... . The creature feared this would happen and once it did, warns Victor of what will happen to him in result. The creature declares: "Your hours will pass in dread and misery, and soon the bolt will fall which must ravish from you your happiness for ever You can blast my other passions; but revenge remains- revenge, henceforth dearer than light or ... food! I may die; but first you, my tyrant and tormentor, shall curse the sun that gazes on your misery" (192). He wants to make Victor pay for treating him the way he did, and then teasing him with the consent to comply with his request, only...

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... scale of the whole human-being. "My duties towards the beings of my own species had greater claims to my attention, because they included a greater proportion of happiness or misery (Ch.24)( pg.207)." As he recalled at the last moment, he points out that he fears the destruction that this independent "monster" would do on the ... , but there was another still paramount to that. My duties towards the beings of my species had greater claims to my attention because they included a greater proportion of happiness or misery (Ch.24)( pg.207)." He truly becomes the "heroic" person for putting t...

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... 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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... , 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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... that the monster-like figures conversion into a malicious, ferocious existence is solitary ensuing from culture, and their insolences. In chapter 3, the monster proves that by saying, "I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous" (Shelley, 105). In the Frankenstein film, the monstrous character is underprivileged of dialogue, thus, this enabled him to bare ... ...

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... seek revenge. "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" ( Shelley, 138). The creature made it clear that he would no longer allow Victor to live his life happily. He wanted Victor to feel the pain he felt and ... ...

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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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... 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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... 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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