Frankenstein creates a monster to try and cheat death.

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Frankenstein

“ A man abandoned to himself in the midst of other men from birth would be the most disfigured of all” During the time of writing Frankenstein, Mary Shelley was reading Emile by the famous philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Frankenstein is a novel, which inquires, what is the origin of evil? For year’s man has been debating are we born evil or is evil thrust upon us by our life experiences and the cold-heartedness of the way we are treated.

Frankenstein creates a monster to try and cheat dead. When n Frankenstein first lays his eyes on the monster he is disgusted. It was nothing as he had hoped for, “ the dream had vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” By choosing the words horror and disgust Mary Shelley influences the reader to feel guilt and sorrow towards the creature. At birth the monster is being portrayed as ugly and horrible. These words maximise the effect, as we will see the creature as completely disfigured.

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Sometimes when we prepare so much for an event or project that when the time reaches for us to encounter our finished product we are disappointed, we automatically give up or abandon our work. This is exactly what Frankenstein does. When he first encounters the creature he is devastated. The creature sees Frankenstein “monster” so he must fend for himself. “ One hand was stretched out, seemingly to detain me, but I escaped.”  Here Frankenstein is effectively abandoning the monster straight after birth where he is most vulnerable. I believe Mary Shelley is suggesting that are actions are determined ...

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