Surgery In Frankenstein

Easily one of the most notable themes in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the role of nature versus nurture in developing children, recurs throughout the novel with the two main characters, Frankenstein and his creature, believing in opposite sides of this theme. Favoring nature, Frankenstein maintains that the creature was always evil from the moment of creation, regardless of the creature’s experiences. However, the creature, in his narrative to Frankenstein, argues that “[he] was benevolent and good; misery made [him] a fiend” (106). In adherence with John Locke’s concept of tabula rasa, the creature was born with a blank slate, and only through his experiences does he gain knowledge and personality. Struggling to persevere in the human world, Frankenstein’s creature merely wants humans to welcome him as one of them. The change of the creature from looking “upon crime as a distant evil” because “benevolence and generosity were ever present” in him to seeking revenge on Frankenstein results from a culmination of horrible experiences (103). While it may be hard to see the creature as a trustworthy narrator because of how he has acted and his ulterior motives, he does present physical evidence to support his tale. Facing rejection in different forms, he becomes truly evil, giving up hope of companionship as a result of his trials and lessons. From the moment of his creation, the creature encounters abandonment, violence, isolation, and rejection everywhere he turns.

At first glance, the monster in Frankenstein is a symbol of evil, whose only desire is to ruin lives. He has been called "A creature that wreaks havoc by destroying innocent lives often without remorse. He can be viewed as the antagonist, the element Victor must overcome to restore balance and tranquility to the world." But after the novel is looked at on different levels, one becomes aware that the creature wasn't responsible for his actions, and was just a victim of circumstance. The real villain of Frankenstein isn't the creature, but rather his creator, Victor.

The creation was hoping that they would be nice to him, after all he gathered wood for them and never planned to harm them, but upon seeing him they screamed and ran away just because of how he looked. Finally, doing good things makes you believe that you will get good things in return. This, as we know, is not always the case, good deeds don't go unpunished. This is the case for 2 characters in Frankenstein by Mary Shelly. Victor Frankenstein wanted to create a being to stop man from dying violent deaths, in return he got something that was not what he expected and it completely turned against

From the first time Victor Frankenstein saw his creation standing in his bed chamber he was petrified of the seemingly harmful creature that stood before him and immediately flees, leaving the creature to fend for himself. He describes it as “the wretch- the miserable monster who I created” (Shelley 56). He then says “one hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me” (Shelley 57). These statements lead us to believe that Victor’s creation is evil and wants to harm him but the monster is like a new born baby and we are not born into this world evil, we are influenced by the things around us that shape us to be who we are.

The monster that was created by Frankenstein was often angry. He was angry because he was abandoned by Frankenstein. Since he was mad it caused all of his anger to build up and he started killing people. The monster is looked at as evil and sees itself as evil. “I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterness and sensations of despondence and mortification” (Shelley 130).

There is great discussion on whether Victor Frankenstein's creature is evil or not. I have concluded that the creature is not evil for three reasons. Firstly, because of his generous actions. Secondly, because of the simple things the creature enjoys, showing his innocence. Lastly, because of his sympathetic emotions. After reading the next three paragraphs, the understanding as to why the creature is not evil will be clearly understood, starting with his generous actions.

All these years the world has seen the monster in frankenstein as the antagonist in the book. Honestly if you truly look at it and and look at how the monster was treated he was actually not the bad guy. If the monster was treated like everyone else he could've of been a big help but instead was judge how his appearance and how he physically looked instead of how he acted emotionally. All the monster wanted was to fit in but humans would not allow that to happen which brought out his evil side.although the monster was abandoned,not the most attractive person,murdered out of revenge,and he is still not the bad guy but instead is the human their self since they allowed this to happen.

