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Frankenstein v.s. Nature

 

            
             Throughout the novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley establishes a plot depicting the main character's "Sin against Nature, which leads to his ultimate destruction. The "sin" is the monster Victor Frankenstein creates, attempting to find the secret to the cause of generation and life. He creates a sin verses nature that ironically sets his fate from the beginning of the story not only for him, but his family and friends also.
             The main character, Victor Frankenstein, is very curious to the secret of life. Through the course of introducing the characters, Mary Shelley explicates Victor's obsession and curiosity of the human body. Striving to understand the concept of the human frame and how each part functions, " a sudden light breaks upon him" and "he becomes capable of bestowing animation upon lifeless matter." As he builds this "creature" his obsession continues and he attempts to play God. He latter finds that this impersonation of our supreme God will lead to his final ironic fate.
             As he bestows life into his creation, he is extremely horrified to find that this idea was unavailing, and now regrets it miserable. However, it is way too late for his family. This "sin" becomes murderous for revenge after extensive longing for a place in society. The monster commits to Victor's home and creates destruction too deep for survival. He murders William, Victor's younger sibling, and frames a family friend for this tumultuous deed. However, Victor then realizes its too late-he's too engulfed by his mistake to back out. His sin is too corrupt and depraved for anyone to survive. He not only loses his brother, and family friend, but also his best friend Henry, and his wife, Elizabeth, yet for a diminutive length of time he is sentenced to suffer the consequences and endure this pain as he looks towards his doom.
             Reaching earnestly yet inconstantly for revenge, Victor Frankenstein pursues his emulator through the ice of the Arctic.


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