Frankenstein states, "That I might infuse a spark of being into the lifeless thing that lay at my feet." ... The creation of a monster like this back in the 17th century via such un-natural means would not have so much been a myth, but rather an entertaining, gothic, fictional, totally un-true, and impossible story. ... However the monster states, "you are my creator, but I am your master, obey!" ... I do break my promise; never will I create another like yourself, equal in deformity and wickedness" (pg 162). ...

• Word Count: 2070
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

In this gothic tale, Shelley uses the characterizations of the Creature and Victor to express how too much knowledge can have negative consequences. ... The Creature directly states why he is hateful: "I sickened as I read. 'Hateful day when I received life!' I exclaimed in agony. ... Satan had his companions, fellow-devils, to admire and encourage him; but I am solitary and abhorred" (Shelley 111). ...

• Word Count: 927
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The question as to whether or not the wretch's behavior is justified is one such moral dilemma that haunts the readers of this gothic tale. ... "All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated whom am miserable beyond all living things." (125) The result of Frankenstein's abandonment is the creature's revenge against him. ... In his mind only and through constant observation he adopts the family as his friends, and from this learns compassion and speech, " these people possessed a method of communicating their experience and feelings to one another by articulate sounds ...

• Word Count: 1581
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School