Comparing Frankenstein And Alchemy's Monster
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein, a novel who prevails in classic literature, first published in 1818 anonymously, later under her name in 1823. This classic novel tells a story from two different points of views about a scientist who creates a grotesque creature, gives it life and later abandons it. The creature later takes vengeance and kills all of those who are important in his creator’s life. Murder is an act of evil, but would his intentions be considered the same?
Victor Frankenstein knew all there was to know about Alchemy, and Alchemy’s first rule is that nothing is entirely free; to create, something must be taken. After taking a new interest in dark sciences, later becoming an obsession, his goal was to create life. He robbed graves, collecting pieces of the human body; features he thought would make a beautiful creature. After hard work and determination, Victor accomplished his goal. Something unexpected happened, after giving his creature life he looked at his creation and suddenly became horrified and couldn’t bear to be in the room. The next morning he completely abandoned his creation after seeing it grin at him from across the room. The monster was …show more content…
rejected as quickly as the second he was first created. Not knowing why his creator had left the room, he quickly followed and waited for him to awake. As soon as his creator awoke, he noticed the monster grinning at him and ran away from the apartment. Frustrated and saddened, the monster left the apartment as well. Everyone he came in sight with was horrified by his appearance and either resorted to violence against him or ran away with fear.
The monster’s first victim from hatred towards his creator was William, Victor Frankenstein’s younger brother.
Many readers believe for the monster to be exactly that, a monster, not just because of his physique or because it’s one of the ways he is referred to in the novel, but because his first victim was a child. In a different point of view, the creature himself is also to be considered a child. Frankenstein’s monster was created from different limbs from grown adults, but just because his body is of an adult it doesn’t mean his mentality is. You could refer his way of thinking as of a newborn’s even if wasn’t “born” per se. All he knew from the start were certain emotions that revolved around hatred, sadness and loneliness. Love and acceptance were something like a dream to
him.
All the monster wanted was someone to like him, someone to be equal as him. When he asked Frankenstein to create him a female for a partner, he was ecstatic as his creator agreed to his conditions. Filled with enthusiasm and joy, he followed Victor to Scotland and supervised him to know he’d kept his word. As Victor doubted his actions and broke his promise, the monster became even more enraged with his creator, causing him his wife’s and best friend’s lives. Just like Justine’s, Victor’s father’s death was indirect, also the last person who held any meaning in the monster’s creator’s life.
Victor chased his creation with determination, meaning to kill him. After being rescued and nursed by our captain Robert Walton, he shared his tale about what he had done, about his creation. Victor Frankenstein dies but the creature reacts in a way no one imagined it would. The creature wanted to make his creator feel just as sad, angry and lonely as he felt, but in reality the only person that meant something to the creature was his creator. The creature had no other purpose if his creator wasn’t alive.
Imagine what it would be like for your parents, or simply the people that you love, to abandon you and reject you from the moment you were born. These types of situations aren’t fictional, they do happen in life. But how would you feel if it happened to you? Would you be mad just as Frankenstein’s creature? How would you react if you were in his place?
Mary Shelley writes Frankenstein, a novel who prevails in classic literature, first published in 1818 anonymously, later under her name in 1823. This classic novel tells a story from two different points of views about a scientist who creates a grotesque creature, gives it life and later abandons it. The creature later takes vengeance and kills all of those who are important in his creator’s life. Murder is an act of evil, but would his intentions be considered the same?
Victor Frankenstein knew all there was to know about Alchemy, and Alchemy’s first rule is that nothing is entirely free; to create, something must be taken. After taking a new interest in dark sciences, later becoming an obsession, his goal was to create life. He robbed graves, collecting pieces of the human body; features he thought would make a beautiful creature. After hard work and determination, Victor accomplished his goal. Something unexpected happened, after giving his creature life he looked at his creation and suddenly became horrified and couldn’t bear to be in the room. The next morning he completely abandoned his creation after seeing it grin at him from across the room. The monster was …show more content…
rejected as quickly as the second he was first created. Not knowing why his creator had left the room, he quickly followed and waited for him to awake. As soon as his creator awoke, he noticed the monster grinning at him and ran away from the apartment. Frustrated and saddened, the monster left the apartment as well. Everyone he came in sight with was horrified by his appearance and either resorted to violence against him or ran away with fear.
The monster’s first victim from hatred towards his creator was William, Victor Frankenstein’s younger brother.
Many readers believe for the monster to be exactly that, a monster, not just because of his physique or because it’s one of the ways he is referred to in the novel, but because his first victim was a child. In a different point of view, the creature himself is also to be considered a child. Frankenstein’s monster was created from different limbs from grown adults, but just because his body is of an adult it doesn’t mean his mentality is. You could refer his way of thinking as of a newborn’s even if wasn’t “born” per se. All he knew from the start were certain emotions that revolved around hatred, sadness and loneliness. Love and acceptance were something like a dream to
him.
All the monster wanted was someone to like him, someone to be equal as him. When he asked Frankenstein to create him a female for a partner, he was ecstatic as his creator agreed to his conditions. Filled with enthusiasm and joy, he followed Victor to Scotland and supervised him to know he’d kept his word. As Victor doubted his actions and broke his promise, the monster became even more enraged with his creator, causing him his wife’s and best friend’s lives. Just like Justine’s, Victor’s father’s death was indirect, also the last person who held any meaning in the monster’s creator’s life.
Victor chased his creation with determination, meaning to kill him. After being rescued and nursed by our captain Robert Walton, he shared his tale about what he had done, about his creation. Victor Frankenstein dies but the creature reacts in a way no one imagined it would. The creature wanted to make his creator feel just as sad, angry and lonely as he felt, but in reality the only person that meant something to the creature was his creator. The creature had no other purpose if his creator wasn’t alive.
Imagine what it would be like for your parents, or simply the people that you love, to abandon you and reject you from the moment you were born. These types of situations aren’t fictional, they do happen in life. But how would you feel if it happened to you? Would you be mad just as Frankenstein’s creature? How would you react if you were in his place?