Creation of Creature Frankenstein
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- Why was Victor not able to accept his dream experiment and its results ?
In the novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the dangers involved with blind ambition and the craving to surpass former limitations are depicted through the actions of the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, and his inability to remain responsible and in control of the monster that he creates. These dangers are shown, first when Frankenstein, in his ignorance, creates the monster, and again later on, when the monster kills his brother and Frankenstein fails to act accordingly.
Victor creates the monster in hopes of achieving glory and remembrance through his contributions to scientific advancement.
However, he does not ever consider the many implications
involved with the creation of life. In his endeavours to create the monster, he takes on the role of a God, but fails as a creator of life in being accountable and managing his creations.
In Christianity, God is said to remain responsible to those who he creates, such as Adam, Eve and Satan, who resemble Frankenstein’s creation.
- What made Creature a Monster ?
Victor does not think about possible results of his experiments. He does not think what will happen when he finally succeeds and creates a living creature. He is severely punished by his attitude when the creature created by him turns into a monster. The author illustrates that the guilt for murders can not be put only on Frankenstein’s creation. Society and social norms finally result in feelings of loneliness and estrangement.
“The monster complains that his maker and mankind are moving his nature from goodness and benevolence to wrath and violence. He attempts the company of men and is rejected with horror, fear and abuse”
Victor Frankenstein is driven by his ambition when he creates his monster. He does not think about the consequences but rather experiments: “One of the phenomena which had peculiarly attracted my attention was the structure of the human frame, and, indeed, any animal endued with life”.
Victor does not think about the feelings of the creature he produces. He is concerned only with scientific tools which give him control and power. “Frankenstein so beautifully explores the consequences of living and working in isolation. After cloistering himself to bring dead flesh to life, Victor Frankenstein condemns his creature to loneliness. The creature does the same to him in revenge. Solitude makes monsters of both”.
Victor creates a monster but he doesn't understand the true meaning of his actions.
Loneliness and alienation is one of the main themes of the novel. It is notable that all main characters of the novel experience feelings of loneliness and alienation.
The Monster, Victor and Walton experience these feelings. Victor Frankenstein does not have good relations with his family. He does not keep in touch with his father and sister despite they really want to have good relations with him. The author describes in great detail good relations in Victor’s family and their desire to keep in touch with Victor.
Despite this fact Victor does not make any attempt to support any relations with his family. He dedicates all time and effort to science but it does not bring him enough moral satisfaction. Victor can not find the way out for his negative feelings and uses since and experiment as a way to entertain himself and to get rid of loneliness. The author uses the old theme of Faust when the search for technical progress and scientific advances results in the loss of humanity. Victor does not possess feelings of love and compassion.
The creature created by Victor turns into a monster because it can not find understanding and compassion in the society. People do not give the creature any chances only because it looks terrible to them.
- Who is suffering from Deformity in the novel ?
The concept of deformity in Mary Shelley's Novel, by analysing its link to malice in the book and in history, aiming to deny it.
When he tries to approach people, everyone rejects him. His terrible look is the first thing people see when they meet him and that is what provokes fear in them. The monster hopes that he can have a better life with the DeLacey family, the people who live in the house near where he hides. The creature, aware of their possible rejection, analyses the situation and thinks that he can introduce himself to the old blind man. He is considered the link between the monster’s loneliness and a possible long-lasting friendship full of love. Mistrusts its communicative skills, because the only thing the monster can do with the oldman is to talk. For these reasons, he waits until the man remains alone.As the monster had thought, the old man cannot judge him for his appearance.
They start a conversation that could have led to what the monster wanted. Unfortunately, when the other family members return home, they have the same reaction that other people have when they see him. Necessarily he escapes and decides that there is no future for him in this human world. He knows that he cannot share his life with a normal woman.
He needs someone in his same situation, with a similar deformed body. In fact, he asks Victor to create a female-monster. This is not just a solution the monster is asking for his sadness, but also the consequence of his experience and knowledge of human beings.
- Who decides what beauty is ? Is it for real or Superficial ?
If you ask most people what they find beautiful about a person, many of them will probably begin to describe someone's physical characteristics. It usually goes something like this: "I like big eyes, long hair, muscles, and etc.
Rarely do you hear someone reply, "What makes someone beautiful to me is their generosity, courage, kindness, and sense of humour."
It's also important to point out that beauty ideals have changed throughout time.
wildly different every era's gender ideals have been for women. For example, during the Italian Renaissance and Victorian England, the perfect woman was slightly overweight and had very pale skin.
it's all what a culture socially agrees upon as the perfect definition of "beauty." There are even many different beauty standards across the world today.
'Beauty Lies in the eyes of the Beholder’
What this quote is trying to say is that unless you are considered beautiful by the people/society looking at you, you will not be considered beautiful. This is because society has set certain standards of beauty that are followed by most of the population.
Inner Beauty doesn’t have an expiry date :
Unlike external beauty that is dependent on your biological appearance, inner beauty has the potential to keep getting better with age.
“Sometimes people are beautiful. Not in looks. Not in what they say. Just in what they are.”
― Markus Zusak
Not many know beauty isn’t about having a perfect face. It’s about having a pretty mind, a pretty heart and most importantly a beautiful soul. Even the imperfections have beauty that is not in looks but in what they do.
- Villain in Frankenstein:
At first glance, the monster in Frankenstein is a symbol of evil, whose only desire is to ruin lives. He has been called "A creature that wreaks havoc by destroying innocent lives often without remorse. He can be viewed as the antagonist, the element Victor must overcome to restore balance and tranquillity to the world." But after the novel is looked at on different levels, one becomes aware that the creature wasn't responsible for his actions, and was just a victim of circumstance. The real villain of Frankenstein isn't the creature, but rather his creator, Victor.
When Victor created the creature, he didn't take responsibility for it. He abandoned it, and left it to fend for itself. It is unfair to bring something into the world, and then not teach it how to survive.
In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, society continually regards Victor's creation as a monster, both physically and psychologically. Though the being has the physical characteristics of a monster, it is only after he is repeatedly rejected by society that he adopts the personality and behaviour of a monster. Thus, society plays a large role in shaping the monster's personality and behaviour. Because society expects him to act like a monster, he inevitably becomes one. The being is clearly a victim of a self-fulfilling prophecy.
From the very beginning the being was misjudged, because of his appearance.
The monster confesses,"My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy; and, when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change, without torture such as you cannot imagine".
The danger of a self-fulfilling prophecy is that people become that which they originally were not. As a result, they are unable to live with the person that they have become. The being was not a monster on the inside initially. As the monster says, "I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend".
Creature repeated rejections and his intense loneliness lead him to commit acts which he never thought himself capable of committing. Society's expectations are fulfilled, but at the expense of the creature's soul.
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