Mary Shelleys Frankenstein :: essays research papers

BIRTH AND CREATION One of the main issues in the novel, and also in Victor Frankensteins mind. One of the reasons for creating his monster, Frankenstein was challenging natures law of creation. That is, to take a being, male sperm and female egg must be united etc.. He was also fraught with the mystery of death and the demeanor cycle. He created something in defiance of our understanding of birth and creation. However the semblance of Frankensteins creation and a babys creation is that both need to be held responsible for, and consequences dealt with, from the moment of birth. Frankenstein failed to do this with his creation.?Whence did the principle of life proceed?To sample the causes of life, we must first have recourse to death??I had worked heavily for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate corpse?ALIENATION Alienation is spoken of frequently throughout the novel. Felt by both Frankenstein and his creation. The monster is deserted by th e very person who brought him into the world, so leaving him completely and totally isolated. Frankenstein feels alienated, because he is burdened with the secret that he has let loose a monster on society and is the echt reason for his loved ones deaths. He alienates himself because of his feelings of guilt, shame and hatred of himself for committing such a sin. The monster only realises his feelings of alienation after observing the cottagers for such a long time, comparing their lives to his own, extending his knowledge and then finally setting himself up for rejection when going in to the cottage, believing that they will accept him. Both eventually deal with their alienation by blaming the other and setting out to learn revenge. ?All save I, were at rest or in employment?, Monster (138)?My protectors had departed, and had broken the only link that held me with the world?, Monster (140)?I, the miserable, and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, kicked, and tramp led on.? Monster (224)?Noone can conceive the anguish I suffered?. Frankenstein (78)?I shunned the face of man?, Frankenstein (93)?I feel as if I was walking on the edge of a precipice, towards which thousands are crowding, endeavouring to plunge me into the abysm?. Frankenstein (96)THE MONSTROUS AND THE HUMAN The only difference between the monster in this novel, and humans, is the appearance, although it is a great difference there are greater similarities brain, commission of thinking, emotions etc.