... to the name of Frankenstein. It is here Frankenstein retells the story of one dreary night in November when he "beheld the accomplishment of his toils" (34). In chapter five Victor recalls the night he gave his monster life by the spark of electricity. Likewise in the Greek myth, Prometheus also gives life to his creations and just like ... a mutual interest in the "spark of life," with Victor pursuing electricity and Prometheus fire. In addition, Victor, often refers to his creation as clay. On page 33, he quotes, "Who shall conceive the horrors of my secret toil as I dabbed among the ...

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... and him, and their perfect compassion for their neighbors which leads his mother to adopt Elizabeth from an impoverished family. Elizabeth is the perfect sister, companion, confidant, friend, and mooorrre. Chapter Two: A second son, Earnest, is born. We meet Victor's perfect friend, Henry Clerval, a lover of medieval romance literature. Victor's own obsession is with magic and science and the blurry lines ... has just arrived to visit. He brings Clerval back into his rooms, whereupon find that the monster has disappeared; he suffers the first of several complete mental and physical brea...

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... that I actually skimmed over to perform my analysis allowed me to begin reading from two main angles. Either I could begin at the Table of Contents and read one chapter at a time - read a chapter, back to the Table of Contents, read another chapter, back to the Table of contents. This form I found very discontinuous and disconcerting. I could choose to begin and end with whatever ... chapter I so choose. While for a hypertextual work this porosity forms an essential ingredient in the whole process, for a traditional piece of literature I found this method very unsettling. The second man...

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... that was made for the monster, the monster is heart broken thus doesn't see the need for the beauty to flourish. Then again, the ugliness is allowed to emerge until alas all of the beauty in Victor's and the monster's life is dead. Once the deeds are done, beauty overcomes ugliness once again and the monster feels sorry for his actions ... ...

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... life form than man but selfishly talks himself out of this idea. Maybe he would have learned from his mistake by this act instead of ruining himself by creating a human. Alas no! Victor creates a superhuman sized person. From the second the creature comes to life Victor realizes what he has done. I question why he wouldn't have destroyed the monster right then ... ...

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... mankind. "In his murder," he said, "my crimes are consummated; the miserable series of my being is wound to its close! ...I, who irretrievably destroyed thee by destroying all thou lovedst. Alas! He is cold, he cannot answer me."(158) At this point he has nothing to live for, no desire for live. Part of him is already dead. The Creature fallows ... ...

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... is remarkable, two novels of different time periods, with characters of startling resemblance. God and Frankenstein's creations stunningly resemble each other. The monster relates to Satan, Adam, and Eve. Victor quotes, "You may render me the most miserable of men, but you shall never make me base in my own eyes," this is when the monster asks for a companion, Victor refuses ... . The monster also shows that he will go to any extent to be happy and complete vengeance when he goes on a murder spree. Adam quotes " for with thee/ Certain my resolution is to die; /How can I live without thee...

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... as. Are we all born initially good? Is evil something humans learn or is it some thing in our animal instinct we all have? The first chapter I"m going to analyse is chapter five. In this chapter the Monster is created by Frankenstein but is rejected thus starting the whole problem of neglect. Frankenstein's response to his creation was one of horror and regret ... while Frankenstein was ill this makes the Creation's advances seem even bigger and shows the Creature's natural instinct to learn giving a case that nature is stronger than nurture. Next in chapter sixteen the Creature saves a...

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... vengeful because the isolation fueled hatred and anger within him. Ultimately he just wanted Victor to experience the same pain that he, himself had had. The Monster expressed this in chapter 10 by saying "All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy ... time of animation by calling him a "fiend", "wretch" and "daemon". In the scene were Victor finally gives life to his monster he suddenly is not excited any longer and in chapter 5 he states this very clearly "I had desired it with an ardou...

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Chapter 10 Frankenstein's decision to hear the monster's story does not redeem him in my eyes. Frankenstein has acted very unjust and irresponsible to his creation and will have to do ... out if he really killed his brother and just out of plain curiousity. That is why Frankenstein's decision to hear the monster's story does not redeem him in my eyes. Chapter 11 When the monster is exposed to society for the first time, the society treats the monster badly and immediately see's him as a cold blooded murderer. They start to run ... ...

