How Does Mary Shelley Create Sympathy In Frankenstein

Characters, such as Victor Frankenstein, struggled to convey themselves to the readers in “Frankenstein”, by Mary Shelley. It was difficult to understand their true thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. Victor, the protagonist, is viewed to be morally ambiguous because he says one thing and then takes it back, he goes back and forth being in the state of depression, he has difficulties in making his decisions, and he treated others completely different than how he treated his own creation. Before Victor began making his creation, he was hooked on the idea of expanding his knowledge and learning things beyond his capacity.

Furthermore, Mary Shelley builds sympathy by contrasting the De Lacey family to Frankenstein. The monster learns of the De Lacey family when he has been dismissed by Frankenstein and is roaming the terrain alone. The monster watched their lifestyle and tried to comprehend more about existence and the right approach to live. The way the novel is structured, the reader believe that the monster is underhanded so he is abhorred from the earliest starting point, however when the creature's side of the story is told, the readers starts to detest Victor and see that he is self-fixated. This begets empathy and sensitivity for the creature on the grounds that nobody cherished him. The structure of the novel is likewise brimming with differences amongst characters and plots.

Victor, after being convinced to create a female companion for the monster, realizes that this will only create double the amount of destruction, he then makes the choice to discontinue his project to prevent more devastation. Instead of less damage resulting from this choice it only brings more harm to his life and everyone around him. First, his good friend Henry Clerval is murdered by the beast and Victor is accused of this murder, “The human frame could no longer support the agonies that I endured, and I was carried out of the room in strong convulsions.” (Shelley 129). This was Victor’s reaction upon seeing Henry’s corpse and demonstrates how deeply his pursuit for knowledge affects him. Even though he is later released on circumstantial evidence, he will be scarred for life knowing that he responsible for yet another death. Given that Victor destroyed the monster’s only hope of having someone else like him in the world; the monster swears revenge and that he will return on Victor’s wedding night. Victor misinterpreted this warning and instead of the monster attacking Victor, his creation attacked and

Shelley explores the dangers of unbridled ambition and the fallout from moral duty neglect through Victor's actions. Victor Frankenstein’s acknowledgment of the dangers of unbridled ambition strongly contrasts with his actions, solidifying his role as the novel's antagonist.

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein explores the darkest sides of human nature. The gothic tale is pessimistic, highlighting the plights of modern human society in the character’s own mistakes and misfortunes. The ambition of Victor and his Creation lead them to acts of arrogance and horror. Frankenstein breaks natural law in raising dead flesh back to life, an error which does not go unpunished. The countless tragedies which befall the story’s characters, accentuating the plight that is human life.

Upon full comprehension of “the miserable monster whom I had created (pg. 52)” Victor falls ill. He recovers, yet this is the mere beginning of the horrors awaiting Victor. Victor accounts “my own spirit let loose from the grave, and forced to destroy all that was dear to me (pg. 69)”; the first of Victor’s loved ones to fall victim to the murderous rampage of the monster is William—Victor’s brother. Yet, through this murder the monster has also indirectly killed another, Justine.

If it weren’t for the creation of the Creature, there would never have been any problems and Victor would have been happy with his family. After being rejected by Victor, the monster found shelter in a hovel next to a cottage. He learned to read, write, and speak by observing the residents of the cottage through a crack in the wall. The Creature discovers how he was created by reading the notes found in the clothes he took from Victor. He felt disgusted at how Victor regarded him. When the Creature tries to interact with the villagers, they attack him and drive him off. He vows his revenge on every human being. While walking through the forest, he encounters Victor's brother William. He then proceeds to strangle the boy and kills him. He then takes a locket on William and places it in Justine’s pocket, who is later executed for the murder of William. After meeting with Victor, the creature asks him to make a female companion so that he can stop his revengeful acts. Victor agrees to his proposal and begins to create a female partner for the monster. One night, after noticing the monster’s hideousness and the possibility of a second creature like him, Victor destroys his work in progress. The Creature becomes enraged and proceeds to vow his revenge on Victor. The next night, Victor rows out to

Frankenstein’s story is one of arrogance, sorrow, and a series of avoidable but unfortunate events. Victor Frankenstein’s drive for admiration and glory from his peers proves to be the cause, and drive, of his self-centered goals. When contemplating the need of nature vs. nurture the story of Frankenstein shows that both are needed although in this story the demise and destruction that occurs in the story is inevitable despite either nature or nurture.

