The Role Of The Monster In Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein

In the first portion of this novel, Frankenstein secludes himself from the rest of the world in order to create life. He worked tirelessly until his creature came to life; unfortunately, he realized that he created a hideous monster soon after. Because of his fright and countless months of intense dedication to his studies, he grew weak and fell ill. I believe

In Shelley’s novel, the Creature is responsible for the murder and destruction of his creator, Frankenstein’s, family members and eventual life. The Creature, throughout the novel, is identified as a “monster,” which can be defined as, “one who deviates from normal or acceptable behavior or character; a threatening force”

However, as soon as the creature opened it's eye Frankenstein realised the horror of what he had done, "These luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast watery eyes, that seemed almost the same colour as the dun white sockets in which they were set shrivelled complexion straight black lips." This description now makes the creature seem more like an old corpse that should still be in it's grave, a zombie that has escaped and come back to live on Earth once more. Frankenstein is also no longer seeing the miracle of science which he had strived to create, deprived himself of rest and health for, cut himself away from those that he had once loved and who loved him for, instead, he is seeing a monster. The creature however, had no way of knowing how frightful he looked and did not know why everyone who saw him ran away or screamed, "his flight somewhat surprised me" He does not know how he looks or how others perceive him so the attacks he endures from the villagers of wherever he was travelling through confuse and surprise him.

The monster has such a gruesome and horrifying appearance, that Frankenstein is automatically scared based on the monster’s looks and therefore flees from his creation. The creature then goes out into a world that he knows absolutely nothing about and has to provide for himself without any knowledge of how to do that. When the creature scares the humans in the village and the farmer he is only trying to find food and never once thought of harming them. The monster shows many acts of kindness in his early stages of life. For example, when he is observing the family, he realizes that they are poor and he has been stealing their food. Once he understands that he is hurting them, he stops stealing. He cuts up firewood and leaves it for them in hopes of making their life easier. These actions show us that the monster does not start out doing bad things only things that might benefit the family. The creature has a desire to learn like a child does, he is fascinated in everything the family does and says. “I shall relate the events that impressed me with feelings which, from what I was, have made me what I am”(Shelley 135), this quote

Frankenstein worked to become the God of a master race that he created. Frankenstein robbed graves of limbs, teeth, organs, and tissue in order to begin his perfect race of beings. In Frankenstein’s tale, he explains that “His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful. Beautiful! Great God! His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness; but these luxuriances only formed a more horrid contrast with his watery eyes, that seemed almost of the same colour as the dun-white sockets in which they were set, his shrivelled complexion and straight black lips.”(Shelley, 42). Frankenstein created a monster with no deficiencies physically, as creature virtually had the perfect human frame. The creature had superhuman qualities, as Frankenstein describes an encounter he had with creature, “As I said this I suddenly beheld the figure of a man, at some distance, advancing towards me with superhuman speed.”(Shelley, 80). The animation of creature marked a pivotal point in humanity, as Victor Frankenstein has accomplished no other scientist had, he animated a creature with abilities that nothing could surpass. Overall, Frankenstein worked to push the bounds and limits of science

As Frankenstein is the creator of the creature the creature’s fate lies is the hands o f Victor. Just as it may be believed at least in those times that the fate of all men lay in the hands of God. In making life Victor achieved achieve his goal of playing god and being a leader of a whole race, but in doing so he forgot his leadership, responsibility the ability to change the course of that one creatures life was to much and therefore coursed destruction. It is this, which proves Frankenstein faulty, he tried and reached only halfway he was unable to govern and therefore failed in his short attempt. Just as if a bad captain of a ship caused a mutiny against himself.

The creature poses a direct danger to innocents connected to Frankenstein, one that has already been carried out in the cases of William, Justine, and Henry Clerval. The creature becomes infinitely dangerous because he is “fearless, and therefore powerful.” (pg. 123) With nothing to lose and no intent other than causing unending harm to Frankenstein, who thwarts his last effort at happiness, the creation becomes a monster, a desperate, hateful animal. However, despite base the intent and actions of the creation, the blame and responsibility still falls to the creator, who spurned and destroyed the creature’s chance at contentment, driving him to his nefarious deeds.

