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A review by flamepea
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Shelley
4.0
“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.” Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.
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Frankenstein is the heart-wrenching, tragic yet, beautiful story about Victor Frankenstein's creature. He is not the monster, Victor, himself is. Victor Frankenstein was an admirable and highly ambitious college student who gained incredible knowledge to animate life. In the end, he let it consume his life and condemned himself to catastrophic events. Delusioned with the belief that he released a demon into the world and could not do anything in his power to change that despite the countless times in the novel we see, a creature just so desperately wanted to be loved by anyone.
The creature or the nameless monster in Frankenstein proves to be the most humane and compassionate character in the book. It was disheartening to read about how he had learnt to despise himself and even fear his reflection. "and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification." The creature can be used for a variety of lessons about the flaws of human nature, but I am going to discuss one. Prejudice. All humans in the book recoil in terror or act violently towards the creature and never give him a chance to express his true self- judged harshly on something as shallow as appearance.
The writing style in Frankenstein proved to be marvellous, Mary Shelley had a way with provocative natural imagery. In short, this book will always stick with me.
Women of the Future 2020 reading challenge - Enhanced humans
[b:Frankenstein: The 1818 Text|35031085|Frankenstein The 1818 Text|Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1498841231l/35031085._SY75_.jpg|4836639] written by [a:Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley|11139|Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1588859766p2/11139.jpg] the founder of science fiction herself, proves to be an immortal classic that will stand the test of time for many more generations.
Frankenstein is the heart-wrenching, tragic yet, beautiful story about Victor Frankenstein's creature. He is not the monster, Victor, himself is. Victor Frankenstein was an admirable and highly ambitious college student who gained incredible knowledge to animate life. In the end, he let it consume his life and condemned himself to catastrophic events. Delusioned with the belief that he released a demon into the world and could not do anything in his power to change that despite the countless times in the novel we see, a creature just so desperately wanted to be loved by anyone.
The creature or the nameless monster in Frankenstein proves to be the most humane and compassionate character in the book. It was disheartening to read about how he had learnt to despise himself and even fear his reflection. "and when I became fully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was filled with the bitterest sensations of despondence and mortification." The creature can be used for a variety of lessons about the flaws of human nature, but I am going to discuss one. Prejudice. All humans in the book recoil in terror or act violently towards the creature and never give him a chance to express his true self- judged harshly on something as shallow as appearance.
The writing style in Frankenstein proved to be marvellous, Mary Shelley had a way with provocative natural imagery. In short, this book will always stick with me.
Women of the Future 2020 reading challenge - Enhanced humans