He is rejected by the De Laceys and Frankenstein and ponders the question: ‘Am I not alone, miserably alone?’. The monster is represented as the dark side of Frankenstein. Shelley depicts Frankenstein as the real monster of the novel. Frankenstein appears to look like a nice person but Shelley creates him as a blasphemous person whose arrogance and obsessions with science end up costing him dearly. In contrast, the monster appears to be a nasty, unapproachable beast but actually appears to be well-educated and is knowledgeable about the world around him.
David Guhl Mrs. Volz British Lit. 5 September 2012 Who is the real monster? There is child abuse going on all around the world, and the kids have done nothing to deserve it. In Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein, The Monster is like an abused child because Victor puts his creation through intense pain that the Monster did not deserve. Victor had no reason to put his creation though such pain he just did it through pure selfishness.
It is Frankenstein’s responsibility to teach the monster and see it as a friend. It’s because Frankenstein rejects his creature that causes it to become evil. “Oh No mortal could support the horror of that countenance. A mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that wretch. I had gazed on him while unfinished; he was ugly then, but when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion, it became a thing suck as even Dante could not have conceived.”(pg.49) Each time the monster killed it was a consequence of Victor’s actions.
One of the ways Shelley explores the dark side of the human psyche is the suppressed and forbidden knowledge which Victor Frankenstein is hungry for. We can see this when Frankenstein states 'how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge'. However it will ultimately lead to a happier life that the man 'who believes his native town to be the whole world'. This drives Frankenstein to exceed the boundaries of science hence create new life. Shelley portrays the desire of knowledge as lust which, if left unhindered, can drive a man to peril.
Close Analysis Frankenstein Paper Final Monster with a Soul In Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, Victor created a monster with a sense of humanity and a soul. The monster has feelings, connects with others, and even suffers loneliness, just like a normal human being. Human beings are in need of a mate and need to be socially accepted and connected, well so did the monster. Even though the monster was not named or treated the way he was originally intended to be treated by his creator, the monster still tried to connect with a human being on any level. “I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation.” (Chapter 3, Shelley) This quote symbolizes the love that Victor had for his science and his knowledge and what he was prepared to do with it.
In the original Frankenstein the monster is sensitive and intelligent being but due to a sense of abandonment becomes biter and murderous. Many adaptations strip away his human qualities and made him appear as a terrifying killing machine such as the 1931 movie “Frankenstein” directed by James Whale. The first film adaptation was brought to the silver screen in 1910, however the most well known image of the monster from the 1931 film adaptation. Boris Karloff played the monster and his version has forever been the image we now know today. Multiple sequels and adaptations were made and many parodies such as “The Rocky Horror Picture Show”, “Bride of Frankenstein”, and “Kyofu Densetsu: Furankenshutain (The Monster of Frankenstein).” Even people who have never seen or read an adaptation of Frankenstein would still likely share the general assumption of who Frankenstein is and what he looks like.
The first of these is to consider the baby to be like Frankenstein's monster - a blank canvas whose mistreatment turns him to violence: 'I am malicious because I am miserable. Am I not shunned and hated by all mankind?' The unnamed monster's violent deeds are a result of his mistreatment by Frankenstein and Ben could be considered in the same way even if the initial rejection does happen in the womb. The other interpretation is to consider whether good and evil traits are not as simple as that - it seems like a depressing alternative to believe that someone can be naturally evil, but it does hold with it the notion of natural goodness also. The boys in Lord of the Flies demonstrate this natural goodness and evilness for when they are free from society, their arguably natural goodness (seen in Ralph, Simon and Piggy) is revealed, but also the natural evil (seen in Jack, Roger and most of the boys) is also revealed.
She differentiates the two characters in terms of which of them is truly human. One the creator Frankenstein who may look and feel like an everyday average man but has a crazy obsession of creating life from the dead, while the other a creature created from the dead, looking nothing like a human being but just wanting to belong with a family who will love and care for him. Throughout the novel they both show signs of being equally a true human and also being a real ‘monster’. Being a real human does not mean looking ‘normal’
To the reader, it seems that Shelly consistently reminds us of the lack of responsibility on the part of Frankenstein, and the monster’s inherent innocence, who is only made evil by his circumstances. But like the reader, Shelley too, is unclear about whose behaviour is most unjustifiable and unpardonable. With reference to David Punter’s essay “Gothic and Romanticism”, Victor Frankenstein can be compared to the ‘Wanderer’, the Wanderer’s essential characteristics being that he is hero and victim both, who defies God by crossing the laws of mortality and dares to touch the untouchable. The Wanderer is never satisfied with the restrictions placed on him by an ordered society, and he ultimately suffers for his disobedience. Victor clearly fits the description of the Wanderer, as his obsessive need to create life and be its sole creator has a hint of an unnatural desperation to satisfy his ego and attain gratitude.
The Monsters in Shelly’s Frankenstein When reading Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, most people believe that the monster in the story is the creature created by Victor Frankenstein. The monster is considered hideous in appearance; it is over eight feet tall, many of its arteries are showing on the outside of its body, it has a raspy voice and is an overall outcast from society. Basically the creature sets the standard for the appearance of a monster for the rest of history. There is one problem with the idea of the creature appearing to be monstrous. Throughout the story Shelly attempts to show that it’s not appearance that makes the monster.