Madness And Obsession In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
In Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, there are many topics being portrayed throughout the novel: Madness and obsession, Nature, and Physical Appearances (the beautiful and the monstrously ugly).
In the first drawing, the skull represents the madness and obsession Victor goes through as he is making this creature. Victor begins with this abundance of knowledge; the obsession to be able to expand this knowledge then leads him to the lack of morality. “My mind was filled with one thought, one conception, one purpose”(page 33), this conveys the idea that victor wants to have this recognition of being able to create another life and to go all lengths to achieve it. Another character that represents this topic is the creature, he notices this connection between humans being able to communicate and feel this love with one another. But he comes to the conclusion that he will never be able to feel this relationship with another human being, he starts to fill with rage at Frankenstein for making him and leave him alone in the world with no way to communicate. The creature becomes obsessed with the idea to kill anyone in his way. "There was non among the myriads of men that …show more content…
Nature has the power to put together the humanity back into a person when the world has stripped the individual of their moral fiber. In the novel Victor searches for a way to clear his soul and mind, he is able to do this in the mountains of Switzerland. “I was carried by the wind: and sometimes, after rowing into the middle of the lake, I left the boat to pursue its own course and gave way to my own miserable reflections. I was often tempted, when all was at peace around me, and I the only unquiet thing that wandered restless in a scene so beautiful and heavenly”(page 95). This conveys the idea of nature having this control to change a man’s feelings. This creates the theme; Nature can have the power to influence an individual’s
In the first drawing, the skull represents the madness and obsession Victor goes through as he is making this creature. Victor begins with this abundance of knowledge; the obsession to be able to expand this knowledge then leads him to the lack of morality. “My mind was filled with one thought, one conception, one purpose”(page 33), this conveys the idea that victor wants to have this recognition of being able to create another life and to go all lengths to achieve it. Another character that represents this topic is the creature, he notices this connection between humans being able to communicate and feel this love with one another. But he comes to the conclusion that he will never be able to feel this relationship with another human being, he starts to fill with rage at Frankenstein for making him and leave him alone in the world with no way to communicate. The creature becomes obsessed with the idea to kill anyone in his way. "There was non among the myriads of men that …show more content…
Nature has the power to put together the humanity back into a person when the world has stripped the individual of their moral fiber. In the novel Victor searches for a way to clear his soul and mind, he is able to do this in the mountains of Switzerland. “I was carried by the wind: and sometimes, after rowing into the middle of the lake, I left the boat to pursue its own course and gave way to my own miserable reflections. I was often tempted, when all was at peace around me, and I the only unquiet thing that wandered restless in a scene so beautiful and heavenly”(page 95). This conveys the idea of nature having this control to change a man’s feelings. This creates the theme; Nature can have the power to influence an individual’s