Victor von Doom, one of Marvel's oldest and most popular villains, has been the center of numerous cataclysmic events in the Marvel Universe. Following Tony Stark's incapacitation in Civil War II, Victor had taken it upon himself to take over as the next Iron Man - in doing so turning over a new leaf. Now, it's expected that us readers would have some reservations about the drastic change in his actions - a notorious supervillain suddenly changing his ways? I don't buy it for one second. However, 'Iron Doom' manages to somehow break through the barrier of skepticism and arouse my curiosity. The first act of "good" that we witness is halfway through the first book where Victor saves a captured Maria Hill from Diablo (Esteban Corazón de Ablo) and goes on to focus on his relationship with Doctor Amara Perera. Unfortunately this is where the story lost me. Perera isn't one of those characters you would automatically associate with Dr. Doom but one I would associate with Tony Stark given that she was first introduced in Invincible Iron Man (Vol 2) a while ago. This confusion continues on through 'Iron Doom' as Victor's fixation with Amara becomes more explicit but it is became clear what the writers intentions were for the series after Doom's initial confrontation by The Thing. Amara creates a gateway for the Doom to explain his motivations without it …show more content…
Ben Grimm (AKA The Thing) to hunt down Dr. Doom. Given Doom's ties to the Fantastic Four, this was an excellent throwback and one that really brought forth some level of nostalgia. Even as Grimm enters the Latverian Embassy in DC and humorously quips 'I'm going to eat this entre building and poop it out while you watch', you can't help but feel that connection he has to Victor, something that writer Bendis did perfectly. Grimm embodies our scepticism on his new direction for Dr. Doom which makes an arguably ridiculous story interesting to
Victor's gradual descent towards the dark side of the human psyche is clearly portrayed through Shelley's writing. As stated in previous discussions, Victor's original motivation in pursuing a career in the science field was purely out of love for the world of science and a true passion for acquiring knowledge. However, as the novel continues, we witness his motives go from authentic to impure. As such, we delve into the dark side. His pursuit of knowledge and his creation of the monster are all on the purer or perhaps lighter side of the psyche. It isn't until he abandons him that we begin to see him cross over. His choices to abandon the creature, to let someone else to die for its crimes, to create it a companion only to kill her, to allow the ones he loved to die at its hand, and to still refuse to claim it in the end are all acts
Throughout the creatures perspective, the creature assures the reader that he was not made evil, that it was his abandonment and the mistreatment upon him which caused the his monstrous acts. As the creature states, “I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend” showing that overall it was effects of both the society in which he lived and Victor’s abandonment which caused the monster to become a “fiend” and killing Victors brother and wife.
Reed Richards desire to learn began at an early age around when his mother, Evelyn, passed away. From that point, his father raised and schooled him, recognizing his son’s intellect. By the time he was 14, Reed was already taking college level courses and had attended four universities earning various degrees before leaving his teens.
This interferes with the power of man over nature. He has defied the forces of nature, pursuing his goal with an obsessive determination to regenerate life, which only causes him to deeply regret his actions. With so much ambition and hard work, Victor takes on God’s role and wields a lot of power by creating a being that he is responsible for, but that once it comes to life, does not meet his expectations. This is described when Victor first sees the creature and runs away from it, triggering the events to
...ot use his newly found motivation responsibly and by the middle of our novel the death of his mother is seemingly microscopic compared to the problem that he has to deal with in regards to his creation. Following his mother's death, Victor began to change and with those changes he also felt the need to be worshipped and as a result he creates a monster that he runs from and sees as a burden, however, the monster recognizes Victor as his creator, but Victor remains disgusted and somewhat afraid of what he created. This causes the monster to seek out his revenge. In the end Victor is in fact a coward, he is also selfish and irresponsible due to the fact that every emotion and transformation he experiences can be trace back to the moment where he went to the extreme and sought our Godly powers andd not only created his monster, but transformed into a monster himself.
