think creating a mate for him would stop what he could attempt to do in the future or change what he has done in the past? In our opinion, Victor should not create a mate for the creature. Creating a companion will encourage the creature to teach his mate to read, write, and survive in the outside world. To illustrate my point, on page 102, the creature finds Victor's journal with the blueprints of how he was made. This provides an idea and an advantage for the creature to create more species like…
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Which is more powerful: science or human nature? Victor Frankenstein's access to science allows him to successfully create life; however, he fails to consider that this monster has very human emotional needs. Frankenstein, while not prepared for parenthood, is also not prepared for what he creates. Victor is a teenager who has lost his mother, and her death inspires his need to beat death and become a God-like creator of life. He is consumed with creating something that lives and breathes, yet he…
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the novel “FRANKENSTEIN” by Mary Shelley, indirectly goes in depth and provide evidence about the elements of Nature vs. Nurture and how it affects the two main characters Frankenstein and his created Creature. By using the arguments of Nature vs. Nurture can it be decided or inferred who the real “Monster” is in the text. The novel indirectly…
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between monstrocity and homosexualy. Cooper argues that monstrosity is a way to police homosexuality which encompasses any form of non-normative behavior. However in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, there are themes that contradict Cooper's argument. Victor’s need to create and his creations desire for a mate show how Monstrosity does not necessarily equal homosexuality or non-normative behavior. Victor is engaged to Elizabeth but he is reluctant to marry her and chooses instead to study abroad and…
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Why is it that two can resemble one another so well, but strongly despise the other? In Mary Shelley’s work, Frankenstein, the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, and his creation, the Creature, have many similarities but differ in more ways than one. Little did Victor know that discovering the secret to creating life would lead to a ripple of controversy and murders caused by his own creation. Throughout the novel, the audience begins to recognize the parallelism between the two and the unique relationship…
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If I were to change the ending of the book, I would make it something no one would have seen coming and left people on a cliff hanger. As Frankenstein is finishing his story on the boat, instead of dying, he would get up and look out the window. A noise heard in the background would indicate the monster is nearby. Frankenstein would rush over to a large cabinet and open it. A surplus of guns mounted to the wall would appear. He’d choose a large sniper with a scope, almost as big as him. As…
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Jacob Mayforth Frankenstein Fear and Loathing in Genève At some point in their life everyone has had a monster. It was the embodiment of everything we feared as children, some faceless entity that lived beneath our beds and waited ever patiently for our tiny feet to drop into grabbing distance. At some point we were all afraid of the dark, but as we grew older we learned that this fear was irrational. We learned that monsters, or the monsters we imagined, didn’t exist. Knowledge overcame fear…
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Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, is considered as the first science fiction in Western literature. It tells a story of an ambitious scientist Victor Frankenstein who creates a hideously ugly fiend after discovering the secret of life. Both Frankenstein and this grotesque monster experience loneliness throughout the novel. However, they have totally different feelings about going through lonely periods in their lives. As for Frankenstein, he enjoys being isolated from society because he can…
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In Mary Shelley’s book “Frankenstein,” she shows that there’s much more relationship between Victor and Frankenstein than just the creator and creation. There are different ways to look at this story from many perspectives. For example, a father abandoning his child that causes an enormous conflict between him and everyone else. When the child is brought into this world, they need someone to look up to as an example, or turn to someone when time is tough. The feeling of being alone and everyone either…
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The Story “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley is about Victor Frankenstein’s creature living in a world where he frightens people because of his appearance. You would think that Frankenstein is the antagonist in this story because he plays God and creates a hideous being. At the same time that I believe that the creature was not meant to be so vile, I also believe that the creature is a monster inside and out. The creature seeks vengeance, goes on a murderous path, and demands a female creature similar…
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