The abandonment of the monster drives him to declare vengeance against everyone Victor loves. Victor considers the creature to be a monster because it resembles the basic interpretation of a monster: ugly, grotesque and daunting. However, a closer glance at the monster's actions reveals many human characteristics. ... More often than not, the creature is mentioned throughout the story as the "monster". However, a deeper analysis reveals that the "monster" is more human than people care to admit. ...

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Victor calls the monster malicious, even though he is the one who has not shown the Creature any love nor compassion. ... Victor also displays an abnormal desire for power and knowledge, which coincides with the definition of a monster. ... Victor enacts selfish behavior that adds to his image as the monster of the book. ... As said by Friedrich Nietzsche, "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster." Due to his constant battles and conflicts with the Creature, the supposed monster due to his fearful appearance, Victor quickly turns into...

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Caliban, the original monster and barbarian in The Tempest, has been far removed in both time and interpretations from the original one Shakespeare created four hundred years ago. Having been portrayed in literary criticism as a giant fish, a grotesque monster, an American Indian, an African slave, his incarnation changes from "a savage and a deformed slave" to the "quintessential colonial victim". ... Unlike Shakespeare's Caliban, Who appreciates the island's natural treasures and its wondrous music, Dryden and Davenant's Caliban is a completely a monster, insensitive to everyt...

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After the Monster is created, Frankenstein first looks at it with admiration and love but subsequently realises how ugly and grotesque the Monster is and immediately rejects him. ... The rejection the Monster faces from society is because of his isolation and exile and this begins to corrupt the Monster and clouds his innocence and morality. ... When the Monster discovers Justine in the barn, instead of hoping to attain her affections and acceptance as the Monster of old would have done; the new and truly monstrous Monster decides to frame Justine for the murder of William. ... The Monster&#...

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Before he gives life to the monster, Frankenstein shuns the creature because of his appearance but he continues to give life to "the breathless horror" of the monster. ... Now the monster turns his anger toward Frankenstein and heads toward Geneva to wreak his revenge. On the way to Geneva, the monster walked through a wood which is suddenly interrupted by a river. ... The monster gave chase but is eventually shot. ... William cries out, divulging the knowledge that he is related to Frankenstein, the monsters "enemy" after seeing the monster, and to subdue him, the monster "grasped his throat...

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This contrasts well with Shelly's description of a monster. ... In chapter 3, the monster proves that by saying, "I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. ... However, in the novel, the monster protects a youngster from sinking. ... This demonstrates that the monster's hatred is also a creation of communal prejudice and rigidity. ... Since Frankenstein has monsters, it is more evident in kids' movies. ...

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The most important religious comparison in Frankenstein, are the outstanding similarities between Victor as God and the monster as Lucifer. ... However, as time went on, the monsters physical and mental capabilities gave him advantages over Victor and soon enough, he had more power than Victor. The power that the monster retained over Victor wasn't only physical though. During the monsters' fits of anger and rage, his murders emotionally distressed Victor. ... By the monster(evil) overtaking its creator(good), in a way it forecasts the overtaking of good by evil. ...

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Griffith points out the fact that Frankenstein displays these ideas of the Romantic era through Victor Frankenstein and through the monster, which at times he believes are the same person. Because according to Freudian readings the monster is what is internally inside Frankenstein only that the monster acts upon what he feels, which is basically the idea of the dismay over the human capacity to corrupt our natural goodness as well as the primacy of feelings. ... "Since Vicor's story is a story of creation, murder, investigation, and pursuit, Frankenstein is ultimately a boook about our ...

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The reader understands that before the monster was brought to life Victor saw the experiment as an important scientific discovery but once the monster awakened he says "how can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe". ... When the monster runs away after being abandoned by its creator, Victor naively believes that things will start to get better, even though the monster is still out there as he says "my gloom disappeared" Victor believed that as long as he can ignore the monster and block out his existence things will start to get better. This shows naivety because from...

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Guillermo then does a continuous edit to a low angle crane shot of a jaeger walking slowly forward cautious while a kaiju (monster/alien) appears underwater stalking the jaeger ready the fight. ... The camera than edits underneath the creature at a low angle and extreme long shot this engages with the audience of welcoming back the robot after being beaten by the monster, the audience focus even more on the robot. ... The camera opens to a bird's eye view since the robots are big also the scene takes are longer because it connotes that the monsters are very big and the sense of force the ...

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The hideousness of Frankenstein's monster comes not just from his appearance but also the manner he was created. ... From Victor's narration of events the monster's perception is ignored. ... The monster reminds Victor that it is he whom designed him, and so consequently is ultimately responsible for the monster's 'misery', declaring 'Misery made me a fiend.' ... This is also demonstrated by the actions of the De Lacey family and their reaction upon seeing the monster's face. ... The monster is willing to leave Frankenstein alone, if a female mon...

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On the surface, the novel's protagonist seems to retain the admirable qualities of a hero in his attempt to create life and ironically by setting out to destroy the life that he has given to his monster. ... Frankenstein's strength and willpower is further reiterated in his determination to "pursue the daemon who caused [this] misery" and eliminate the evil that can harm others although he knows that the monster is significantly stronger than he is. Through Victor's determination to destroy what he has himself created until he himself or the monster "perish in mortal conflict " ...

