Tuesday 16 January 2018

Frankenstein- treatment of human mind and simmilarities between Victor and Monster

Q4 Write a critical note on Mary shelley treatment of human mind Frankenstein.



Mary shelley treats human mind in quite negative manner in her novel Frankenstein: the modern prometheus. She discuss about all the evils of human mind which can lead to a disastrous effect and becomes harmful for the world.
In this novel the scientist Victor goes beyond the law of nature and tried to bring life in dead ones. He had made one creature to serve humanity. But his creation turns out to be very evil and ugly. Victor himself get scared of his creation and runs away from the place, the monster was just become orphan without his master. Victor seems to be an evil master towards his own creation. He escape from reality and his responsibility. As because he created monster he is like father figure to him, but he dint care and runs away for the sake of saving himself. He also never thinks about society.

Monster tried a lot to live in that society of so called humans but he was rejected by every human being and therefore as per normal human statte of mind, he wishes to take revenge from the entire human beings.

In this way Mary Shelley treats human mind in different ways acoording to different characters, somehow she only portrays the dark side of human nature.

Q20- Simmilarties between Victor and Monster.



1-Desire for partner

Both the characters have strong desire of partner. Victor wants to live happily with Elizabeth and Monster also wants someone who loves his ugly look and can stay or live with him

2- Both doesn't  have Mother

Both the protagonists do not have mother, Victor lost his mother from very early stage of his life and even monster doesn't have mother, he was created by Victor and Victor was his only father.

3- Desire to take revenge

Victor desires to kill monster at the end because he finds humanity at danger and similarly monster wishes to take revenge from Victor who never takes his responsibiltiy towards monster

4- Desire for family

Victor and Monster both wants to live with family, but their bad fortune never allowed them. In victor's family all the members dies one after one and monster also lives without family.

5- Crave for knowledge

 Both have desire to attain more and more knowledge. Victor wants to go beyond the limits of science by giving life to the dead ones therefore he discovers a creature. Similarly monster also wants to learn the language of human and read books like Paradise Lost, he also acquire knowledge by listening to the conversation of De-lacey family.

6- Relationship with nature

Both the characters are closely connected to the nature. Victor went to the lap of nature after the death of his mother. He is very much affected by his mother's death, and decided to bring life in the dead ones. So that no one died. Monster also hides himself in nature when he was humiliated by society.




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