and throughout their childhood is another critical responsibility of being a parent or creator. At the time of the monster’s creation, Victor abandons him and leaves him alone to suffer the first moments he is experiencing the world, which causes the monster to feel very empty and outcast from the start, without even knowing he is a “monster”: . “It was dark when I awoke; I felt cold also, and half frightened, as it were, instinctively, finding myself so desolate.” (87). Mary Shelley’s use of the word “desolate” really captures the exact emotion
As a romantic, archetype and gothic novel, Victor is responsible for the monsters actions because Victor abandons his creation meaning the creature is dejected and ends up hideous and fiendish. It is unfair to create someone into this world and then just abandon it and not teach it how to survive. The quote from the creature “Why did you make such a hideous creature like me just to leave me in disgust” demonstrates how much agony the creature is in. He is neglected because of his creator. The monster says “The hateful day when I received life! I accurse my creator. Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” Victor is wholly at fault for his actions, image and evil.
In Frankenstein, everyone treats Victor’s creation like a monster, including Frankenstein himself. This leads to the creation accepting that title and going on a murder spree. His creation says “When I reflect on his crimes and malice, my hatred and revenge burst all bounds of moderation” (69). Victor’s creation shows that he did not ask to be created, and his existence is miserable.
“I do know that for the sympathy of one living being, I would make peace with all. I have love in me the likes of which you can scarcely imagine and rage the likes of which you would not believe. If I cannot satisfy the one, I will indulge the other.”
It is through these actions that the monster acts out his evil doings and murders those that Victor loves. The monster does this because he wants to seek revenge on Victor and wants to make him pay for neglecting him all throughout his life. The monster is seen as awful and evil in every aspect by every person, but if he was nurtured and cared for by Victor, and the human societies didn’t initially judge him based on his appearance, he could have kept the goodness that he originally had when he was
Emotion is a sharp double-sided blade. It has the ability to do either good or harm. Humans have been known to start wars because of spite or anger. They can also be very delicate and fragile emotionally. Therefore, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the lack of companionship and love can lead to malicious behavior.
Corruption and satisfaction are two characteristics which are revealed many times in British Literature. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein develops these characteristics deeply in particular with the character of the monster. The monster demonstrates corruption and satisfaction when it comes to his demand to have a female companion. He cares deeply about the satisfaction of having a companion just as in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. Lady Macbeth stands by Macbeth’s side after what happened at the dinner he was having with others. “I pray you, speak not, he grows worse and worse; Question enrages him. At once, good night; Stand not upon the order of your going; But go at once” (3.4.116-19) Macbeth felt so guilty about his decisions that once he had murderers
People say that “through hard work and determination, dreams will come true” and this does not always seem to be the case. Hard work and determination, or ambition for short, does lead to the accomplishments of dreams, but sometimes ends up ruining relationships as seen in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. The novel, originally written in 1818, depicts a story about a young ambitious scientist-by the name of Victor Frankenstein-who attempts at creating life. Throughout the story, Victor works tirelessly to accomplish this feat---and finally does succeed in doing so. This creation, though, does not make Victor any happier than he previously was--in fact, it makes him more depressed. From his lab emerges a monster, a being “so hideous” that even he flees from it in disgust (Shelley, 140). Fierce ambition mixed with pride drives Victor to create the monster, and this ultimately makes him neglect the various aspects of his life. This ambitious quality does not just belong to Victor, but to many more. Because he represents a creator, Victor passes down this quality-not always resulting in good things-to his creation; in a sense, he reaps what he sows. Without this “heedless ambition”, there would have existed a lighter,
The creature's ambiguous humanity has long puzzled readers of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. In this essay I will focus on how Frankenstein can be used to explore two philosophical topics, social contract theory, and gender roles, in light of ideas from Shelley's two philosophical parents, William Godwin, and Mary Wollstonecraft.
Victor, afraid of the creature’s power after he created life, abandoned his son. After Victor neglected his creation, he felt terribly alone, “’I was a poor, helpless, miserable wretch; I knew, and could distinguish, nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept’” (Shelly 72). The creature could not have been evil upon creation because he knew nothing! Essentially an infant, he did not know good or evil. Feeling desolate and lonely, he had no one to care for him. “…the monster faces rejection and fear from his creator” (Monster). Victor’s fear blinded him from the creature’s true identity. If Victor had stayed with the monster he could have seen the love the being could hold. The creature never would have hurt anyone if Victor cared for him from the beginning.
From the moment the monster is created, he is looked at as disgusting and horrific. His own creator, Victor, looked at him when he finished with “breathless horror…disgust filled [his] heart. Unable to endure the aspect of the being [he] had created” (Shelley 59). Victors runs from his own creation, leaving the newborn monster confused and alone. If having his own creator reject him wasn’t enough isolation, he is soon shunned and hated by society. They all look at him as evil from the assumption of his physical appearance. Since humans cannot accept him for his appearance, the monster demands Victor to “create a female for... whom [he] can live in the interchange of those sympathies necessary for [his] being” (Shelley 174). His search for friends, and even family, fails, leaving the monster with vengeance against Victor and
In the novel, Victor’s quest for power leads to the suffering of himself through his disregard of responsibility. This is seen after Victor creates the monster and states, “Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had created, I rushed out of the room, and continued a long time traversing my bedchamber, unable to compose my mind to sleep… I passed the night wretchedly. Sometimes my pulse beat so quickly and hardly that I felt the
Mary Shelley expresses various ethical issues by creating a mythical monster called Frankenstein. There is some controversy on how Mary Shelley defines human nature in the novel, there are many features of the way humans react in situations. Shelley uses a relationship between morality and science, she brings the two subjects together when writing Frankenstein, and she shows the amount of controversy with the advancement of science. There are said to be some limits to the scientific inquiry that could have restrained the quantity of scientific implications that Mary Shelley was able to make, along with the types of scientific restraints. Mary Shelley wrote this classic novel in such a way that it depicted some amounts foreshadowing of the world today. This paper will concentrate on the definition of human nature, the controversy of morality and science, the limits to scientific inquiry and how this novel ties in with today’s world.
Oppression stems from a person’s need to satisfy their self interests rather than worry about others’ needs. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Frankenstein is oppressed by the ethical boundaries placed by society since he acts out to satisfy himself without thinking about how his actions will reflect on people besides himself. The glory of gaining knowledge intrigues Frankenstein. Frankenstein’s desires consume him in work. The creature weighs Frankenstein down in an ethical dilemma. The fear instilled by the creature takes over Frankenstein’s life. The goals Frankenstein wishes to accomplish consume his life.
Society is a concept found in all aspects of life; it is a slant which is impossible to avoid. For instance; sadly in life society labels things or people as good or bad, poor or rich, ugly or pretty. The literary piece of the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley clearly reflects this act of society in which they classify all things. The novel reflects how society labels everything; by being judgmental from the way the family is seen, how people view Frankenstein as a monster, and how the monster is affected, his conduct gets altered by all of society judgmental actions.
The story of Frankenstein is about a man named Victor. Victor was a privileged man;born into an influential and high class family, went to college, and married his childhood sweetheart. However he was by nature, a scientist who truly believed in the potential of man and obsessed with the notion of creating life. One day, he attempted to create a living being in the name of betterment of humanity. The experiment was a success, the creature was born on that day with emotions and the capacity of intelligence. However due to the sheer hideousness of the creature,