Everything he could to get revenge on him.
In chapter five we start to see a horrible side to Frankenstein, as this is when the monster is brought to life Frankenstein shows that he is a but really he is actually scared and bitterly disappointed by what he has done because the monster he has made could have been wonderful, but turned out horrible and he is really disappointed. ‘’ breathless horror filled my heart’’. This is the quote that shows how upset and horrified he is by this creation. The reader is shocked by the prejudice of his reaction, and it seems Shelley is saying that it is wrong to judge character on appearance alone.
The atmosphere in chapter five is very heavy and very gloomy. ‘’ it was a dreary night of November’’. Mary Shelley gives the start of the novel a suspenseful and atmospheric mood to get the gothic, horror and anguish at the start. From then on the novel becomes a ‘’ gothic Horror ‘’ using the conventions of grotesque elements in the description of the monster” his yellow skin covered the work of his muscles” Shelley uses graphic description to show how ‘’ugly’’ the monster is.
Initially, Frankenstein was introduced to readers as an intelligent, kind and a family man. But when he brought the monster to life we saw a nasty side to him. He turned into a selfish, self absorbed, obsessed man “I had deprived myself of rest and health”. His actions of abandoning the monster made him feel scared and regretful. From then on the reader can see that the behavior of Frankenstein leads to many tragic deaths through-out the rest of the novel. Even though we know who is doing the killing, the people in the novel have no idea that it is the monster doing it as Frankenstein fails to reveal what he has done.
The themes in the novel show how Dr Frankenstein’s obsession took over him. And it shows how he ‘’Deprived’’ himself for his creation. He shut himself down from his family and ignored the consequences and has ended up becoming obsessed by his work.
Shelley’s moral of the novel appears to be not play with nature, because if it goes wrong you have to deal with the consequences and the responsibility. has a lot to do with the novel and science vs. religion such as but this creation was like a drug to him, he was addicted and could not stop what he had started and then the monster eventually goes out of control as a result of Frankenstein’s actions.
The modern Prometheus is a titan, the son of Impetus and Themis and the brother to Atlas, Epimetheus and Menoetius. This linked to Frankenstein because Prometheus is known for his intelligence and stole fire from Zeus and gave it to mortals. I think this is linked because this how Mary Shelley uses Frankenstein and how he uses human nature.
Frankenstein shows us how selfish he is because he abandons the monster after it does not turn out how he wants it to. But all the monster wants is to feel nurture and to learn from right and wrong ‘’ he stretched out his hand, seemingly to detain me’’. Though the monster eventually wants his revenge on Dr Frankenstein at this point he sees him as a father figure because he is the wanted who created him. Frankenstein is prejudiced because he thought that if he took all the best bits from different bodies he thought it would turn the ‘wretch’ beautiful and when it doesn’t he runs away and leaves the monster to fend for himself.
It appears that Shelley wants the reader to hate the monster because of what he does to Frankenstein’s family and how he tortures him as well until he does what he wants him to, but then wants us to feel sorry for him as well, because of how Frankenstein abandons him because he repulses him. So there is a split opinion in the novel and Shelley wants the reader to use their own conscience to decide which side they are going to pick.
All of my views of this novel are that Frankenstein is selfish man and does not take any responsibility for what he has done. He has no intensions of solving the problem he has caused; he just chooses to let it go which results with terrible consequences. I feel sorry for the monster because he only wants to be loved and protected. I think Mary Shelly sees her self in this novel as when she was younger her mother died when she was just 8 days old. And her father implied that it was her fault for her mother’s death. He also remarried and her new step-mother never took to her. Which I think is the same as what Frankenstein did to the monster, as when he seen what he looked like he disowned him. This might be another reason why Mary Shelley wrote this novel.