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Frankenstein And Obi-Wan's Relationship Essay

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The Relationship In the very popular 2005 Sci-fi/Action film “Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith '' the jedi master Obi-Wan takes Anakin Skywalker as his Padawan. Although many other jeti’s tell Obi-Wan not to train Anakin Skywalker because they see evil in him, Obi-Wan does it anyway. As Anakin gets older and becomes more powerful, he embraces the darkside doing horrible things with his power. Obi-Wan is stuck in a dilemma where he knows he created this evil and has to kill him, but can’t because it was his Padawan. Similarly, in the novel Frankenstein where the main character, Victor, creates a monster and has to face him as he encounters conflicts and complex dilemmas just like Obi-Wan in “Star Wars.” In Mary Shelly’s science fiction novel Frankenstein Victor and the Monster have a complex …show more content…

Tone is displayed first when the creature and Victor are talking, the monster states, “Have I not suffered enough, that you seek to increase my misery.” (Shelley 105) This expresses the creature's tone because although he was abandoned and treated poorly his tone is he acting innocent and wanting acceptance. This plays on the monster and Victor's complex relationship because Victor despises the Monster after the murder and they are both blaming each other for everything. Victor blames the monster and hates the monster for committing the murder; however, the monster blames Victor because he says he did it out of revenge and because of how Victor treated him. Victor continues to push the monster out of his life and believes that the monster is pure evil and the monster just wants love and acceptance, the monster states, “I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous.” (Shelley 105) This portrays the monster and Victor's complex relationship because the monster puts all the shame on Victor so that Victor will accept and love him. Victor still detest the monster as he has ruined Vitor's life. Tone is expressed

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