H. Pulliam Lesson 1.07B Frankenstein Paper AP English Literature The Influence of Literature on the Monster The monster learned most of his knowledge from the four books he found at De Lacey’s. The books consisted of Paradise Lost‚ Sorrows of a Young Werther‚ Plutarch’s Lives‚ and Ruins of Empire. These books greatly influenced the creatures decisions and worldviews based on their content. If I had to replace the four books in the story to change how the creature ended up‚ I would switch out
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The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelly tells the story of an obsessive scientist who pursues to defy nature and create unnatural life. Victor Frankenstein attends a university where he is introduced to natural philosophy and soon after becomes consumed with a project replacing all ties to the outside world and those closest to him. When Frankenstein succeeds in bringing life to an inanimate body he is set back immediately by the botched creation he has made. Without a word from the creature‚ Frankenstein
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Q. “Self education plays a critical role in shaping the subjectivity of Victor Frankenstein’s monster”. Do you agree? Discuss. Rousseau believed that humans were intrinsically good when in their natural state (before civilization). According to him‚ humans were corrupted by society. Frankenstein’s creature is a case in point. So‚ calling him a monster in itself is a problematic view. Joyce Carol Oates focuses on the benevolent nature of the creature in his essay entitled‚ ‘Frankenstein’s Fallen Angel’
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Victor creates a monster‚ but when he finishes creating him‚ he gets scared and abandons the monster. Leaving the monster with no one to care for him so he always was lonely and had an empty feeling inside him. However though he had some qualities that he was just like a human being. For example some of his human qualities is he was very understanding with the cottagers “i had been accustomed during the night to steal a part of their store for my own consumption but when i found out i inflicted pain
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When the word monster comes to mind‚ especially when compared to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ one would think of a creature that is ugly‚ different‚ violent‚ and an outcast much like the monster in Frankenstein. In this novel‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ a scientist who extremely interested in alchemy‚ creates a creature that is considered to be the monster of the story. Looking deeper in the novel‚ Victor is the true monster because of the scary traits of his personality. Things are not always what
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The lens through which readers encounter monsters is often a skewed one. This lens could be that of the author‚ who seeks to embody a monster as a horrific‚ non-human entity that will cause havoc in an area. Similarly‚ this lens could be that of a character in a piece‚ one who witnesses the monster’s wrath and destruction firsthand and hopes to avoid the cruel savage being. Monster narratives rarely unfold from the perceptive of the monster‚ and‚ as such‚ audiences must rely on other sources as to
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Taylor Turntime Marie F. Leblanc Frankenstein and the Western Literary Tradition 10 January 2014 Are you a made man? In Mary Shelley’s (1797-1851) Frankenstein; Or the Modern Prometheus (1818)‚ Victor Frankenstein creates a fiend out the dead body parts. Frankenstein‚ as a product of the Enlightenment and the Scientific Revolution‚ is obsessed with advancing the cause of science‚ and in becoming famous and respected."A new species
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Victor Frankenstein and the Monster he created are very similar in many different ways. It all starts out with Victor starting to study the dark science‚ so he can create a monster to be like himself. While he is making this monster‚ he doesn’t realize how ugly and scary it was coming out to be. Victor makes the monster so ugly it causes him to abandon him and sends him away. It is just like what happened to Victor from his own creator‚ which was his father who had abandoned him when he was a
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The story Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ there is a lot of proof showing that the creation is not evil although many people still believe that to be the case. The monster does many inhumane and cruel acts‚ but there is usually a good reason for it. Alongside these malicious acts‚ the creation shows compassion‚ care and sympathy through acts of kindness in attempt to fit in‚ make friends and be helpful to those around him. Throughout the story‚the creation managers to kill multiple people‚ all of them
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read the book‚” Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly‚ I felt like the monsters violence was unjustified. His violent out burst were for revenge. When the monster didn’t get a female companion it made him angry and sad. He cant get any one remotely like him. No one to know what he feels on the day to day basis. But that doesn’t give him the right to kill or hurt people. He killed William‚ Elizabeth‚ and Henry; just to get back at Victor. That’s a perfect example on how unjustified the monsters actions were.
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