... consideration, and, before the monster's eyes, he ripped his companion to pieces. Only a monster would intentionally, and brutally murder the one thing one ever wanted in life, especially after the misery they have put one through. Because of all the obvious monstrous characteristics Frankenstein embodies, it is easy for the reader to be able to contrast him with the creature he ... taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge. I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants and have glutted myself with their shrieks and misery" (Shelleyy, pg. ...

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... innocent creature to vicious monster. Many would assume that this monster was evil from the very start, but even he recognizes that this was not true. "I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend" (84). Regardless, Victor's cold attitude continues as he yells to the monster to "Begone! I will not hear you. There can be no community between you and me ... , but ultimately was suffered by all those whom Victor loved most. "From this moment I declared everlasting war against him who had formed me and sent me forth into this insupportable misery," (121). Perhaps by hurting everyone clo...

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... in the creature. In the third volume the reader is confused because each character seems to have a viable reason for their misery. The readers" shifts in perspective can be represented through Walton: I was at first touched by the expressions of his misery; yet when I called to mind what Frankenstein had said of his powers of eloquence and persuasion, and when I again cast ... ...

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... his mate, and I be alone? I had feelings of affection, and they were requited by detestation and scorn. Man! you may hate; but beware! Your hours will pass in dread and misery, and soon the bolt will fall which must ravish from you your happiness forever. Are you to be happy, while I grovel in the intensity of my wretchedness? You can blast ... my other passions; but revenge remains-my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery. Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful. I will watch with the wiliness of a snake, that I may sting with its venom. Man you ...

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... we shall be monsters but on that account we shall be attached to one another. Our lives will not be happy, but they will be harmless and free of the misery I now feel (chapter 17). Victor received the orders and clearly understood them. Had he created a mate, the monster would have banished to a far away land: "If you consent [to create ... you nor any other human being shall ever see us again" (page 155). Had Victor created the mate, the monster would have gone onto living a "harmless" life free of his "misery" and the lives of Victor's dear friends and family would have been spared. I...

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... , not his creation. Victor himself comments upon his comparison with Satan- "like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence. I am chained in an eternal hell" Victors hell is within. His suppressed misery and psychological torment torture him. This comparison between Victor and Satan in "Paradise Lost" may not be considered entirely negative. Milton's Satan in "Paradise Lost" is an interesting and courageous ... everyday life. He yearns to provide humanity with a power thought possessed by God alone-which would contradict his previous selfish behaviour of neglecting his creation and compla...

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... one another. The Creature told Frankenstein himself that he " declared everlasting war against the species, and more all, against him who had formed me and sent forth to this insupportable misery."(113) The Creature hates Frankenstein for creating him, but most of all for abandoning him. Victor also hates the Creature, but for a different reason. Victor shouted in rage, "Scoffing devil ... for power is also an important aspect of their personality types, and drives the plot of their struggle for vengeance. Frankenstein's hunger for power was the catalyst to his own misery and ultimately...

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"How mutable are our feelings, and how strange is that clinging love we have of life even in the excess of misery!" (pg. 323) Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley as a ghost story has turned into what some would call the first ever Medical Ethics Literature piece ever written. The story tells ... ...

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... 's novel Frankenstein; The Modern Prometheus there are two notable characters: the scientist Victor Frankenstein, and his creation. Throughout the novel, both of these characters are faced with immense amounts of misery and suffering. Most often people feel Victor suffered more faults then his creation, but in reality every consequence he faced was brought on by his own choices he made in ... ...

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... leads to feelings of guilt and unhappiness that cause his life to unravel and the people he loves to perish. His refusal to be accountable for his action brings the misery and misfortune that constitute the foundation of the novel. As the monster explains how he was tellinsg how he has a difficult time adjusting to his new surroundings and how he ... ...

