Frankenstein--Mary Shelley

[TiGGeR LoVeR]

ok so i have a essay on the novel due tomorrow..and i need a bit of assistance with the following question:

1.Who is the real Monster in the novel?? or are both Monsters??

oh yea here's an opiniated question:

♠What is your definition of a monster?

[Coco]

I see Victor as a monster--i.e., a person who madly drives ahead with his/her own selfish wished with no regard for others--because he creates a life with no mother and no childhood,a nd then he promptly abandons it. The Romantics valued childhood very highly, and the creature is denied everything valuable about childhood: a name, a mother to love/nurture him, and parents to teach him how to talk, behave in public, and relate to other human beings. No matter how bad life gets, a person has family who loves hims and accepts him. Even when we are not lovable, our parents love us. Even when we are not beautiful, our parents accept us. They teach us how to get through the difficult times and how to handle our negative emotions. Most importantly, they teach us about God who helps us when parents and friends cannot.

The creature gets NONE of this. Victor runs away immediately, leaving the creature to fend for himself in a very cruel world.

This brings up another idea. Yes, the creature behaves like a monster. But how did he get that way? Victor is partly to blame, but so is the society in general. The creature is hated because he is ugly and feared because he is large. No one shows him kindness, so he learns to be mean. The books he reads (and Safie's life story) show him treachery and mischief and dishonesty, so he takes on those behaviors. So, in a way our society is also a "monster."

I hope this helps.

[Cr_B]

there are a lot of different points of view as to the definition of a 'monster' and who exactly that is in Frankenstein. Here is a really helpful review that gives a lot of ideas http://www.associatedcontent.com/art...in.html?cat=38