After being abandoned by Dr. Frankenstein, Creature wanted to be accepted by mankind. However, his grotesque appearance was enough for society to isolate him. The physical and psychological characteristics that a society finds difficult to acknowledge as “normal” is what monsters embody. Because people made snap judgements about who Creature was, Creature started thinking of himself as wicked and evil. The circumstances he was placed in incited fury within that turned into physical violence. Creature referred to Dr. Frankenstein as a “cursed creator”, and “For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled [his] bosom, and [he] did not strive to control them; but allowing [himself] to be borne away by the stream, [he] bent [his] mind towards injury and death” (Shelly 138 and 140). He became a powerful and threatening force. Creature fed the evil wolf and became more of a monster than just his physical semblance showed. By murdering innocent victims, he only fueled the monstrosity within him causing it to be his paramount

This is illustrated by Frankenstein’s desire to create and destroy life. Although he created life as a way remember his mother, his good intentions did not result in good outcomes; “ Destiny was too potent, and her immutable laws had decreed my utter and terrible destruction” (Shelley 23). This quote demonstrates Frankenstein trying to control the laws of science. Furthermore, at the moment when Frankenstein decides to experiment with science, by creating the monster, many argue that he crossed the ethical line.

Good people do bad things. Doing a bad thing does not make someone a monster. For example, if a young boy was raised in the ghetto where he and his family never had enough to eat he might have to steal to get for his family. Even though he has done something illegal and immoral that does not make him a bad person. He was just doing what he had to do to get his family food to eat. Even if he kills someone in the process of sealing the food it does not make him a monster. This kid just made a bad choice in an awful situation but he made the choice for the right reason, to feed his family. Victor Frankenstein’s creation, the “monster”, was not all bad. The made some bad choices because of how he was created and how he was treated by Victor after he was created.

Mar Shelley once said, “No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistake it for happiness, the goods he seeks”. Shelley’s “Frankenstein” takes place in a dark and bright world of Europe. The main protagonist Victor Frankenstein who created the creature later on the story, brought suffering and madness toward the creature whose was isolated in his deformed body. Victor regretted and blamed solely on the creature for William and Justine’s death.

In the book Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly, Victor Frankenstein creates a monster. He was most likely creating it for good; even though it was evil. Many people make things with good intent. Many of those things turn out to be evil. Some people may be making things for evil, but most probably aren't.

Linda Charnes takes a different approach as to why Richard in Richard III, wants to be king. She believes that Richard wants to hide behind the English crown in an attempt to hide his deformity. Essentially, she is saying that rather than other people having a predetermined view of him because of his deformity, he “’makes’ the opinion which makes him” (356). She means that Richard is able to alter the view of the people once he is King because he has ultimate authority, and what he says, goes. Through his cunning and charismatic ways, he’s able manipulate the people’s vision of him and in Charnes’ eyes, he “desire[s] to replace stigma, and its shameful sense of social exclusion, with charisma” (355). once he’s King, and Richard’s deformed image

Alhough Victor Frankenstein calls his creature a monster, and considers it disgusting and abhorrent, it is in fact Frankenstein who behaves monstrously. He claims to have created the creature for a noble purpose: to defeat death. However, it is clear that his motives

The Antagonist in Frankenstein is The creature. The Creature is the antagonist because, he is against the main character, Victor, along with the fact that he is killing people to prove a point. I feel as though the antagonist is the creature because, he said, “I soon came to declare war against the human species and against he who had created me (Shelly, 10).” The creature clearly is upset about being created, but alternately, he could have honorably said how he feels he decides that he is going to hurt the entire human species as well as his creator. The creature also says, “Yes! Yes, I killed him, so that his death would bring despair to you, and a thousand miseries would torment and destroy you (Shelly, 10)!” The creature has just killed Victor´s, the creature’s creator, little brother William so it would hurt Victor for creating him. I refuse to see why the creature thought it was right to kill those people was to make a point across that he is alone included that he even feels horrible for being created. Also the character is the antagonist because, he says, “Prepare, Father, for your toils have only just begun! Wrap yourself in fur and gather food, for we shall soon enter upon a journey where your suffering will satisfy my hatred (Shelly, 13).” The creature wants to punish Victor more for letting him suffer for so long.