In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein death is a recurring motif which is linked to destruction, revenge and monstrosity, however it is deaths inextricable link with life which challenged 20th century audiences and critiques. Victor Frankenstein conducted his experiment with the intention of creating life by bring together the world of the living and dead “appeared to me ideal bounds,” by overturning the limits of life he wished to be the first to create a formula for cheating death. Victor not only overcome death but, defies divine and natural order as he affirms, “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me.” Here his motives and actions are selfish and reckless
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What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them.” Thus it is not just his physical features which lead us to believe that he could coexist within humanity. He is also eloquent and incredibly human due to his language, speech capacity and his ability to demonstrate human thoughts and emotions such as love, sympathy and empathy, suggests the ability and desire to build relationships. In Frankenstein the perception of the monster works with the uncanny to demonstrate not only his human features and attributes but, those qualities which do not fit into the conventional characteristics of a human. Bennett and Royle described the uncanny as ‘not just a matter of the weird or spooky, but has to do more specifically with a disturbance of the familiar’ this is exactly what Frankenstein’s monster demonstrates as a figure of the uncanny. It is the monsters creation, grotesque appearance and superhuman abilities which suggest his inhuman nature. On the other hand, Will Adams suggests that it is Victors creation and abandonment which makes him monstrous as he is a manifestation of the abandoned passions in Victors life. Furthermore it is the monsters unfamiliar nature and unnatural creation which makes him
What was my destination? These questions continually recurred, but I was unable to solve them.” Thus it is not just his physical features which lead us to believe that he could coexist within humanity. He is also eloquent and incredibly human due to his language, speech capacity and his ability to demonstrate human thoughts and emotions such as love, sympathy and empathy, suggests the ability and desire to build relationships. In Frankenstein the perception of the monster works with the uncanny to demonstrate not only his human features and attributes but, those qualities which do not fit into the conventional characteristics of a human. Bennett and Royle described the uncanny as ‘not just a matter of the weird or spooky, but has to do more specifically with a disturbance of the familiar’ this is exactly what Frankenstein’s monster demonstrates as a figure of the uncanny. It is the monsters creation, grotesque appearance and superhuman abilities which suggest his inhuman nature. On the other hand, Will Adams suggests that it is Victors creation and abandonment which makes him monstrous as he is a manifestation of the abandoned passions in Victors life. Furthermore it is the monsters unfamiliar nature and unnatural creation which makes him