"You traveled to seek happiness, but a fatality seems to pursue you..." pg 133
Everywhere that Frankenstein goes, his creature follows him. He keeps trying to run away from the problem and deny the existence of his creation. However, his foot steps are very obvious and have done so much damage to Frankensteins life. The best thing for him to do is to confront the monster but he is to scared to stop the thing that he created.This vicious circle will probably cause the downfall of Frankenstein. He has no choice but to create a companion for his creation but the first monster killed off 3 of his friends. Frankenstein is torn as a result of his foolish decisions. I think that he should kill Frankenstein so he doesn't have to worry about him destroying his life anymore.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Marriage
"I confess, my son, that I have always looked forward to your marriage with our dear Elizabeth as the tie of our domestic comfort, and the stay of my decliniong years." pg 109
Victor's father finally tells him that he should probably marry Elizabeth sooner of later. His father is getting very old and the whole family has gone through much pain lately. I think that it would be the perfect thing to call Victor down and make him go back to him old self. I wonder how Elizabeth has been taking Victor since he has been home. He has been completely different from his old self and walks around depressed. They are not as close as they used to be yet she still wants to marry him. Vctor knows that he has to complete making the monster before he marries her but he keeps putting it off. I think that they will never get married because of all the bad decisions that Victor continues to make.
Victor's father finally tells him that he should probably marry Elizabeth sooner of later. His father is getting very old and the whole family has gone through much pain lately. I think that it would be the perfect thing to call Victor down and make him go back to him old self. I wonder how Elizabeth has been taking Victor since he has been home. He has been completely different from his old self and walks around depressed. They are not as close as they used to be yet she still wants to marry him. Vctor knows that he has to complete making the monster before he marries her but he keeps putting it off. I think that they will never get married because of all the bad decisions that Victor continues to make.
Antagonist
"I do refuse it," I replied; "and no torture shall ever extort a consent from me." pg. 104
Frankenstein is refusing to create a companion for his creation out of fear. He is terrified of his first creation and the thought of making another makes him tremble. When he doesn't look at his creation, he feels sorry for him and even wants to help him. I think that he should just listen to what he is saying and try to understand what he feels. It is not fair that he rejected his creation right after it came to life. He had to learn about the world all on his own and had gone through immeasurable pain. I think Frankestein makes himself miserable by over thinking everything. If he would find someone to be with his creature, they would both be happy. Instead, he is causing unncessary death by making the monster upset. The monster will only kill more people as Frankenstein keeps refusing.
Frankenstein is refusing to create a companion for his creation out of fear. He is terrified of his first creation and the thought of making another makes him tremble. When he doesn't look at his creation, he feels sorry for him and even wants to help him. I think that he should just listen to what he is saying and try to understand what he feels. It is not fair that he rejected his creation right after it came to life. He had to learn about the world all on his own and had gone through immeasurable pain. I think Frankestein makes himself miserable by over thinking everything. If he would find someone to be with his creature, they would both be happy. Instead, he is causing unncessary death by making the monster upset. The monster will only kill more people as Frankenstein keeps refusing.
Protagonist
"I swear," he cried, "by the blue sky of Heaven, and by the fire of love that burns my hear, that if you grant my prayer, while they exist you shall never behold me again." pg 107
The monster is a tortured person who just wants to love and be loved. I sympathize with him at this part and i really feel sorry for him, especially since he was just rejected by the family that he had watched over for a very long time. The creature is trying as hard as he can to get Frankenstein to understand what he has been going through during his life on earth. He wants him to understand that if he had a companion his life wouldn't be such agony. All Frankenstein wants is for his creature to go away and never bother them again. However, the creature promises that if he makes a mate for him, he will disapear and never interfere on his life again. I think that Frankenstein should grant him his request in order for them to both have peaceful lives.
The monster is a tortured person who just wants to love and be loved. I sympathize with him at this part and i really feel sorry for him, especially since he was just rejected by the family that he had watched over for a very long time. The creature is trying as hard as he can to get Frankenstein to understand what he has been going through during his life on earth. He wants him to understand that if he had a companion his life wouldn't be such agony. All Frankenstein wants is for his creature to go away and never bother them again. However, the creature promises that if he makes a mate for him, he will disapear and never interfere on his life again. I think that Frankenstein should grant him his request in order for them to both have peaceful lives.
Foreshadowing
"Pardon this gush of sorrow' these ineffectual words are but a slight tribute to the unexampled worth of Henry, but they soothe my heart, overflowing with the anguish which his remembrance creates." pg.114
Many times throughout this story I forget that Frankenstein is telling it. When I was reading this part i was really confused at what was going on. I thought i missed something that happened to Henry and I kept rereading. The frame story goes so deep that the reader forgets that it is a recall of the past and not the present. I knew that something bad was going to happen to Henry because of this foreshadowing sentence. This built up the suspense for the next chapter. I was holding on and couldn't put the book down until I found out was going to happen. Unfortunately, the monster kills Henry in revenge. This is predictable but what happens to Victor in return is not. I never expected him to be blamed for his best friends death.
Many times throughout this story I forget that Frankenstein is telling it. When I was reading this part i was really confused at what was going on. I thought i missed something that happened to Henry and I kept rereading. The frame story goes so deep that the reader forgets that it is a recall of the past and not the present. I knew that something bad was going to happen to Henry because of this foreshadowing sentence. This built up the suspense for the next chapter. I was holding on and couldn't put the book down until I found out was going to happen. Unfortunately, the monster kills Henry in revenge. This is predictable but what happens to Victor in return is not. I never expected him to be blamed for his best friends death.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Did the monster kill William?
"What did he there? Could he be (I shuddered at the conception) the murderer of my brother? pg. 50
The family blames the innocent Justine as the murderer of William and she eventually admits to this out of fear. However, Victor is convinced that his monster did it. I thought that the second that I read that his brother was killed. But when the monster starts to talk about his secluded life and all the innocent things that he did, I changed my mind about it. I still have not figured out who killed the brother but now I don't think it was Justine of the monster. It seems that the monster wouldn't hurt a fly. I hope the book eventually tells us who did it because I can't guess the ending to this one. Victor makes himself sick blaming himself but in the end I don't think it is his fault. Hopefully the ending of the monster's story makes him feel better.
More Irony
"I was siezed by remorse and the sense of guilt, which hurried me away to a hell of intense tortures, such as no language can describe". pg 61
After hearing about the death of his brother, Victor rushes home to be with his family. He hasn't seen them for years and years. Clerval tells him that they need him home to console Elizabeth. However, Victor experience more pain and anguish than all of them combined. Even when the family begins to get over it, Victor always wears a face of despair. His father yells at him saying that he loved William very much but there comes a time when you should move on. Also, when Elizabeth starts to get over it she tells Victor that he needs to let it go. She tells him that it wasn't his fault and there is nothing he can do about it. This, however, torments Victor even more. It is ironic that Victor came home to comfort his family and he ends up causing them even more worry.
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