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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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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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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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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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 embark on a journey to cross the boundaries…
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Who Is The Real Monster In Frankenstein? The creature is always thought of as the real monster, because of the way looks, which causes him to be rejected and scare the people he comes in contact with, but I think that Victor is the real monster in Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein. Victor creates his creature out of different body parts that he has collected from a grave yard and then brings to life with electricity. When the creature is brought to life for the first time Victor is terrified by the look of…
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out of it unharmed. Being harmed by these actions does not necessarily mean physically, it can be mentally as well. Throughout the book Victor realizes that his action of creating the monster was a terrible mistake, he was to obsessed and to crazy to stop and think how this could backfire on him and hurt him as well as his loved ones. I side with the creation because of the sorrow, abandonment, and vengeance he feels. When Victor decides to create the monster his heart is filled with too much pride…
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1 The narrator, Victor Frankenstein, tells about his family background and his past in Geneva. Victor tells that his father, Alphonse Frankenstein, was the protector of his good friend’s daughter, Caroline, after her own father had died. Soon after, Alphonse and Caroline got married and had Victor two years later. On a trip to Italy, when Victor is five years old, Caroline discovers a blonde, far skinned orphan named Elizabeth and adopts her. She decides then that one day Victor and Elizabeth would…
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criticizes how people of the era were strongly encouraged to rely solely on intuition and “natural” feelings rather than controlled rationality; Shelley cautions that a sense of rationality is necessary in everyday life, especially when it comes to raising a child. In Shelley’s book, Frankenstein, she is very critical of parents who fail to pay attention to their children, and uses her characters in the novel to warn of the effects of bad parenting because she experienced this herself. Victor created…
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