This seems to be his central mistake, and the epicenter of his downfall, because the speed of his assemblage disregards the essential evolutionary details. There are several consequences to this. First, it is immeasurably apparent that it is Frankenstein’s creature’s appearance, resulting from this lack of care for the essential details, which makes the creature into a monster. The creature tells Frankenstein this himself in his relation of his intellectual and social growth; though his readings about human nature suggested that acquaintanceship, over time, would allow him to overcome his personal deformity, the creature learns that his appearance overpowers his intellectual prowess— and with it, any hope at friendship with his cottagers. At this moment of realization, “overcome by pain and anguish”, the monster’s “heart sunk within [him] as with bitter sickness”, and whole-hearted rage takes over his countenance for the first time (Shelley 160). Thus, the creature tells Frankenstein, he “gave vent” to his “anguish in fearful howlings” like “a wild beast that had broken the toils” (Shelley 160). The emphasis placed on this moment suggests that Shelley intends this as the turning point of monstrosity: where before the creature sought human

Victor Frankenstein did not know what he was doing he just wanted to make a monster. He couldn't decide if he should do a animal or a person he didn't know what he purpose of this will be be wasn't sure what he should name him he had no clue about anything. The main reason why he wanted to make a monster was because for so long he only wanted a friend he was so lonely for so long he just wanted to make a friend for himself. “i began the creation of a human being.” He really wanted a human friend but then he thought how cool it would be to have a pet as a monster and how they can do cool tricks. As the creation was still going on he just began to form him and see what he would get out of the creation. “Although i processed the capacity

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, scientist Victor Frankenstein discovers the secret of life and avidly works to carry out his discovery by building his own creature. His feverish experimentation, though successful, results in a disappointment; after the creature opens its eyes, Frankenstein revulsion causes him to abandon this mockery of his original imagination to society’s brutality. Though made of human parts, the Creature is unable to present himself so, initially lacking both the verbal communication skills and aesthetically uniform appearance of humanity. The Creature’s desires for companionship, emotional needs, and capacity for empathy are consistent with human beings, but his outward appearance is inherently unnatural. Shunned

The relationship between Frankenstein and his creature begins as an attentive parent and beloved child. Frankenstein labors over his creature for two years, piece by piece constructing the creature 's body. He works with one anatomical feature at a time, from raw materials supplied by "the dissecting room and the slaughter-house" (55), which he then brings to life using an unspecified process. However, the moment the creature comes to life, he is repulsed and horrified by its grotesque appearance. He had dreamed of the creation of a beautiful and kind beings,

He has a green color to him with scars that have been stitched up. He was very intimidating, the kind of creature you didn't want to be around. People felt unsafe around him before they even gave him a chance. Because of how others treated him, Frankenstein's monster felt rejection and sadness. He felt like

Throughout the novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley, the creature is subjected to countless acts of violence and rejection. For a monster to develop, one must have been formerly exploited either by an individual or their society. The creature is not only a physical product of science, but his atrocious behavior is also an explicit result of Victor’s actions toward him. The creature was not born a monster, but slowly morphed into one as he experiences violence and rejection from his society.

Frankenstein was a scientist who thought that the world was a secret, which he desired to discover in the scientific field. He worked to find out the relationship between humans and animals. He was attracted by the structure of the human body, any animal related with life, and the cause of life. One day, Victor Frankenstein made an experiment where he included many different human parts from different dead people. This resulted in a human being and a strange creature never seen before in life, which made Frankenstein very scared. This creature or monster was tall enough to scare people by his height and with muscles that were well proportioned.

The creature has his own forms of narcissism just like that of the other characters. The creature is selfish, he believes that if he has to be alone than Frankenstein does also; he is the only one who can have him. The creature kills three people who are close to Frankenstein: William his older brother, Henry his friend, Elizabeth his wife, and essentially Justine. The monster kills William out of rage because he is a Frankenstein and he wanted to get back at his creator. He kills Elizabeth because Frankenstein refused to make him a female companion. Society has shunned the creature; and he acts out because it is the only way in which Victor will notice him.