With close reference to the original text analyze the changes in relationship between Victor Frankenstein and his creation as the novel progress

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Media Assignment: Frankenstein

                                         

    Pre-1914 Prose Study Mary Shelly’s ‘Frankenstein’ or the Modern Prometheus

“With close reference to the original text analyze the changes in relationship between Victor Frankenstein and his creation as the novel progress.”

Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein was inspired by an event that happened in her life. This event was a tragic event; Mary Shelley’s was born in 1797 in London. She was a daughter of a very talented gothic writer; William Godwin Mary’s father was married to Mary Wollstonecraft this is what led Mary Shelly to write ‘Frankenstein’, the tragic death of her mother ten days after she gave birth to her and never knew her or saw her. In 1814 at the age of just seventeen, Mary ran away with the poet Percy Shelly. In 1815, only a year after the wedding Mary gave birth to her first child, but in a dramatic event her first and newly born child died a very cruel and painful death. So it is this very horrible experience is what led Mary Shelly to write the novel ‘Frankenstein’.

In ‘Frankenstein’ the scientist, Victor Frankenstein, creates a living being from dead body parts. Shelly’s subtitle was ‘The Modern Prometheus’ because Shelly called the book this because Prometheus was a Greek mythology character who created human life and was punished for taking pity on his creation. Victor on the other hand is like Prometheus as he too creates life, but he does not show his creation in any kindness.

My first impressions if Victor Frankenstein were mixed really. His positive qualities are that he’s devotion and obsession where leading him towards his work. The work and time he put into his work was for a reason an inspired reason to try to bring back the dead and to live again and unfortunately it wasn’t how it was expected to be because after the creation that he put most of his life to it disappointed him and made him think what I’ve done it was a shock. A big and utter blow to him after all that love he consumed it all leaked out on that very moment.

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Victor Frankenstein reacts to his creation like it is evil, just because of its appearance. The reader’s impression of the monster, however is different victor has judged a purely innocent creation that doesn’t know how to read write or speak at all. Victor treated his creation badly just because of his hideous appearance and that was emotional for his creation because Victor was like a God and master to him and hasn’t showed any compassion towards his creation.

The relationship between Victor and his creation has changed dramatically by the time they meet on another again in chapter 10. The ...

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This essay is reasonably clear, shows an understanding of the text and introduces several important (sometimes irrelevant!) themes. If the writer had been more selective, made better use of quotes and addressed the question more directly, a higher grade would have been a must. This achieves a *** rating.