Taking the lives of innocent people is a cruel act usually associated with hate and revenge. It is also loathed by society. However, in Mary Shelley's novel, Frankenstein, she gets readers to sympathize with crimeful characters. In this case, specifically, the creature and his irresponsible creator, Victor Frankenstein. Shelley uses convincing words to portray the message that the creature is guiltless. Even as the creature slaughters Victor’s family members readers continues to show compassion towards him. Many questions arise when considering Victor Frankenstein and the creature’s behavior. Why is it that even a murderer can be seen as innocent ? How does that person's environment affect their actions and decisions? Also, how much responsibility does a creator have for what he creates? Although, the creature is referred to as a “beast”. It can be easily proved that the creator of the creature , Victor Frankenstein, is the true cause of the creatures moral corruptness and raged actions. Victor's actions and decisions introduce the thematic topic “responsibility”, leading to the purpose of the novel.

The story of Frankenstein was written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in the year 1818. The story depicts the life of the character Victor Frankenstein, who spends years creating an unnamed creature. Victor abandons the creature the moment he awakens and the creature is then left to live life on his own because is rejected by humanity. The creature kills several people and eventually leads to Victor's indirect death. Throughout the story, the creature is depicted as a hideous, monstrous and evil creature, while Victor is depicted as the victim of his wrath. At first glance, the creature seems like the bigger monster of the story, but as we begin to view it from a deeper perspective we discover a different side. In this essay, I plan to argue that contrary to popular belief, Victor Frankenstein is the real monster of the story.

In Mary Shelley’s classic science fiction “Frankenstein”, a young scientist Victor Frankenstein creates a monster due to his ambition of scientific curiosity, yet losing control over the monster wakens his moral sense and social responsibility which determines him to exterminate the monster by risking his own life. A profound theme of the book is scientific investigation and implementation without consideration of morality and responsibility would lead to destruction. This theme is significantly revealed in the conflict between Victor and himself through the contrast of his inner activities. Victor’s ambition obsesses him to create a life without consideration which leading him falls into desperation and guilt after realizing the dread consequence

In Mary Shelley’s 19th-century novel Frankenstein, an ambitious scientist named Victor Frankenstein, wishes to create human life and, after various attempts, he is successful. Unfortunately, because Victor is blinded by his ambitions, he loathes his creation and rejects it. The creature escapes into the world and, over time, learns about the world and languages but in the process is rejected by mankind because of its hideousness. The creature then vows vengeance against humanity and its creator and goes on a violent rampage of revenge, killing Victor’s loved ones in its wrath. Although the concept of Frankenstein appears superficial and monotonous, the novel uses the story as a framework to delve deep into key themes from the Romantic period,

Victor Frankenstein’s moral ambiguity lies in good intentions with bad results. Victor evolves from an intellectually curious, innocent and blameless man to being remorseful, secluded and obsessed with the

A story that expressed a variable emotional passion that ranged from anger to extreme joy. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a piece of literature that original was published a little less than 200 years ago and can be only giving its credit as arguably “the first authentic science-fiction novel in history” (Mary Shelley) and it is still being used for analysis purposes across the whole of the country, possibly the world and understandably so after the great impact it had on this nation alone. It provides the reader with much more than just a novel that surrounds an innocent young boy and his delusion that turned into a man who is very remorseful and very much determined to destroy the result of his arrogant, scientific endeavor or a hideous creature on a rampage; this allows the reader to a relation with real life circumstances that people go through daily, no matter what age, and what the true meaning of life represents. Within this essay, I intend to discuss and analyze how the creature’s actions in Frankenstein do not automatically define him as being evil or malicious using a new historicist perspective and analysis.

In the tales of Victor Frankenstein and his ever so unfortunate events in life are rather a boring one. Nevertheless, once we open our perspective to the monster he blessed, or rather cursed as some would say, with life, we path to a wider range of variety on what is happening in the tale. We find, more occurring, the thirst for justice and vengeance.