How Does Frankenstein Influence Society
The Influence of Society
Sophie Kell
ENG 3U
Mr.Brown
Without society we don’t have some form of structure to keep us from overcoming selfishness. In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley and Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the obsession for power and knowledge is well brought forth in the characters of the text. In the beginning Macbeth and Victor Frankenstein are well respected. Then, the two characters remove themselves from society causing their great obsessions to over-power them, in which they lose control. Macbeth and Frankenstein lose their original reputations when they remove themselves from society and their own identities become consumed by an obsession for power.
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Macbeth unconsciously slowly starts to remove himself from society when his desire for ultimate power takes over as he decides he will stop at nothing to be in control and become king. “The prince of Cumberland! That is a step/on which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,/for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;/let not light see my black and deep desires./The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be/Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.”(I.IV.50-55). Macbeth is at the point where he starts to remove himself from society and is becoming consumed with his obsession of being king and having power. Frankenstein’s love for science turns into an obsession when he gets to the point where he attempts to play god. "After days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life; nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter." (Shelley 30). Frankenstein has cut himself out from the world and is consumed in his obsession to give life. Macbeth and Frankenstein seclude themselves from society because of Macbeth’s obsession for power and to have control, and Frankenstein’s obsession to be god and create life to prove his …show more content…
Macbeth loses his identity after giving into his obsession of being king and killing Duncan and Banquo. “Prithee, see there! Behold! Look! Lo! How say you?/Why, what care I? If thou canst nod, speak too./if charnel houses and our graves must send/those that we bury back, our monuments/shall be the maws of kites.”(III.iv.72-76). Macbeth has officially lost his identity when he sees Banquo’s ghost and starts acting crazy infront of his guests and they are starting to question if Macbeth is guilty for Duncan’s death. Victor Frankenstein has a loss of identity when he becomes a mad scientist and digs up graves for corpse, sew pieces together, and then brought the results to
Sophie Kell
ENG 3U
Mr.Brown
Without society we don’t have some form of structure to keep us from overcoming selfishness. In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley and Macbeth by William Shakespeare, the obsession for power and knowledge is well brought forth in the characters of the text. In the beginning Macbeth and Victor Frankenstein are well respected. Then, the two characters remove themselves from society causing their great obsessions to over-power them, in which they lose control. Macbeth and Frankenstein lose their original reputations when they remove themselves from society and their own identities become consumed by an obsession for power.
Both Macbeth and Frankenstein are originally well-respected …show more content…
Macbeth unconsciously slowly starts to remove himself from society when his desire for ultimate power takes over as he decides he will stop at nothing to be in control and become king. “The prince of Cumberland! That is a step/on which I must fall down, or else o'erleap,/for in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires;/let not light see my black and deep desires./The eye wink at the hand, yet let that be/Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.”(I.IV.50-55). Macbeth is at the point where he starts to remove himself from society and is becoming consumed with his obsession of being king and having power. Frankenstein’s love for science turns into an obsession when he gets to the point where he attempts to play god. "After days and nights of incredible labour and fatigue, I succeeded in discovering the cause of generation and life; nay, more, I became myself capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter." (Shelley 30). Frankenstein has cut himself out from the world and is consumed in his obsession to give life. Macbeth and Frankenstein seclude themselves from society because of Macbeth’s obsession for power and to have control, and Frankenstein’s obsession to be god and create life to prove his …show more content…
Macbeth loses his identity after giving into his obsession of being king and killing Duncan and Banquo. “Prithee, see there! Behold! Look! Lo! How say you?/Why, what care I? If thou canst nod, speak too./if charnel houses and our graves must send/those that we bury back, our monuments/shall be the maws of kites.”(III.iv.72-76). Macbeth has officially lost his identity when he sees Banquo’s ghost and starts acting crazy infront of his guests and they are starting to question if Macbeth is guilty for Duncan’s death. Victor Frankenstein has a loss of identity when he becomes a mad scientist and digs up graves for corpse, sew pieces together, and then brought the results to