Victor calls his creation "the monster", but I believe he is the real monster for creating him. ... The monster also suffers loneliness and emptiness after being rejected at the prospect of love. ... When the monster begs Victor to do this for him, Victor promises he will make it happen. Victor fails at his promise, leaving the monster exasperated and hurt once again. ... Every person that came in contact with the monster shuttered at the appearance of him. ...

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His own "God" was disgraced by his appearance and was frightened at the mere sight of this monster. ... As a result of the harsh treatment he faced, the monster soon turned from good to bad. The monster, was feeling quite alone in the world because he realized that he was the only one monster like himself in existence. ... The monster explained to Frankenstein that had no friends and was lonely. ... At times, the forces of society can all make us monsters. ...

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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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A monster is someone who does terrible things with close to no remorse. In the novel Grendel by John Gardner, Grendel was misunderstood and often mistaken for a monster. ... The question is, is Grendel truly a monster? Grendel is not a monster, due to the fact that he did all the killing and eating unknowingly. ... With that being said, Grendel is not a monster because he was denied affection his whole life so he acts out to gain attention from his mother. ...

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His strong hatred towards his creations is what makes Victor Frankenstein the real monster in the story. ... Victor Frankenstein's cowardice actions are what first truly reveal the monster inside him. ... This is an action which is only performed by a true monster. Victor's lack of good judgment is the final characteristic of the monster inside of him. ... Frankenstein as being that monster in the story. ...

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Victor Frankenstein and his monster are alike. ... Frankenstein and the monster are also similar in that they are isolated and outcasts of society. ... Therefore Victor Frankenstein seems less human than the monster; he displays this by deserting the monster, declining to visit his family for two years and be declining to save Justine. ... A true monster would, by definition, have no emotions or remorse, while Frankenstein's creation has a very natural, human desire to be loved and accepted, "Once [the creature] falsely hoped to meet with beings, who, pardoning [his] outward form, w...

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The monster had the same needs that a child would. ... The monster later encountered a poor farming family. ... Since the father had no sight he did not judge the monster by its appearance, instead he listened to what the monster had to say. ... They feared and hated the monster. When Felix was beating the monster, the monster was capable of ripping Felix in half, but could not because of his affection for him. ...

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In Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein, mankind constantly rejects her monster. ... The night of his creation the Monster wonders into the woods to find shelter. ... William was horrified by the physical appearance of the Monster and began to scream, "Hideous monster! ... William's reaction frightened the Monster and the Monster reacted the only way he knew how. ... Victor rejected the request of the Monster for a mate as well as rejected the Monster as a living being. ...

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Victor is then determined to kill the monster after hearing about how the monster has killed innocent people. The monster says to Victor "you purpose to kill me. ... Victor strongly hates the monster and is willing to do almost anything to get the monster to leave him alone. ... The monster asks Victor to create him a woman monster as companion and lover, and for this the monster promises to leave Victor alone forever. ... Victor keeps the monster a secret, and feels increasingly blameworthy for the monster's actions ...

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Only difference, one man, the other monster. ... Right after the monster came to life the differences between them began. ... On the other hand the monster seemed happy to see his creator. ... (Shelley 35), showed the monster acknowledgement of his creator. ... The monster looked at Frankenstein as a "slave". ...

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The monster in fact had more compassion than his creator did. ... The monster from the very beginning like any new born wanted to be loved. ... The monster went on to find his place in the world but was hated by all. ... He is taken on by surprise as the monster approaches him. ... The monster acts with more respectable and reasonable decisions than Victor does. ...

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The monster is obviously of a horrible physical nature that inspires hatred and fear from people who appear to see him. ... However, when the other members of the family drove him away from the cottage with stones, the monster was full of sorrow and cursed at his creator. That makes you think that this "monster" originally has a good heart and is pushed by good intentions. ... The monster just wanted to be considered as a part of society even dough he was different from everybody else. ... Don't be like the "MONSTER". ...

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The poet tells of how the peace and contentment of Hrothgar ends because Grendel comes and brings misery to the Danes: And then as now warriors sang of their pleasure: so Hrothgar's men lived happy in his hall till the monster stirred, that demon, that fiend, Grendel, who haunted the moors, the wild marshes, and made his home in a hell not hell but earth. He was spawned in that slime, conceived by a pair of those monsters born of Cain, murderous creatures banished by God, punished forever for the crime of Abel's death. ... In these lines the poet tells of the sneakiness, greed, a...

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The monster was treated worst of all. ... Victor's monster was bruised, beaten and tortured. ... Lost, shunned and misconceived, the monster retreated to his icy domain in which there was no prejudice or anyone to degrade or demean him. ...

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Frankenstein and the monster are also similar in that they are isolated and outcasts of society. ... A true monster would, by definition, have no emotions or remorse, while Frankenstein's creation has a very natural, human desire to be loved and accepted, "Once the monster falsely hoped to meet with beings, who, pardoning his outward form, would love him for the excellent qualities which he was capable of bringing forth" (154). ... At first I stared back, unable to believe that it was indeed I who was reflected in the mirror; and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the...

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Act 3 Scene 1: Iago IAGO "O, beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock The meat it feeds on; that cuckold lives in bliss Who, certain of his fate, loves not his wronger; But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who dotes, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves!" ... Iago warns Othello that jealousy is the green-eyed monster with mocks the meat it feeds on. ... By saying this he knows it will just feed the monster and it keeps on growing as his doubt grows. This foreshadows that bad thing are to come and that the jealousy might become large enou...

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Unfortunately, Theseus believes his second wife over his son and without investigating further labels him a "traitor" (4.1), an "adulterer" (4.2), and even a "monster" (4.2). ... Just as Theseus realizes that there is something fishy going on and would like to give his son a chance to clear his name, he learns that Hippolytus was killed by a monster. ...

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Due to his love, and the deception of Iago, he was turned into a jealous monster that consumed him. ... His own love for Desdemona, twisted and defiled by Iago, grew into a ravenous monster known as jealousy, and he could not stand to think of her as someone else's, especially one of Othello's friends. ...

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When Roderigo informs Brabantio that Othello may have stolen his daughter they both make racist comments towards him because by doing this they make Othello seem more like a monster and a beast since that reader hasn't actually been introduced to Othello. ...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein explores many aspects of the conscious and unconscious mind. Shelley uses light and dark throughout the novel to symbolize the duality of the mind, a representation of Victor's conscious and unconscious mind. Victor's conscious behavior is clouded by his unconscious rep...

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Not only did interaction with his loved ones become distant, however it becomes lost, as his monster in which Victor's image was to be perfect, became that of a murderer. ... As if there was no turning back, the monsters destruction had Victor not only fearing the creature, however fearing himself. ...

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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is filled with various underlying themes, the crux being the effect society has on The Creature's personality. These topics have been discussed and explored on countless occasions, and the novel has been compared with its contemporaries of the Romantic Age numerous times....

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Old Man and the Sea The old man was victorious. He caught the fish, he stayed with him for three days and brought him in. That is a triumph of triumphs. It was the biggest fish the man had ever seen and to catch such a monster at his age, well that was a feet of the gods. By not cutting the ...

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Hamlet's Loneliness Shakespeare's work "Hamlet" focuses on several general themes that run throughout literature. The least obvious theme is loneliness. In Hamlet most of the suffering and loneliness Hamlet endures is brought with the secrets and betrayals he is forced to keep. In the story th...

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Hardy adds even more guilt (Herman 76) and confusion to Tess's life that she finds hard to handle when confronted with this "monster" from her past. Alec, the "monster" is bluntly contrasted with Tess's "savior" Angel. ...

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