...as made of different people, so he had different personalities, and therefore could not be expected to act as a normal person. Upon his creation, he was left not receiving the protection and guidance he desperately needed. His feelings were the same as any other humans: grief, and distress, anger. But, instead of calmly diffusing his anger, he chose to destroy that which made his “enemy” happy. There was never a good reason to bring the dead to life, despite all of Victor’s claims. Because of his arrogance, and lack of a functioning human heart, he disregarded everyone’s opinions and advice and sought to do what was right for himself and not even attempting to protect his family, regardless of how he claimed he did. His incompetence cost his entire family’s life, but fortunately, saved that of Walton and his crew mates. So, at least, he did one good.
Throughout the story, Victor’s life is in peril due to the monster’s extreme vindictiveness. Although the monster is justified in showing anger towards Victor, his killings of Victor’s friends and family is overly brutal. Years of neglect by Victor, which leave the monster fatherless as he grows up, drive him into a vindictive rage, or according to the monster, an "uncontrollable passion". Instead of going after Victor directly and immediately, however, the monster acts to complete what he calls a "demoniacal design". He carries out this plan by methodically killing Victor’s friends and family. This he...
Victor’s actions are taken due to his vision of a failure of a creation of a monster through his doubts and morality of his actions
evil; while Victor acts out of greed. Victor’s self-centered behavior effects everyone in the novel; he hurts his family’s
In contrast from the creature, Victor utterly tries fixing their dispute with violence creating a great mismatch of qualities and behaviors between the idea of human and monster. Victor actively sharpens his tongue against the creature when degrading him as a “Devil” and “Vile Insect” he even goes to the extent of claiming he will “Extinguish the spark which I so negligently bestowed” (102). Since the creature fails in resembling a human form Frankenstein’s constantly degrades and explodes this monster. Victor’s actions are based off the creature’s appearance and not of actual threats. Furthermore, Victor’s language and actions of dehumanization towards his creation not only demonstrates narrow mindedness from Victor’s behalf, but illuminates a grand contradiction between both characters. Although Victor physically represents a human his lack of reason and empathy towards his own creation cast him as the real monster during this
He tried to play the role of God, which eventually led to his downfall and the death of him and his monster. Victor is the one who all the blame should be placed on, and not the monster.
A tragic hero is defined as a person of high social rank, who has a tragic flaw or flaws that lead to their downfall. These heroes’ downfalls are usually either complete ruin or death. Tragic heroes face their downfall with courage and dignity. While many characters in Julius Caesar could fit these conditions, the person who fits the role of a tragic hero the best is Marcus Brutus. Brutus develops into a tragic hero throughout the play, and this is shown though his qualifications of a tragic hero, his high status, his tragic flaws, and his courage in the face of his death.
The typical horror story in the current century is the idea of the dead, coming alive. Yet in the status quo, the zombie era is truly coming to life, and it is easy to figure out where this idea originated. The historic book Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley describes a man who creates a creature out of dead body parts of humans. Although this monster was meant for good purposes, it eventually leads to destruction including multiple murders. However, Victor Frankenstein can actually be determined as a hero by the ways in which he fits within the interpretation of an epic hero. Gregory Nagy describes these traits when he writes: “The words ‘epic’ and ‘hero’ both defy generalization, let alone universalizing definitions. Even as general concepts, ‘epic’ and ‘hero’ do not necessarily go together. These constructs - let us call them simply ‘characters’ for the moment - are in some ways radically dissimilar from each other. Even within a single tradition like Homeric poetry, heroes like Achilles and Odysseus seem worlds apart. In other ways, however, ‘epic heroes’ are strikingly similar to each other, sharing a number of central features.” (Nagy, 2006) Victor Frankenstein, the main character in Mary Shelley’s text Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus portrays true heroism through his original intention for his monster, his love for his family, and lastly his intent on justice.
The villain that best exhibits this complexity, through his heroic aspirations, yet savage actions, is Michael Fassbender’s Magneto in the 2014 film X-Men: Days of Future Past. The X-Men series has always been known for its intricacy with its plot,
... completely anti-heroes either. They have both perpetrated evil against one another, and both of the characters have suffered so until it is hard not to express sympathy toward them. Victor comes to conclusion near the end that the real enemy is ambition: “Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent, one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries. (200). Ambition drives Frankenstein to create the monster in the first place, and without it the tragic ending could have been avoided completely. Had Victor pursued scientific knowledge like the rest of his colleagues, none of his family would have murdered. As Frankenstein lies on his death bead he has come to the realization that an innocent intention can quickly become a disaster.