The Reflection of Humanity in Frankenstein's Creation
Cannon Few
Mr. Bowen
English III H
14 October 2013
The Reflection of Humanity in the Eyes of a Degenerate
The monster depicted in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has many qualities that make it somewhat of a reflection of humanity. Throughout the course of the monster’s life, we, as readers, can witness the growth and education of the monster from the time Victor Frankenstein struck the spark of life within him, to the final moment of his diminutive time on Earth as he floats away into the night on a stray bulk of ice. Through the creature’s actions, we can perceive the natural human tendency for violence, the idolization of one’s creator, and the desperation to be acknowledged and loved. Frankenstein’s monster isn’t human, in the definition itself, for simple reasons. The monster proclaims that, “man will not associate with me,” alienating himself from the whole of mankind by verbally separating the two (143). He was formed by the hands of a mortal, unnaturally, and brought into the world as a tall, deformed, unjust creature. The monster states, “When I looked around I saw and heard of none like me. Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth from which all men fled and whom all men disowned?” (Shelly 119) It is not, however, the creature’s mere deformity that restricts him from the identity of a man. The monster is patchwork, animated by some unclear process. In scientific terms, to be a man is to be reproduced from the sterile sperm cell and egg cell between a preexistent man and women, then to be fertilized and grown inside the woman as a fetus until the birth of the human from it’s mother. Frankenstein creates the monster by gathering various body parts from deceased humans to then reconstruct into the body of the monster. It is never described in the book Frankenstein’s methods for inflicting life upon the being, nor is it possible for the creature to be considered a human by such an unnatural awakening. In these evidences we can conclude that the
Mr. Bowen
English III H
14 October 2013
The Reflection of Humanity in the Eyes of a Degenerate
The monster depicted in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has many qualities that make it somewhat of a reflection of humanity. Throughout the course of the monster’s life, we, as readers, can witness the growth and education of the monster from the time Victor Frankenstein struck the spark of life within him, to the final moment of his diminutive time on Earth as he floats away into the night on a stray bulk of ice. Through the creature’s actions, we can perceive the natural human tendency for violence, the idolization of one’s creator, and the desperation to be acknowledged and loved. Frankenstein’s monster isn’t human, in the definition itself, for simple reasons. The monster proclaims that, “man will not associate with me,” alienating himself from the whole of mankind by verbally separating the two (143). He was formed by the hands of a mortal, unnaturally, and brought into the world as a tall, deformed, unjust creature. The monster states, “When I looked around I saw and heard of none like me. Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth from which all men fled and whom all men disowned?” (Shelly 119) It is not, however, the creature’s mere deformity that restricts him from the identity of a man. The monster is patchwork, animated by some unclear process. In scientific terms, to be a man is to be reproduced from the sterile sperm cell and egg cell between a preexistent man and women, then to be fertilized and grown inside the woman as a fetus until the birth of the human from it’s mother. Frankenstein creates the monster by gathering various body parts from deceased humans to then reconstruct into the body of the monster. It is never described in the book Frankenstein’s methods for inflicting life upon the being, nor is it possible for the creature to be considered a human by such an unnatural awakening. In these evidences we can conclude that the