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... 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 a mate], neither you ... can help him climb out of his depression and state of loneliness: "[Victor must create] A female for me, whom I can love with and interchange those sympathies necessary for my being" (Chapter 17 page 153). The monster is just looking for som...

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... by the crowds and are banned for the reason of being different. This is the case of the wretch; he first broke the "standard" when he entered that town. In chapter 11 the wretch states, "One of the best of these I entered, but I had hardly placed my foot within the door before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted ... to not be accepted by the figure that created of him. Victor Frankenstein was one of the individuals of that community that saw him as an abhorred and evil. In chapter 10 Victor says to the wretch, "Devil," I exclaimed, "do you dare approach me? And do not yo...

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... , will I achieve; treading in steps already marked, I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers, and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation." Page 33 Victor says this in Chapter 3 as he is explaining to Walton how his chemistry professor, M. Waldman, ignited in him an irrepressible desire to gain knowledge of the "secret of life." Victor refers to himself in ... the same time, many questioned these humanist notions, stressing the limits of human capacity. Shelley details this theme in her book, making an allusion to the counter- humanist idea in chapter four when Vict...

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... this is not just farfetched speculation, the monster even says in his quote that he ought to be Adam, God's successful creation, rather than the fallen angel (Lucifer). Among other quotes in which the monster deigns Victor as [his] creator, this is a powerful novel reference and this quote beautifully shows the direct motif of religious role-playing in Frankenstein. Power is ... ...

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... helping the main characters' journeys and adventures, the first few chapters of Frankenstein also show the obstructive behavior of weather that would be used symbolically further in the book. Within chapter one, the inventor describes the relation of Beaufort and Caroline. He demonstrates that Beaufort is protective and wants to "shelter her...from every rougher wind", which highlights the ... ...

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... himself to let go of his creation proving that playing god will unconsciously blind the consequences of his actions. Victor makes the most "memorable" decision in the first chapter of the book by choosing his "future destiny" (pg.63) in leaving his loving family in Geneva to go study alchemy, natural philosophy and rudimentary physics. "No ... ...

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... he should act. The monster cannot befriend anyone in society, except a blind man because he does not run in fear when he sees the monsters grotesque features. For instance, in chapter 14 when he speaks to the blind man, he accepts the monster but when the couple return back to the cottage they chase the creature out and beat him. This ... ...

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... sense of responsibility and maturity to realize that dealing with eternal life is wrong. He then forces the creature to have a similar childhood which ends in destruction. In the first chapter, Victor Frankenstein recalls his childhood. His mother was significantly younger than his father, and they were very much in love. He was an only child until he was five years ... ...

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... through his creation. Although Dr. Frankenstein has come to realize his mistake in creating the Burns 3 monster, he is excited while explaining the search for scientific knowledge to Walton. In chapter three of the novel, Walton's voyage for a passage to the other side of the world is on the brink of destruction, and Victor is pushing his ambitious nature upon Walton ... ...

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... predisposition to secrecy plays an essential role in Victor's scientific work and its consequences. The question of the place of chance and destiny in Victor's fate also arises in this chapter. Victor "chances" upon the volume of Cornelius Agrippa; he suggests that he would never have become so fascinated with the alchemists if only his father had explained why their work ... ...

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... to side with the previous three definitions, Frankenstein's monster does in fact have a soul. According to the first definition, a soul is the immaterial essence, animating principle of an individual life. Chapter 11 begins the Monster's story. From this time on he begins to learn with no recollection of a past, just like a new born baby. "One Day, when I was oppressed by cold ... ...

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... extremely cruel; they only took the time to see the monster's physical appearance without taking the time to see into his kind, gentle heart. As stated by the monster in Chapter 10, "All men hate the wretched; how then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom ... ...

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... sense of responsibility and maturity to realize that dealing with eternal life is wrong. He then forces the creature to have a similar childhood which ends in destruction. In the first chapter, Victor Frankenstein recalls his childhood. His mother was significantly younger than his father, and they were very much in love. He was an only child until he was five years ... ...

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