Major Works Data Sheet In this column, choose five quotations from the text, one focusing on each of the following literary elements: In this column, analyze the significance of your quotations. Allow the following questions to guide your responses: Why is this important? What does this reveal? Why does the author say it this way?
In consequence, the bevy of knowledge now at the Monster’s disposal, ensures the final stage of his transformation, while inevitably leaving him without motivation. Notably, hurt feelings fuel the Monster to take cut ties. “The feelings of kindness and gentleness (…) gave place to hellish rage and gnashing of teeth. Inflamed by pain, I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind” (18. 143). The active resistance leaves the Monster with emotional wounds.
The topic of Dr Frankenstein playing God can be related to the current day issue of abortion laws. Creating life should just be the act of God and taking it away is in the same context. Twenty years before Shelly published "Frankenstein" Luigi Galvani discovered that electricity could make a dead person's muscles twitch and simulate some type of life. This portrays the belief that reanimation is possible. The common belief of Dr Frankenstein playing God in this novel can also be portrayed as an issue between all religions.
In the book Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley. Mary Shelley was born August 30, 1797 in London England.. She was best known for her novel Frankenstein. Mary’s mother died shortly after her birth.. Mary died on February 1, 1851 due to brain cancer,
Why does the novel prevail on the theme of isolation? This theme is perceived from beginning to end as the story unfolds. Isolation refers to when a person has nothing besides himself or feels out of a group. In this novel, there are three main characters that the reader can perceive as being isolated. The characters are: Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and the creature; however they reflect the theme in different ways.
One's Morality can be determined the actions that they choose to do, this complication can happen. Victor, the creator is a smart man for knowing right and wrong because he's known what it means. In the creature's brain is just developing when victor was creating. The creature is known as Frankenstein as to learn from listening and observing one's surroundings. Frankenstein has to learn right from wrong because frankenstein is more a visionary character.
Firstly, Victor Frankenstein had treated his creation abusively, which created his sense of being unwanted and lonely. There are many examples of this showcased throughout the story, such as,"Devil," I exclaimed, "do you dare approach me? And do not you fear the fierce vengeance of my arm wreaked on your miserable head? Begone, vile insect! Or rather, stay, that I may trample you to dust!
Charity Cochran Mrs. Harvey English 10 3 November 2022 In the book Frankenstein we read about how a man wants to create life, and how his creation doesn’t turn out the way he imagined it in his own mind. Frankenstein was very fast to judge what he had made just on how he looked . He treated his creation like it was nothing; threw it away like trash. “As I looked on him, his countenance expressed the utmost of malice and treachery.”
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein becomes obsessed with the need for revenge on his monster. The demon that Victor creates kills Elizabeth, one of his many victims that are close to Victor’s heart, and this sets Victor over the psychological edge. Victor gets consumed with a burning sensation and hatred for the monster: “I was possessed by a maddened rage when I thought of him, and desired and ardently prayed that I might have him within my grasp to wreak a great and signal revenge on his cursed head” (Shelley 147). This heated quote shows the intense hatred Victor has for his creation. He actually prays for the opportunity to get his hands on the monster so he can kill him himself.
The Complex relationship between Victor Frankenstein and his creation Recently within the last decade technology has progressed very fast and very far. Within that time period many new ideas have arisen regarding the idea of AI, and whether or not the ethical risks outweigh the benefits. Similarly in Mary Shelley’s novel, “Frankenstein,” she tells the story of a scientist named Victor Frankenstein, who creates a conscious being from the remains of corpses. However the creation is not what Frankenstein expects, and their complex relationship is filled with conflicting emotions, power dynamics and very powerful revenge fueled by rage.
The ideal definition of family is about accepting and being supportive, loving, and trusting to one another. In the novel Frankenstein, there was various symbolism, metaphors as well as similes towards the theme of family. Victor’s solitary nature counterbalance, his ability to apprehend the significances of family. Because of his flaws, he ends up inflicting harm to everyone around him as well as repeating his mistakes from his father to his child, the creature. When Victor’s mother Caroline dies she abandons Victor.
It is clear that Dr. Frankenstein is in a regretful mindset when he states, “I suffered living torture.” Meaning that he knew it was never Justine who killed William. However, he would never be able to speak up because he is fearful that he will be perceived as mad by his family and by the public. This was just one of the consequences that Frankenstein has to face due to his creation. Frankenstein also recognizes the fact that it is ultimately his own fault that William has died and that Justine will be wrongly sentenced for his death.
Theme: The Misery Caused by Loss During the novel several characters die, of different causes. Misery is also a main motif, while several personas gradually become more and more miserable. The loss of characters caused dreadful misery.
Emerson Young Mrs. Harvey English 11 7 November 2022 Redemption is Obtainable “Fashion it thus: that what he is, augmented, Would run to these and these extremities. And therefore think him as a serpent's egg which, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous and kill him in the shell.” (Shakespeare) This quote beckons the question, do people have hope to change, even if everything is against them? Yes, always.
Children have never been very good at listening, but are very good at intimidating. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor, after obtaining an abundance of knowledge unknowingly created a creature that would soon seek revenge due to his feeling of rejection. Victor had been loved unconditionally by his parents. However he was not given the direction and reinforcement he desired while he was growing up. Victor was allowed to quarantine himself by his parents, rather than being educated to a better life.
