Frankenstein's Obsession Essay

There was scene in James Whale’s movie which Henry Frankenstein’s servant, Fritz, is stolen brains from the University for Frankenstein to create the monster. But he accidently drops the “normal brain,” and thus he took away the “criminal brain” (Frankenstein). Whale has guided the audiences to the path where…

delirium his friend Clerval is there during his convalescence. Although the loneliness for all the characters in the novel is not long lasting, the creation is left alone without anyone to comfort him. The reader can’t help but have compassion for Frankenstein’s creation when his creation is begging for love and companionship. When the creation is able to tell his story he does with eloquence and…

"He was spawned in that slime, conceived by a pair of those monsters born of Cain, murderous creatures banished by God, punished forever for the crime of Abel's death" (Gardner 6). For centuries, Grendel has been classified as a paragon of evil through his abuse of Hrothgar's kingdom in the Anglo-Saxon tale, Beowulf. There has always been the illusion that Hrothgar's people are innocent and are being attacked by Grendel solely for his own pleasure; however, what if Grendel is truly the innocent…

theme that the creatures aren’t always the monsters, humans can be the real monsters, they are not accepting of beings who are different. Frankenstein’s monster and Edward were both created in very similar ways but the chance to interact with humans were very different. They both came to life through inanimate parts. They both contain human parts, Frankenstein’s monster completely and as far as it is shown most of Edward too; of course…

The story of a creation cast down to a (both literal and metaphorical) hell is the basis of both John Milton’s Paradise Lost and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. It is of no coincidence that the novel Victor’s monster comes upon and reads is Paradise Lost - from it the monster is able to find some kinship in a fictional tortured soul much like him who lost the safety of their creator’s realm and was thus left to essentially rot alone. The monster’s story echoes in many ways the story of Adam and the…

Introduction “Journey to the Center of the Earth” by Jules Verne is a novel that truly dives the reader into the center of the earth through striking portrayals, itemized clarifications, and the "eye witnessed" records of the storyteller. On the most fundamental level, Journey is an experience story, a story of the hindrances, experiences, and ponders. The unpredictable researcher Professor Hardwigg discovers headings to the center of the earth in an old book and sets out, alongside his nephew…

one of his friends along with his wife Elizabeth on their wedding night. The abondoning of the project and the killing of Frankensteins wife is the climax in the story. From then on, the book is a complete goose chase. In the midst of it all, Frankenstein’s father dies soon after. Finally, Frankenstein spends the rest of the story chasing Frankenstein and trying to kill him. This is how he ended up on the boat. Soon after telling the story to Walton, Frankenstein dies. The monster comes onto the…

There are several problems that one can discuss about the relationships between family members, friends or even people that aren’t too close to the main characters. In the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the main character called Victor Frankenstein creates a monster that is coherent and kind but later that monster, is going to be reject and betrayed. Victor Frankenstein betrays the monster he created, because from the monster's very first day, he has no companionship, is rejected by…

In the novel, Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, the misuse of knowledge is conveyed in a negative way. It conveyed how Victor Fankenstien had let his own personal wanderings to lead him down a tragic and dangerous path. Victor Frankenstien's thirst for knowledge was never discouraged, although knowledge is harmless, in the wrong hands it can be dangerous. Victor Frankenstien created a Monster that would eventually be the downfall to everyone and himself. Victor Frankenstien created a creature so…

In the first ten chapters of Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein’s life preceding to the beginning of his miseries is presented in his own voice that displays his traits as a human being. He was one to be his own person in a way that he was stubborn about what he wanted to learn. Frankenstein has a very self-centered personality and while he is very intellectual, he has a shallow view of the world around him. Other characters such as Victor’s parents,…