Frankenstein Comparison Essay
The story of Frankenstein has been told around the world in various different ways. I remember the story of Frankenstein to be completely different from what Mary Shelly had written in her novel. I had always remembered Frankenstein being the monster that was created, but turns out Frankenstein is the creator of the monster. Despite all the different versions of Frankenstein none of them accurately resemble the true story of Frankenstein. When I first began to read Frankenstein I had no idea what to expect. Everything I imagined the book to be like was everything it wasn’t.
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly is a classic tail of a scientist named Victor Frankenstein, who discovers the secret of life. He uses this knowledge to give life to spiritless …show more content…
From the very moment the monster opened his eyes he had no intentions of harming anyone. After the monster was abandoned and shunned on by Victor and then again by the peasant family who live in the cottage, the monster takes revenge. Every emotion and action the monster takes from here on out is understandable. He has been hurt and rejected by humanity who cannot see past his hideous appearance. After the monster was violently attacked by Felix “for the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them…and I bent my mind towards injury and death” (140). When the monster took revenge he knew he would never be apart of human society. Once his mind was made up he cleared his mind of any faith and desire of ever being apart of human society, revenge consumes his mind and becomes the only thing he has. “I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” (143).
Not only does revenge take over the monster but it also consumes Victor Frankenstein, the sufferer of the monsters revenge. After everyone who was close to Victor’s heart is murdered, he vows “a great and signal revenge on his cursed head” (202). Now that Victor is possessed with revenge he is no more a monster, then the monster itself. They are both consumed with the hatred of one another and seek nothing less then destroying one
Frankenstein by Mary Shelly is a classic tail of a scientist named Victor Frankenstein, who discovers the secret of life. He uses this knowledge to give life to spiritless …show more content…
From the very moment the monster opened his eyes he had no intentions of harming anyone. After the monster was abandoned and shunned on by Victor and then again by the peasant family who live in the cottage, the monster takes revenge. Every emotion and action the monster takes from here on out is understandable. He has been hurt and rejected by humanity who cannot see past his hideous appearance. After the monster was violently attacked by Felix “for the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them…and I bent my mind towards injury and death” (140). When the monster took revenge he knew he would never be apart of human society. Once his mind was made up he cleared his mind of any faith and desire of ever being apart of human society, revenge consumes his mind and becomes the only thing he has. “I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” (143).
Not only does revenge take over the monster but it also consumes Victor Frankenstein, the sufferer of the monsters revenge. After everyone who was close to Victor’s heart is murdered, he vows “a great and signal revenge on his cursed head” (202). Now that Victor is possessed with revenge he is no more a monster, then the monster itself. They are both consumed with the hatred of one another and seek nothing less then destroying one