To many, the term "monster" conjures images of gruesome or mutated creatures. ... It is his fault his family was harmed because he made the monster. ... Victor believes that his monster will be impeccable and all knowing. ... The monster has not removed himself from his environment. ... The monster threatens Victor with these words, and Victor construes it as the monster will kill him on his wedding night. ...

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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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It is true that we shall be monsters but on that account we shall be attached to one another. ... Had Victor created the mate, the monster would no longer be lonely or depressed. ... The monster is just looking for someone that he would be able to converse with. ... The way that Victor treated his monster right from the outset was abysmal. ... These rejections caused the monster to suffer a great deal and Victor should feel guilty. ...

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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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Thus he invents the monster hoping the monster will resemble him and therefore hoping he will acquire a mate. ... Being rejected by society and his creator the monster seeks a mate. ... The monster and Victor respond to their emotions differently. Victor looks at the monster as a terrible experiment gone wrong. ... Both the monster and Victor share a common search for love and a mate. ...

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That is where the monster received the feeling of inner beauty. ... That is why the outside of the monster was made ugly. ... The society that the monster examined was the same way. ... When Victor destroys the wife that was made for the monster, the monster is heart broken thus doesn't see the need for the beauty to flourish. ... When Victor ran away from the monster because of the ugliness that he saw, the monster felt ugliness; when the monster obtained knowledge, he felt beautiful. ...

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The original novel presents a human monster whose innate goodness is more believable. Furthermore, the monster in the novel inspired more sympathy whereas the monster in the movie inspires fear. The monster seems more human in the novel than in the movie. ... For these reasons, the monster in the book seemed more human. ... Still, the monster in the movie was pictured more like the antagonist. ...

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In response to this abandonment the monster seeks to get revenge even if it means committing horrible acts which displays moral ambiguity due to it seemingly being Victor's fault for the monster's actions. ... Unlike Adam who was beloved by his creator and created to be perfect, the monster was wretched, helpless and alone. ... Being rejected by his creator and the rest of mankind has turned him into a true monster that he never was before. ... His reaction is, "monster! ... Similar to the harsh diction used by Victor when he first beheld the monster, William's reaction is the ...

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This shows that he creates the monster out of corpses, just as God creates Satan. ... Victor rejects the monster, similar to God's disgust with Satan's pride. ... The monster relates to Satan, Adam, and Eve. ... Resembling the monster, hence he wants a companion, Eve. Moreover, the monster is much more like Satan, then he is like Adam. ...

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At closer range, he recognizes clearly the grotesque shape of the monster. ... Inside the cave, the monster begins to narrate the events of his life. ... Having explained to Victor the circumstances behind William's murder and Justine's conviction, the monster implores Victor to create another monster to accompany him and be his mate. ... The monster becomes enraged at Victor for breaking his promise. ... It does not take long for the monster to follow through with his vow he murders Victor's good friend Henry and the way the monster plants everything the evidence points to F...

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Victor then commences on creating his monster. ... He gets terrified and abandons the monster. ... The monster then comes to him and begs him to listen to his story. Cautiosly, he agrees to listen and the monsters tale begins. ... This has a devastating effect on the monster. ...

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Frankenstein's monster is an outcast. ... As soon as the monster comes to life, Victor is filled with intense hatred. ... This shows Western culture in a nutshell and shows the monster's ability to put humanity in perspective. ... I feel bad for Frankenstein's monster and understanding of his view of humanity. ... The monster sees it so clearly and states it that it is one of the bigger parts of the story. ...

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In 1817, during the Gothic period, Marry Shelley writes the novel Frankenstein. In this work, she emphasizes the cruelty and the negligence of humans, using as an example the story of Victor Frankenstein, and his nameless creation. A creature that lacks the soul, the brain, and the knowledge that hi...

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He would then attach the part to his creation, the monster. ... We know that Victor used the limbs of dead bodies to create the body of the monster, but we never found out how the monster was brought to life. ... How did the monster know that Victor was going back to his home in England, and how would the monster be able to travel the great distance? ... Once Victor put life into the monster no one knows what's going to happen. ... The monster also examines his feelings and senses through the book. ...

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Although Victor initially refuses to do it, the monster eventually persuades him to do it. ... But, what he doesn't realize is that the monster is not out to kill him. He later discovers that Elizabeth was killed by the monster and this crushes him. ... He finds the monster weeping over his creator's body. ... Shortly after, the monster walks off into the distance and disappears. ...

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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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This was what Victor said after the monster woke up. ... The only reason his creature was a monster was Victor neglected it. ... Victor needed Elizabeth and the Monster needed a female version of himself. ... Both, Victor and the monster, killed each other's hopes of happiness. ... If Victor confessed about the monster and proved its existence, then maybe the townspeople would help him kill or imprison the monster. ...

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In this sincere search for identity, the monster finds only Victor's irresponsibility. ... In creating the monster, Victor never looks ahead to what may happen after he creates him. ... So when the monster is finished, Victor leaves this "newborn" to fend for himself. Unaided and alone, the monster must wander the world learning his own ways to live his life. ... Victor's ignorance to the monster's needs ultimately cause the murders of those he loves. ...

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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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In contrast, the one character that is, on the whole, self-taught is Frankenstein's monster. ... By reading the De Lacey's library, the monster began to understand his alienation from society. ... The monster's education, being extremely self-taught with absence of a parental figure, is what led the monster being a killer. Frankenstein created this monster by failing to give him an education. With the proper teaching, the monster could have become a good thing. ...

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One major difference in the movie was the level of intelligence of the monsters. Victor's monster saw the ways of life and understood them. ... In the other movie the monster tries to murder Henry. ... Henrys monster lacked knowledge, he raged against everyone out of pure anger. ... Both monsters had a lot of animosity towards people and towards life but Victors monster had more reasoning than Henrys because Victors monster understood why to be angry. ...

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One of the differences between the novel and the movie is Victor's motive for even creating the monster in the first place. Victor created the monster in the movie only after his mother passed away giving birth to William, Victor's little brother. In the novel, Victor's reasons for creating the monster had nothing to do with his mother dying. ... This occured when the monster kills Elizabeth on her wedding night. ... But since Victor agrees to make the monster a lady friend, the monster thinks that she is for him and this causes the two men to fight over her. ...

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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 monster confronted Victor, and told Victor to make him a wife, or he will make him suffer. Victor did not do as the monster asked, and the monster killed Clerval, and Elizabeth. ... Victor had nothing left to live for, but to kill the monster that he had created. Victor chased the monster so much, that he could not go any further, and he died. The monster saw Victor's dead body, and was so saddened, that he just faded away into the ocean. ...

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He becomes fascinated with the "secret of life," discovers it, and brings a monster to life. The monster proceeds to kill Victor's youngest brother, best friend, and wife, when Victor refuses to create a mate for the monster. ... The monster laments over man's cruelty to those who are different. The monster is an outcast and he doesn't belong to human society. ... It is ironic because the monster was created as some sort of a companion for Victor and then Victor denies his monster a companion of his own. ...

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