Perhaps Frankenstein's fear at seeing his monster's eyes open was a fear of himself, his own faults. At the time the monster opened its eyes, Victor thought what was supposed to be a beautiful experiment became a hideous monstrosity. Perhaps one
Frankenstein’s creation has never been shown kindness, but yet it still tries to earn the love of others. It can only take so much revulsion until the monster himself becomes corrupt and, “Ultimately, however, the monster grows ugly and twisted inside: psychologically speaking, he grows into the ‘monstrous mask’ that once concealed an innocent nature” (Pifer 5). His innocence becomes clouded by the wrong doing of
This Creation was seen as a big scary monster that would kill you if he even laid eyes on you. Although he was some-what a normal human being, he was just not educationally advanced like we are. If you think of him as being like a caveman it is easier to understand that Frankenstein’s Creation was, well let’s just say the lights were on but nobody was home. That would be a kinder way of describing the Creation. The people where scared of him because he seemed violent, he wasn’t violent he was just afraid and didn’t understand.
With this belief Victor is throwing away the idea of natural occurrences being good, and saying that his creation from dead pieces of various bodies can develop an elite being unimagined by GOD. Another place we see humanity distancing themselves from nature, is when Victor locks himself away from society to delve deeper into his scientific studies. He only sees what can be done with science, and because of this GOD whom is natural, became secondary to science. Science is a very common theme in both Brave New World and Frankenstein; the constant obsession with furthering progress and discovering the unknown led both the society in Brave New World and Victor in Frankenstein to leave natural occurrences behind and attempt to better themselves with
In the novel Frankenstein we see Victor’s technological ambition turn into repulsion as the creation of the monster help him realize the magnitude of his mistakes. “The beauty of my dream vanished, breathless horror and disgust filled my heart”, this shows that Victor was blinded by his ambition and by giving up morality and using technology for his own selfish needs he was not able to foresee the inevitable horrid consequences. On the other hand in Blade Runner the ethical issues of science and technologies are not only portrayed through the creation of the replicants but also by the destruction of nature and its environments. During the beginning of the movie a camera shot from above shows a dark, industrialized city filled with fiery explosions while ominous music is played in the background, the image of the city and non-dijectic sounds portray and emphasise how society has lost sight of what really matters and no longer prioritize
As well as the creature was abandoned by Victor himself at birth. Secondly, they both experience isolation. For example, Victor mentally disconnects himself from his loved ones and close friends when he devours himself in his scientific research of creating life and feels isolated when the creature kills those he loves. By the same token, the creature sees himself as an outcast from the people due to his grisly deformed physical appearance and afraid of anyone he sees. In short, this is the reason why the creature killed the people.
Victor grows his animosity when the monster turns out entirely different than he had hoped. Victor hoped to achieve the power to give life to beautiful beings to walk the earth. With the monster’s first breath, Victor is traumatized by what he has created and can’t believe the result of all his hard work. As the days go by, Victor starts to despise the creation he has produced. What triggers his hatred even more is the fact that the monster is responsible for Justine’s and William’s murder.
The ultimatum that the Monster gives to Frankenstein is really what makes Victor so conflicted with himself. He loves his family and wants to save them from the Monster’s wrath, but he also doesn’t want to make another mistake by creating another monster that could become another killing machine and put lives of many others in jeopardy. "Three years before…I had created a fiend whose unparalleled barbarity had desolated my heart and filled it forever with the bitterest remorse." (158) "…but now, for the first time, the wickedness of my promise burst upon me." (159) Victor ends up destroying the halfway completed companion for the
His concealment causes his obsession, a lack of preventative measures against the creature, and his fear of appearing to be mad. The nature of Victor Frankenstein secret derives from pride and the prevention of humiliation. Frankenstein discreetly gives life to a being in an attempt to escape what seemed to be inevitable; death. This hidden creation ultimately turns into a deranged monster who successfully seeks vengeance on Frankenstein and his family. Knowing that he is indirectly responsible for the tragic events that have transpired; Victor Frankenstein
All of these characters have an ambition for intelligence, which they deal with in different ways. Victor wanted to make a creation of life from lifeless matter, and he sought to do so no matter what. Frankenstein then begins to study hard and becomes a victim of desolation, leaving him detached from his family and friends to accomplish this outrageous goal of creating life. Through his curiosity he creates a creature, who at first was a beautiful thought, but turned into his very own nightmare. For Victor, his creation, the creature, was his dangerous knowledge, leading to a series of haunting events for him.