Frankestein - The Monster
Frankenstein's monster is a fictional character who appeared in Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. In Shelley's Gothic story, Victor Frankenstein builds the creature in his laboratory through an ambiguous method consisting of chemistry and alchemy. Shelley describes the monster as eight feet tall and hideously ugly, but sensitive and emotional. The monster attempts to fit into human society but is shunned, which leads him to seek revenge against his own creator. According to the scholar Joseph Carroll, the monster occupies “a border territory between the characteristics that typically define protagonists and antagonists”.
Frankenstein is disgusted by his own creation, however, and flees from it in horror. Frightened, and unaware of his own identity, the monster wanders through the wilderness.
He finds brief solace beside a remote cottage inhabited by a family of peasants. The creature familiarizes himself with their lives and learns to speak, whereby he becomes eloquent, educated, and well-mannered. The creature eventually introduces himself to the family's blind father, who treats him with kindness. When the rest of the family returns, however, they are frightened of him and drive him away. Hopeful but bewildered, the creature rescues a peasant girl from a river but is shot in the shoulder by a man. He finds Frankenstein’s journal in the pocket of the jacket he found in the laboratory, and swears revenge on his creator for leaving him alone in a world that hates him.
The monster, Victor's creation is a kind of scientific achievement around which the whole plot structure is designed. The protagonist Victor Frankenstein is a scientist and driven by ambition of scientific curiosity. His quest for absolute knowledge and power has ended in his own destruction. Shelley shows the dangerous aspects of modern scientific world, and how the scientific investigation goes beyond human control due to the excess focus on it without proper attention has well been presented in the novel. Also at this point it becomes clear that Mary Shelley is very critical about the scientific invention and intention of contemporary people in regard to its further coming results.
He finds brief solace beside a remote cottage inhabited by a family of peasants. The creature familiarizes himself with their lives and learns to speak, whereby he becomes eloquent, educated, and well-mannered. The creature eventually introduces himself to the family's blind father, who treats him with kindness. When the rest of the family returns, however, they are frightened of him and drive him away. Hopeful but bewildered, the creature rescues a peasant girl from a river but is shot in the shoulder by a man. He finds Frankenstein’s journal in the pocket of the jacket he found in the laboratory, and swears revenge on his creator for leaving him alone in a world that hates him.
The monster, Victor's creation is a kind of scientific achievement around which the whole plot structure is designed. The protagonist Victor Frankenstein is a scientist and driven by ambition of scientific curiosity. His quest for absolute knowledge and power has ended in his own destruction. Shelley shows the dangerous aspects of modern scientific world, and how the scientific investigation goes beyond human control due to the excess focus on it without proper attention has well been presented in the novel. Also at this point it becomes clear that Mary Shelley is very critical about the scientific invention and intention of contemporary people in regard to its further coming results.
Victor’s creation is not a monster; he is a product of a society’s inability to cope with advancing science and its consequences. Victor does not take into account, before creating the monster, the consequences of his actions. Victor rejects his creation the moment he casts his eyes on its animated form. This cruel rejection is what sparks the beginning of a journey that will ultimately end in the death of Victor.
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