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In addition to that, monsters, such as Grendel and his mother are excluded because they do not resemble the other people that live in the kingdoms. ... These monsters are not able to live among humans, celebrate with them, or take part in any other activities within the kingdoms thus leaving them on their own as the outsiders. ... Finally, there are some remarkable similarities as well as differences present between the way women are marginalized and the way the monsters are marginalized. ... One of them is that the monsters do not fulfill any role that is profitable for the Danes, they are th...

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It has definitely gone through various stages of evolution, as is obvious when comparing a Universal monster movie of the 1930s to a contemporary slasher horror film of today. ... This is similar to the army versus scientists aspect, but violence is often the solution to the problematic monster, which often uses violence as well. Thus a parallel can be seen between the violent nature of the monster and the violent nature of his hunters. ... There is nothing that is really learned or used to change society as a whole, the world merely returns to the pre-monster condition, to normalcy. ... T...

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Focusing on Shelley's account of the creature through the lens of Rousseau's Discourse on Inequality indicates that man is, by nature good, and that it is society that turns him into an evil monster. ... (Discourse101) Shelley's concurrence is clearly represented through her illustration of the monster after he escapes Victor's apartment. ... The monster's compassion and love for the family is illustrated with these gestures. ... Thus, the creature truly becomes the monster that society made him out to be from the start. ... Although the being that Frankenstein cr...

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Victor Frankenstein saw the Monster as his own experiment, one he literally created with his own hands. Victor and the Monster's relationship more likely resembled that of a parent and child. ... Frankenstein's monster was a mere creature without a place in the world, an outcast of sorts. The monster was not self-righteous, entitled, or narcissistic. ... Dorian also solely fixates on his own superficial beauty, just as Victor primarily focuses on his monster. ...

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In Act II, Scene I of Shakespeare's Othello, Iago voices his strong misogynistic opinion towards women-that every woman is the same, shrewd monster whether pretty, ugly, smart, or dumb; and that only when women are obedient and submissive, they are worth praise. Iago's misogynistic view on the opposite gender is commonly used to turn women into monstrous beings and is portrayed in the theses of Jeffrey Jerome Cohen's, Monster Culture (Seven Theses). ... Cohen writes, ""Monsters are never created ex nihilo but through a process of fragmentation and recombination in whic...

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After many months collecting pieces of bone, muscle, and flesh from cadavers, Frankenstein sews each piece together forming a hideous monster. ... The events which follow the creation of Frankenstein's monster, as well as aspects of Frankenstein's early life and the tribulations his monster endures, are all elements author Shelley experienced. ... Frankenstein's monster is forced into a life of alienation, though he attempts several times to affiliate himself with humans. ... Though the monster is eloquent, mannered, caring, and intelligent, he is continuously rejected by societ...

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According to Spooner, Frankenstein acts as an archetypal human monster. ... Instead, identifying with a monster, humans are aligned with all that can be made and remade by a more than human technology," (Spooner, 2006). ... We are merely modern day monsters, such as the carnivalists of Freaks, and Geek Love. ... The Monster no longer is the other. ... Geek love is full of Frankenstein type characters, different people seeking to create monsters for all sorts of different reasons. ...

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Victor is solely interested in the beneficial aspects on the surface of creating, just as his interest in the exterior "monster" is superficial. ... If that were true, ugliness would be the monster's only weakness, as the story goes on to tell of the selfless acts of kindness the creature administers. ... As the supposed monster journeys onward, he is delighted and allured by the moon and sun, and other peaceful, natural and romantic settings. ... Without actually interacting physically or emotionally with the group, the monster incessantly passes discernment while safely camouflaging him...

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In this quote, you start to get a feel for what Victor must have been thinking when he decided to create the monster. ... However, the idea still lies in his head of what could happen to the monster or anyone else. Finally, Victor believes that the only way of achieving full immortality is the monster's acceptance. ... "(Sha 23) Sha believes that Victor's reasoning for creating the monster is for his own satisfaction. ... Not only does his act become selfish, but so does his feelings towards the monster when he gives it life. ...

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Shelley called her readers to pinpoint connections between two great figures such as Victor Frankenstein's monster and the mythological Titan God Prometheus. ... In chapter five Victor recalls the night he gave his monster life by the spark of electricity. ... Often times, when sculpting with clay, it's hard to convey human emotions, the same goes for Victor's monster. Although Victor has provided his creation with human-like qualities and features because he was not conceived but created, the monster will never appropriately convey human emotion henceforth mimicking one of the ...

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In the novel the reader's sympathy shifts for the monster when he confronts Victor with a demand for reasons for his abandonment and hatred. ... Mary Shelley does not leave the monster's murderous nature to a simple error in brain selection; instead it is the result of his neglect. This is not the monster that roams the countryside in search of its next victim; instead it is a miserable, lonely thing that has no place in society whatsoever, and not place in the heart of his creator. The monster of the novel is a victim of human arrogance and denial, while the monster in the film hate...

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In retaliation to his creator's neglecting, the creature eventually became a monster and proceeded to strangle one by one Victor's brother William, his friend Henry, his wife Elizabeth; the monster also caused the wrongful execution of Victor's longtime friend Justine as well as the death of Victor's father by depression. ... Was I then a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled, and whom all men disowned? ... Yet, his plans failed and after being chased away by the Delacey's and then shot by man as he was rescuing a girl from drowning, all the knowledge...

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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. ... Similarly, Frankenstein's monster was a product of his ambitious pursuit for glory. ... 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. ... The Monster in Frankenstein is a representation of the rapid scientific developments evident in the early 1800's. ... Shelley uses the monste...

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