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    Monster‚ victor frankenstein Mary Shelley’s narrative‚ Frankenstein is the story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils…by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard‚ and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.(52)” This was the time and the place in which the creature came to life. Victor Frankenstein thought that his creation

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    Shelley crafts the story Frankenstein‚ she tells the tale of VIctor and the Creature. When looking at which of them deserves pity‚ there are many things to take into account. The Creature is more deserving of sympathy because he is an orphan‚ a lonely individual‚ and an intimidation. As Victor becomes fascinated with the science of life‚ he dives into his studies and begins to work on the creature. Victor learns ways to create life‚ but once he has created the creature‚ he quickly realizes that

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    In Mary Shelley’s FrankensteinVictor Frankenstein and the monster that he creates are very similar. Frankenstein being a great man had his wants and needs even though he studied things that people thought to be ungodly and just wrong. Frankenstein creates the monster to be like himself although the monster has super human strength and is almost eight feet tall. Victor worked very hard trying to create the monster not noticing that he was creating the monster in his image. Victor not wanting to give

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    novel‚ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Victor‚ a man that finds the secret to cheating life creates an 8-foot tall man that haunts him for the rest of his life. In the novel‚ Victor and the creature never have a good relationship‚ and it seems to make them look like they are very different when they are not.Throughout the book‚ Mary Shelley suggests that the creature and Victor are very different‚ but they are actually very similar. They both have the same personalities. In the novel‚ both Victor and

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    novel “Frankenstein” revenge is a lonesome path for the characters. Victor Frankenstein and the creature choose the path of revenge after they have suffered a lot of misfortune throughout their lives. Revenge is a path of pain that a person chooses to walk in order to cause pain and suffering to the other person. The creature whose heart was the kindest whenever he met a new person‚ was turned into a heartless creature. The creature who is on a path of revenge‚ has sworn revenge on Victor. As the

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    English 12 Honors 13 January 2014 The Downfall of Victor Frankenstein Abraham Lincoln once said‚ “Nearly all men can stand adversity‚ but if you want to test a man’s character‚ give him power.” Lincoln believes that to test one’s character‚ you must see how they handle power. In Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley‚ Victor Frankenstein is a man consumed by knowledge and power‚ and because of this‚ there is a gradual deterioration of character‚ starting from humble beginnings‚ eventually

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    In the novel FrankensteinVictor the creator abandon the creature. After he taught him how to read and speak. This forms that Victor was very irresponsible and is not aware of the consequences. As for Frankenstein‚ it is not fair because he did not chose to be like that‚ all he wanted was to be as others. Victor was being unfair with Frankenstein‚ because he was the one who created him. Frankenstein did not chose to live in that way. As he was created Victor taught how to speak and how to read

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    In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ her two main characters‚ Victor Frankenstein and Frankenstein’s monster both play an important heroic role. Shelly wrote Frankenstein when science was major concern of everyone and was surging all over. Victor Frankenstein is an intelligent scientist who has the desire to do something people say was impossible. Dr. Frankenstein and his family are the most distinguished people of republic of Geneva. His dad married Caroline and adopted a girl name Elizabeth and her

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    The Moral Immoralities of Victor Frankenstein In the novel Frankenstein‚ the author Mary Shelley portrays the limitations of man in his pursuit of scientific creativity. She illustrates Victor Frankenstein’s attempts and success at creating a human being in his laboratory as an immoral attempt to play the role of God. Shelley repeatedly shows the monster’s harmful effects on society and often places blame on Victor for the Monster’s detrimental actions. In order to emphasize the immorality and mistakes

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    word monster comes to mind‚ especially when compared to Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ one would think of a creature that is ugly‚ different‚ violent‚ and an outcast much like the monster in Frankenstein. In this novel‚ Victor Frankenstein‚ a scientist who extremely interested in alchemy‚ creates a creature that is considered to be the monster of the story. Looking deeper in the novel‚ Victor is the true monster because of the scary traits of his personality. Things are not always what they seem‚ it

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