I am malicious because I am miserable

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"I am malicious because I am miserable"

Frankenstein or also known as "The Modern Prometheus" was published by Mary Shelly in March 1818. Mary had a life full of trouble and suffering. Her mother died a few days after she has born and two years later her father married again. At a very young age Mary married and had a baby which died a few days after birth. The origin of the model Probably "Frankenstein" is born from a Mary's anxieties abouth her role of mother, from the death that surrounded her life, but also from other stories such as Paradise Lost and The Bible . Shelley wrote Frankenstein as a series of framing narratives: one narrator's story told within the framework of another narrator's story, but within the story I feel that Shelly has padded the book a lot with bits that aren't necessary.

When Frankenstein first had his plan to create the creature it was with the intention of creating life and although misguided was quite virtuous. To create the creature Frankenstein used many machines that he had built himself, to build his creation he used body parts stolen from church yards and brought it to life by using electricity at the height of a great storm.

Once the creature was alive, his first instinct was to reach out to Frankenstein seeking affection. Frankenstein was appalled at his first reaction to his creation was that it was something evil and quickly rejected the creature.
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In the novel Shelly describes the creatures suffering in the first person. This makes the creatures story more real and allows the pain and misery of the creature to be described before the evil that he does. When the creature comes across Frankenstein in the mountains, again he is rejected by heis creator "Begone, vile insect! Or rather, stay, that I may trample you to dust!" However, the creature shows his humanity by pleading with Frankenstein to listen to his tale before condemning him "I entreat you to hear me before you give vent to your hatred on ...

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