Frankenstein
Who Is the Real Monster?
“Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?” (Shelley, Frankenstein).Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein tells the story of Robert Walton, the sailor, Victor Frankenstein, the creator, and the creature, Victor’s creation. Shelley was inspired to write Frankenstein by the emotions she felt loosing her children. Shelley's hopes of re-animating a corpse transfers through the character of Victor. (Using close analysis…)Victor brings this creation to life with thoughts of his mother and her spirit coming back into existence. When the creature comes to life, everything changed for Victor. As soon as the creature takes its first breath, Victor runs away in extreme terror, abandoning this new life just brought into existence. From the beginning, Victor Frankenstein shows the aspects of a real monster.
Even before [pic]the creature is introduced, the choice of words prepares its entrance. Firstly, the fact that the corpse was brought to life on a 'dreary night of November' symbolizes its importance in Frankenstein's life. It also implies that [pic]Frankenstein was only concerned about his creation at this stage and had ignored every other responsibility concerning him or his family. [pic]Frankenstein states that his 'candle was nearly burnt out', which is highly ambiguous. It is possible that this only reinforces the already tense scene, but it is more likely that the candle is counting down to the creation of a [pic]monster.
Throughout the entire novel, the creation of the monster seems to consume him. From the start, he isolates himself from his loved ones to create the monster, and abandons them more and more as he becomes depressed and later embarks on another project to appease the monster he has created. Finally, he realizes that because of abandoning his own creation and abandoning his family and friends.
As the creature tells the story from his point of view, feelings of remorse and sadness come out...
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