Frankenstein is rescued from the Monster by Captain Walton, who he tells his story to. ... He suddenly thinks that, by creating this monster, he has unleashed a terrible being into the world. ... It is at this point that he disowns' the monster, leaving it to go out into the world on its own. ... So in that sense, disowning the monster could have been the best thing to do in Frankenstein's situation. ... 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 t...

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Is it true that the monster is treacherous? ... Walton meets the monster; the monster sorrowful at Victor's death. The monster always found painful the doing of evil, has been miserable and remorseful. Monster's tragic flaw is his anger. ... Eight feet tall and hideously ugly, the monster is rejected by society. ...

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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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Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus What myths are to the race, dreams are to the individual, for in dreams, as in myths, there also appear those primitive emotions and feelings in the form of giants, heroes, dragons, serpents, and blood sucking vampires; representations of guilt, retribution, and fate; of lust and power, of monsters of the deep unconscious and of unknown but overwhelming beings which fill our nights with nightmarish dreams and make us fear our sleep, but which, rightly used, can be fruitfully integrated into our personality. ... Drawing from mythological legend and rich his...

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Mary Shelley began to write Frankenstein in the summer of 1816 and was heavily influenced by the social changes that were making their way across Europe. Shelley was obviously influenced by the idea of Romanticism and the importance of imagination and creativity and people such as her father William...

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