Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Frankenstein 2

The creature is not a human. Sure “it” or “he” may appear to be a grotesque, hideous human, but he lacks the soul and humanity that makes a person a person. I think of the creature as a sociopath. Like a sociopath, the creature has the ability to mimic people, but “he” lacks the social cues to function in society. Because the creature is isolated from the world he grows to resent the world he can’t be a part of. With this built up anger he seeks revenge on the man that created him. The creature kills Victor’s brother and new wife Elizabeth and indirectly kills an innocent Justine. After he kills he feels no remorse. Real people, no matter how much anger or hatred they are harboring for a person they killed, have some feeling of guilt or sadness. The creature doesn’t even know he should feel like this. The creature doesn’t know how to really express any real human emotions because he is an unnatural being.

He is a freak of nature, but the irony is that he finds his solace in nature. Nature is supposed to be pure, but the creature is a contradiction to the environment he lives in. He possesses left over limbs and discarded organs. There is nothing pure or original about him at all. Man should not intervene with nature, because if you do disastrous things occur. With this notion, I believe that is why Victor destroys the companion he promised to make the creature (115). “I thought with a sensation of madness on my promise of creating another like to him, and, trembling with passion tore to pieces the thing on which I was engaged.” He is showing some restraint with the powerful knowledge he has, and maybe that is the point Shelly wanted to get across. Science is a good thing, but there must be caution or terrible things could happen.

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