Conflict In Frankenstein
The Monster, the result of Victor Frankenstein’s experiments that were used to finding a way to recreate life and to cure man of a disease that all possess, death. Victor Frankenstein’s experiment’s led to him dabbling with powers only with which that only that of God should possess, but unlike God Victor Frankenstein did not create an angel, but in his eyes the devil himself. The Monster plays a very significant part in Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein”, his actions are what cause the story to proceed and give Victor Frankenstein his conflict within the book. Victor Frankenstein to some readers may seem to be the protagonist and the Monster is seen as the antagonist and in that persons mind that is how the Monsters’s role is within this novel,
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The Monster does not initially know that what he wants is compassion yet, when he sees the compassion between the old man and his daughter he feels a “mixture of pain “and looks away, he instinctively knows that in him he wants the compassion and love of another and at this stage the love he wants is the love of a parent however his creator, Victor Frankenstein, has abandoned him and has neglected to give his “child” what every child wants, love. The Monster yearns for this sensation called love and tries his best by doing multiple actions for the family to try and gain their favor since he knows that once they catch sight of his physical appearance they will resort to violence and ultimately reject him and any of his hopes of finding acceptance with them. The Monster actions and goodwill to this family is all acts of pure kindness with no malicious intent, he is not a “monster” but a creature that craves for the warmth of another. When the Monster gains the courage to initiate contact with the family he gets rejected by the family and begins to realize that love from conventional humans will never happen for him and at that moment is when his innocence turns into malevolence and signifies his downfall such as Lucifer’s downfall for his decision to rebel against
The Monster does not initially know that what he wants is compassion yet, when he sees the compassion between the old man and his daughter he feels a “mixture of pain “and looks away, he instinctively knows that in him he wants the compassion and love of another and at this stage the love he wants is the love of a parent however his creator, Victor Frankenstein, has abandoned him and has neglected to give his “child” what every child wants, love. The Monster yearns for this sensation called love and tries his best by doing multiple actions for the family to try and gain their favor since he knows that once they catch sight of his physical appearance they will resort to violence and ultimately reject him and any of his hopes of finding acceptance with them. The Monster actions and goodwill to this family is all acts of pure kindness with no malicious intent, he is not a “monster” but a creature that craves for the warmth of another. When the Monster gains the courage to initiate contact with the family he gets rejected by the family and begins to realize that love from conventional humans will never happen for him and at that moment is when his innocence turns into malevolence and signifies his downfall such as Lucifer’s downfall for his decision to rebel against