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... a key role in a persons life, and by being abandoned by his creator, and rejected by society, the monster learned how to live by trial and error; creating more grief and misery for himself. Victor's emptiness and pain come from his withdrawal and loss of his family. When he left for college in Ingolstadt he left his family for what was suppose ... ...

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... , when the wretch meets William, he murders him without a second thought, "I gazed at my victim, and my heart swelled with exultation and hellish triumph." (167) He found joy in the misery of others, and this was no doubt a result of his abandonment, a life with no love, affection, or support. Of the events that unfolded in Shelly's masterpiece Frankenstein none of them ... ...

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... towards my enemies? No: from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed me and sent me forth to this insupportable misery." I think this shows that the monster understands that humans are cruel to outsiders because he reads in books about their relationships and cultures. Which show no cruelty so it must ... ...

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... any of these considerations, the creation takes place and Victor takes full responsibility upon himself when he turns "loose into the world a depraved wretch whose delight is in carnage and misery" (61). Just as Victor lacks the correct motives, the creature lacks the physical beauty needed to live up to Victor's dreams. In creating the being, Victor decides "to make the ... ...

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... solve any of his problems. The creature's intellect and gentle eloquence gain ones sympathies despite his horrible deeds. He says, "Have I not suffered enough, that you seek to increase my misery? Life, although it may only be an accumulation of anguish, is dear to me Still thou canst listen to me and grant me thy compassion." (p.83-85). He is even ... ...

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... men hate the wretched; how then must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things . . . . Every where I see bliss from which I alone am irrevocably excluded. I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend." He is judged upon appearance exhibiting how that society values good looks. As the monster lives in isolation there are certain instances in which he wishes to ... ...

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... Victor. He stated, ""Think you that the groans of Clerval were music to my ears? My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of love and sympathy; and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred it did not endure the violence of change without torture such as you cannot even imagine""(p.238). The monster acts with more respectable and reasonable decisions ... ...

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... was Shelly's way of foreshadowing the death and destruction of the rest of the novel. "The first misfortune of my life occurred- an omen, as it were, of my future misery," (24). This quote specifically says "first," as if to apply that there will be many more to come. Late one night Victor begins to create the ultimate being/monster that ... ...

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... towards my enemies? No: from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed me and sent me forth to this insupportable misery." (Pg. 143). The monster first strangles William, after William mentions he is of the Frankenstein family. Justine Moritz, a girl adopted by the Frankenstein family, is accused of the murder and ... ...

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... couldn't go on and died. Another aspect as to why he could have regarded ambition as evil is because his creation was ambitious, he wanted a friend to share in his misery and he would stop at nothing until he got that friend, or his creator died. Frankenstein witnessed what ambition could do to someone, in his own life and in the ... ...

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... towards my enemies? No: from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed me and sent me forth to this insupportable misery."" -Frankenstein's Creature ...

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... in human scientific knowledge. Supposed to bring back life, this after he lost his mother to scarlet fever. He thinks it was an; "omen, as it were, of my future misery" Victor, also, saw how his actions were wrong, he refers to the monster as a; "wretch whom I created" This does not stop him from running from them though, failing to pay ... ...

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... towards my enemies? No: from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and, more than all, against him who had formed me and sent me forth to this insupportable misery." Pg 121 This quote stresses the idea of human injustice towards outsiders. The monster laments over man's cruelty to those who are different. The monster is an outcast and he ... ...

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... monster have peace. Instead, he is selfish and wishes to kill the monster. Before he can follow through with his vengeance, the monster escapes. Years later Dr. Frankenstein dies of misery. The monster then boards a ship. He talks to the captain, Walton, and tells him the whole story. After talking with Walton, the monster jumps off the deck and disappears into ... ...

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... the face of the monster; he seemed to jeer, as with his fiendish finger he pointed towards the corpse of my wife" (187). The creature is happy to see Victor's misery over the loss of his wife just as the creature had lost his. At this point we see that the creature is evil due to the pleasure of killing and ... ...

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