Obsession Quotes In Frankenstein

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, She was buried at St. Peter's Church in Bournemouth. There was no flash of lightning, no bolt through the head, no scientist crying "It's alive!" (Oh, and the monster wasn't named Frankenstein).Famous English poet Lord Byron challenged everyone to write the scariest, freakiest, spookiest story they could come up with. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin wasn't just any eighteen-year-old. She was the daughter of two seriously smart people:William Goodwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Victor Frankenstein uses

Many of the issues were brought upon themselves by such an obsessive drive for knowledge; this would be the first obsession in this novel. “Natural Philosophy and particularly chemistry, in the comprehensive sense of them, became my sole occupation.” (Shelley 20) Victor wanted to see of you could return people from the dead he researched skills obsessively to find the proper formula to create life. He had an obsession with creating lives he wanted to push beyond the human limits. When does Shelley leave us thinking the question when does obsession turn into insanity? He wanted to finish his project so bad that his ambition shot straight into an obsession, and this obsession must have made him blind. “Forced to spend days and nights in vaults and charrel horses.” (Shelley 30) “Obsession is the fact or state of being obsessed with an idea or desire; “In this phase, a person is introduced to the substance or the activity.” (McLaughlin

Victor gathered supplies from graves taking parts and pieces aways from dead people to create his creation. Once he created this monster he was scared to death he shunned the creation. Perhaps maybe cause he conquered the death? “ My application was at first fluctuating and uncertain; it gained strength as I proceeded, and soon became so ardent and eager, that the star often disappeared in the light of morning whilst I was yet engaged in my laboratory.” (Shelley 29) Victor wanted to create his monster due to his mothers death because he didn't want anyone else to lose a loved one like he did. “Is it even possible that the rains of my ideas would never have received the fatal impulse the led to my ruin.” (Shelley 21) Victor left to go to the mountains to get away from his monster; he was gone for 6 years and when he returned everything was different. The monster could