Frankenstein's Monster, By Mary Shelley

As scientists pursue the progress of their field, it would be good if they could do so to benefit the human race. However, if scientific discoveries are motivated by selfish ambition, and scientists do not take responsibility for them if they fail, their creations might become threats to humans. The novel Frankenstein, written by the English author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, tells the story of a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who unintentionally creates a grotesque creature in a scientific experiment, which causes tragedy including deaths of many innocent people. When people read this book, many of them might see the creature as a monster because the term “monster” commonly refers to an imaginary creature that is typically large, ugly, and frightening. However, this is only what the creature looks like, not what it might be like emotionally; also, people who appear to be normal outsides might be “monstrous” inside, such as Dr. Frankenstein. Indeed, while the creature is guilty of taking the lives of innocent people, if Dr. Frankenstein had taken any responsibility for it, and if humans had treated the creature humanly instead of being violent, it might not have turned out to be a killer. Therefore, even though the creature in Frankenstein seems to be the monster, since it has a horrific appearance, and eventually kills people, it is actually a victim; Dr. Frankenstein is the actual monster because he is the person who created

Knowledge is given to those that understand the power it holds, this power could either destroy or help one in their path to success. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, we see this idea being practiced by individuals in the novel. However, they are incapable of seeing the dangerous potential outcomes of misunderstanding knowledge and the power it offers, leading to their ruin. We see the suffering as a cause of knowledge through Victor Frankenstein’s creation of life, The Monster’s dream of fitting the norm, and Robert Walton’s dangerous journey to the North. The characters in Frankenstein pursuit of knowledge leads to certain destruction, showing us the potential negative outcomes of misusing knowledge.

Victor Frankenstein and his creation surprisingly share many of the same characteristics. Even though Frankenstein is an ugly, unwanted creature, he and Victor withhold an obvious connection throughout the novel. However, Victor and Frankenstein also share their differences as well.

Frankenstein pushes himself beyond human limitations which ultimately leads to his eventual downfall. Through many months of strenuous work in the laboratory, he discovers the ability for mankind to create life, a phenomenon never before experienced by man. He creates this creature almost immediately referred to in the novel as a monster. With a grotesque large stature this creation fits the general definition that many

Mary Shelley’s literary masterpiece, Frankenstein, relates the story of Victor Frankenstein and his unnatural creation, told in three distinct narratives that eventually lead to Frankenstein’s disastrous end. One narrative in particular, that of Frankenstein’s creation, highlights the creature’s conversion into a true monster rather than an almost human being as a result of a terrible injustice upon him. The access to his narrative allows for a deeper understanding of the creature’s very nature and the impact the injustices in his life have on him. The creature that Frankenstein creates is not a monster by nature; rather, the misfortunes that befall upon him and the injustice that he feels cause him to become a heartless monster on a

Find the definition of what a monster is and it means multiple things. Two definitions that are applicable to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein define monster as an imaginary monster that is large, ugly, and frightening or; as a person of repulsively unnatural character that exhibits extreme cruelty or wickedness as to appear inhuman (Oxford English Dictionary). While both meanings differ, the latter definition seeks to give negative character traits to an inhuman monster. However, the creation of a monster should not imply that monsters are inherently cruel or wicked. The traits associated with the term monster are a construct of what people believe inhuman monsters possess. By this logic,

What purpose does it serve to have multiple narrators telling a story? In Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein, three main narrators tell the story about the creation of a monster and the events that follow. The job of narrator shifts between Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and the monster that Victor creates. As each narrator shares his own recollection of the events that occurred, new facts are introduced to put the pieces of the puzzle together. Although Frankenstein uses multiple narrators to tell the story, it is important to look at the effects it might have on the stories accuracy. In this essay, I will closely examine the motives, differences, and similarities of each narrator to see what influences, if any, they have on the narrative.

Although humans have the tendency to set idealistic goals to better future generations, often the results can prove disastrous, even deadly. The tale of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, focuses on the outcome of one man 's idealistic motives and desires of dabbling with nature, which result in the creation of horrific creature. Victor Frankenstein was not doomed to failure from his initial desire to overstep the natural bounds of human knowledge. Rather, it was his poor parenting of his progeny that lead to his creation 's thirst for the vindication of his unjust life. In his idealism, Victor is blinded, and so the creation accuses him for delivering him into a world where he could not ever be entirely received by the people who inhabit it. Not only failing to foresee his faulty idealism, nearing the end of the tale, he embarks upon a final journey, consciously choosing to pursue his creation in vengeance, while admitting he himself that it may result in his own doom. The creation of an unloved being and the quest for the elixir of life holds Victor Frankenstein more accountable for his own death than the creation himself.

Frankenstein could be compared to everyday life for the average human because we tend to have to live up to a standard of “Normal” so those that don’t understand us won’t have to fear us.

Today I will be discussing one of the main characters, Victor Frankenstein, in Frankenstein, by the respected author, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Frankenstein, commonly mistaken for The Monster, was a well brought up caring son in Geneva. However, even though Frankenstein seemed like a reliable person, his self centered personality got into the way of him reaching his sincere potential. In other words, the University of Ingolstadt graduate began his studies in science and fed his addiction to the creation of The Monster, despite the recent death of his mother. As it states in chapter three “My mother was dead, but we had still duties which we ought to perform; we must continue our course with the rest and learn to think ourselves fortunate

In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the social institution exemplified gives constant reckoning onto the creature that Victor Frankenstein bestows life into. Such a process presents light to the true meaning of the word monster and what worldly beings deem having the title. As the conjured creature manifests its emotions and newfound conscious, the constructive elements that make up this societal institution sling constant hostility and horror shaping its mindset until it becomes what its superiors deem is a monster. Looking at the book from the perspective of the creature, one can argue how the only real monstrosity is the remedial society displayed.

A six foot man created by a montage of flesh and sinew might of been the most terrifying scene that Victor Frankenstein has ever beheld. The monster which is known by many through the well known gothic classic, Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, has a lot to teach us about human nature. The monster was created not as a physical representation, but rather as a deep symbol of Victor Frankenstein. The monster really just lives within Victor, and drives him to the extent of doing things that he may never of done himself. Many people can relate to this feeling of being overrun by anger, sadness, greed, etc. The monster being a symbol speaks depths about what it means to be truly human, and what it means to live motivated by impulses.

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a story about a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who creates a destructive monster. He is successful in his unhinged experiment and spends most of the novel figuring out how to defeat his own creation. Excluding appearance, Frankenstein’s creation is not the monster of this story. Shelley uses Frankenstein to highlight a monster’s true characteristics through his acts of bizarre obsessions, rejection and hostility toward others. Foremost, Frankenstein’s obsessions with natural sciences are seen through his own words “This was indeed a godlike science, and I ardently desired to become acquainted with it” (Shelley 78). A clear connection can be made with these words, showing Frankenstein’s intentions of wanting

Mary Shelley’s classic work, Frankenstein, has captured the imagination of readers for almost 200 years and has inspired numerous retellings and adaptations. Numerous depictions of Dr. Frankenstein and his Creature in plays, films, novels, comic books, television programs, and even video games have caused the familiar image of the lumbering giant to become embedded as one of the classic horror villains in the psyche of the average American. Most of these adaptations show the creature to be cruel, ignorant, and blood-thirsty by nature, but on examination of the original story there is ample evidence that the popular depiction of the creature is wrong. The creature does not enter the world bent on destruction, he is originally a kind,