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  • Essay / Character Differences in Frankenstein - 1486

    In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, Victor and his creature share many characteristics although they are opposing forces due to their differences. Even though our perception of Frankenstein is that of a creature created by a mad scientist on a dark stormy day, waiting for a bolt of lightning to strike it and shout “He's alive!” » the real story of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein has more depth and meaning to what Frankenstein and his creature actually are. The story takes place in the late 18th century, during Robert Wilson's voyage across the Arctic Ocean. After several weeks at sea, his ship suddenly becomes stuck in ice and runs aground as they wait for the ice to melt. Wilson and his crew see a man about to die. One way they showed it was through Elizabeth in which her mother introduced it. as the article says, “my mother said to him in a cheerful tone: “I have a nice present for my Victor, he will get it tomorrow. And when, the next day, she presented Elizabeth to me as her promised gift, I, with childish earnestness, interpreted her words literally and considered Elizabeth mine – mine to protect, love and cherish. All the praises bestowed upon him I received as having become my property. We called each other familiarly by the name of cousin. No words, no expressions could express the kind of relationship in which she was with me, my more than sister, since until death, she was to be mine alone. Victor attended the University of Ingolstadt where he studied modern sciences and was able to master everything his teachers had to offer him in two years. Victor was initially fascinated by the science and "meaning of life" that led to the creature's creation, but soon realized the disproportionate ramifications of his actions. The significance behind the name Frankenstein means humanity, without a name you are not. After killing his younger brother, Elizabeth, and his best friend, Victor, after having no family left, wanted to end it, so he ended up continuing his creation and dying. before catching it. After giving birth to the creature and leaving it to fend for itself, the creature endured a lot of agony and pain from society, which drove his rage towards Victor and his family and he eventually kill this younger brother and soon his wife. Both were isolated from society, Victor isolated himself by locking himself away to create the creature and ignoring everything around him, as stated in the article: "The summer months passed while I I was thus engaged, heart and soul, in the same quest. It was a very good season; never have the fields yielded a more abundant harvest, nor the vines a more luxuriant harvest: but my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature. And the same feelings that made me neglect the scenes around me also made me forget these distant friends so many miles away and whom I had not seen for so long. I knew my silence worried them; and I remembered my father's words well: “I know that if you are happy with yourself, you will think of us with affection and we will hear from you regularly. You must forgive me if I consider an interruption in your correspondence. as proof that your other duties are also being neglected. As