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Essay / Frankenstein Justified Revenge Essay - 566
Since the fall of Adam, humanity has always been fully aware of the existence of good and evil, right and wrong, justice and injustice . Anyone betrayed or mistreated has felt the weight of injustice. Anyone who has been mistreated has felt a desire for revenge. However, opinions begin to differ when it comes to defining the limits of justified revenge. Varying perceptions prevent humans from visualizing and validating the motivations of others. In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, the two main characters were driven to madness by their desire for revenge against each other. In the book, Victor Frankenstein and his creature both tell the same story; however, their individual perspectives radically alter the roles of perpetrator and victim. Mary Shelly's brilliant juxtaposition between the Creature and her Creator demonstrated the relativity of justified vengeance. Mary Shelly presented Victor Frankenstein as an ambitious young man who wanted more than anything to expand his intellectual horizons. Frankenstein seemed like a go-getter with a promising future ...