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Comparing Frankenstein And Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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Frankenstein is a story about the creation of a monster, the need to belong, and an internal battle of right and wrong. Ever since Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelly in 1818, it has been immensely popular. Today not only is the original novel still being read for the past century or so adaptations have been made from Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein in film, music, TV, and theatre. It is a story that has withstood throughout time and has been told and inspired countless stories, including Disney’s 2002 blockbuster hit: Lilo & Stitch. The idea of a mad scientist is prevalent in both stories. Victor Frankenstein was obsessed with knowledge that he nearly drove himself mad saying “I worked for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body. For this I had deprived myself of rest and health (Shelley.)” Victor Frankenstein was so dedicated to create someone out of nothing that he became obsessed and isolated himself from his family and friends. He stops caring about his appearance completely, not even able to provide …show more content…

Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him, but I am solitary and abhorred (Shelley.)" The abandonment and isolation is what drives the evil in Frankenstein’s monster. It is what turns him into the creature that everyone perceives it to be because of its monstrous appearance. The monster Frankenstein created wanted a to belong more than anything, it found an obsession with a family that he calls his protectors. The monster gathers wood for the family while they sleep and learns from them. Eventually once he is rejected by the family he wishes to be apart of is when the monster sets his sights on his creator, Victor Frankenstein and the murders

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