Walton and Victor similar, both in ambition and in failure. ... One can argue that Victor himself is a kind of monster, as his ambition, secrecy, and selfishness alienate him from human society. ... With his ego as an obstacle of his own understanding, Victor truly believes that his creation is for the benefit of mankind and the monster himself, in whom Victor will renew life where death had apparently devoted the body to corruption (53). ...
Just as Rousseau condemned his own children, Frankenstein abandoned his own creation -- the monster, similarly condemning his "child" to a life of ostracism and social rejection. ... To embrace and raise his five children and marry his mistress would be a contradiction of his theory which rejected all social obligations; so, instead of sacrificing his potential for glory, Rousseau sacrificed his own children. ... Therefore, because the monster is a product of Frankenstein's pursuit for glory, Frankenstein is seen to be condemned to misery as a consequence of his blind ambitions. ... There...
Frankenstein is the main character, a man driven by ambition and scientific curiosity. His quest for absolute knowledge and power eventually ends in his own ruin. ... 'My own spirit let loose on the grave, and forced to destroy all that was dear to me.' Frankenstein claims this after the death of William and shortly before the creature arrives, and the reference to 'my own spirit' shows that Frankenstein believes it is he who has murdered William through the creature. ...
To Sleep Perchance, To Dream: Shakespeare's Use Of Dream and Sleep Motifs To Create The Gothic Reality Although Shakespeare's contribution to the Gothic novel was acknowledged by Horace Walpole in the preface to the Second Edition of "The Castle of Otranto," "shelter[ing] my own daring under the cannon of the brightest genius in the country" (Walpole 13), the extent to which the Gothic sensibility informs so many of Shakespeare's plays has only recently been conceded by many mainstream scholars. ... Its fictional world gives form to amorphous fears and impul...
Frankenstein, who's ambition to further himself in the field of Science becomes an obsession. ... It is at this point that he disowns' the monster, leaving it to go out into the world on its own. ... This is a cruel thing to do, and it shows he does not consider his creation as an equal; if it were his baby, he would have too much love for it to disown it, but since he made this monster, he thinks the monster is beneath him (almost like a slave or servant) which is why he does not care when the monster is left on its own. ...
