outcome: our environment or our genes. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ Victor’s creation‚ the intention of which was to help understand the concept of life and death‚ results in nothing more than destruction of his own life. Victor did not nurture the monster‚ even though it was eager for love and compassion the second Victor created it. After being repeatedly abused and rejected by others‚ the creature becomes evil. Both children and the creature in Frankenstein share the basic psychological needs
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A creature‚ born from a scientific experiment‚ becomes estranged in a world where such beings do not exist. Walking the path‚ down a road filled with fearful glances‚ Frankenstein is unable to enjoy life like the humans. Due to this lack of symmetry between two distinct beings‚ Frankenstein plays the role similar to that of Milton’s Satan as he attempts to create a connection using the built up emotions from each form of rejection. Directly resulting from this attempt‚ any signs of hubris fade from
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in terms of appearance‚ focusing on his image rather than his character: “A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch” (Shelley 52). He subsequently fell ill because he could not confront his failure and tries to avoid his responsibilities: “I nearly sank to the ground through languor and extreme weakness” (Shelley 52). Victor is weak for being unable to process and accept what he had done. This is continuous throughout the novel‚ revealing
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perceptions of them. In his poem‚ “Ozymandias‚” Percy Shelley offers a moral lesson on ambition and pride through the implementation of commanding diction‚ an apathetic tone‚ and situational irony to highlight the shallow nature of legacy. The commanding diction Shelley creates serves to draw in the reader and
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grant access to a new zone of experience” (7-8). Similarly to Aguirre‚ Augustan College professor Jonathan Crimmins sees Walton as a mediator and a more reasonable middle ground between the extremes that the monster and Frankenstein represent. He writes‚ “[Shelley treats] both Frankenstein and his creature as the fallen angels of conflicting value systems and [sets] the two against each other as antagonists. Except for Robert Walton … [they] have no mediator” (562-563). Both of these scholars draw upon
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In the text Frankenstein‚ the author’s goal was to portray two key points. The first point is the flaws and evils that pollute humanity on a consistent basis. The second point is that people are willing to go very far and forsake their sense of right and wrong for the sake of their own personal gain and social status. When Doctor Victor Frankenstein created his beast‚ Frankenstein‚ he hardly considered the repercussions that may come with making the monster or how his neighbor villagers would react
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the public and not for business‚ fame‚ or own desire. From a young age Frankenstein took interest in re-animating life‚ even though his professors discouraged it‚ but his drive for re-animating life was supposedly to be for the good of the public because he wanted to be able to “ ...[discover] if [he] could banish disease from the frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death…”(26)‚ but unfortunately Frankenstein was not able to understand the danger of the “astonishing power placed
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reading about natural philosophy is only enhanced when Frankenstein’s father condemns him for wasting his time on such “sad trash” (23). The rebellious Frankenstein becomes completely obsessed with this passion and sacrifices his well being in search of building a new foundation in science where humans own God’s power to activate a body. Frankenstein is convinced that putting this power in the hands of humans is something he must execute. This obsession drove him to outgrow his education and after
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After studying for several years at Ingolstadt and gaining a reputation as a brilliant science student‚ Dr. Frankenstein would start experimenting with reanimation‚ which is what many would consider the beginning of the end for Victor. The wretch is created after many raids of morgues and cemeteries and several failed attempts at reanimating dead tissue. Victor’s obsession with granting life to the lifeless will lead to his downfall‚ with his endless pursuit for immortality leading to him creating
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In the excerpt frankenstein i observed his point of view throughout the story and I interpreted many different thing about him as an individual his point of view showed the amount of knowledge he had about humans and feelings of compassion sympathy concern and love . he was a misunderstood individual just based off of his looks he took the time to get to know his neighbors but know one took the time to get to know him also in this story he slowly begins to become more in touch with the humane side
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