Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Frankenstein was written in 1797 by Mary Shelley. It instantly gained popularity and is considered to be a classic piece of literature. Due to this popularity, Frankenstein has been widely studied and critiqued across the literary world. Lee Zimmerman critiques the novel by analyzing Victor’s childhood from a psychological perspective and connects parts of the monster’s life with that of Victors.
Zimmerman proposes that the monster’s story is actually Victor’s own story of abandonment. She is right because she a made a logical connection between Alphonse and his behavior and Victor’s feeling toward life. She also points out similarities between Victor’s and the monster’s experiences. In his adult life, Victor often rejected relationships with …show more content…
She writes about Alphonse’s repeated dismissing of Victor, never reaffirming him. This approach provides a reason as to why Victor shuts out his family from his true emotions throughout the story. She then inspects his time in jail while accused for the murder of Henry. Zimmerman states that the solitude of the jail cell serves as a parallel with both how victor felt as a child and how the monster feels in his solitude. The monster cannot reveal himself to humans because of the treatment that he has in the past received. She ties this treatment in with the treatment that the nurse showed Victor in the jail. Victor felt that the nurse, he sole provider at that moment in his life did not want to care for him, just doing her duty and avoiding all conversations with him, furthering his feeling of solitude. This parallels with the way that the monster felt when Victor abandoned him and refused to do anything for the monster. Lee Zimmerman also draws a comparison areas the places of disgust of the two characters. She highlights how the empty cabin of the De Lacey family invoked a great feeling of disgust and rage in the monster causing him to burn it down, much like Victor’s laboratory creates these same feelings. These similarities show how the monster’s story could actually be a reflection of Victor’s
Zimmerman proposes that the monster’s story is actually Victor’s own story of abandonment. She is right because she a made a logical connection between Alphonse and his behavior and Victor’s feeling toward life. She also points out similarities between Victor’s and the monster’s experiences. In his adult life, Victor often rejected relationships with …show more content…
She writes about Alphonse’s repeated dismissing of Victor, never reaffirming him. This approach provides a reason as to why Victor shuts out his family from his true emotions throughout the story. She then inspects his time in jail while accused for the murder of Henry. Zimmerman states that the solitude of the jail cell serves as a parallel with both how victor felt as a child and how the monster feels in his solitude. The monster cannot reveal himself to humans because of the treatment that he has in the past received. She ties this treatment in with the treatment that the nurse showed Victor in the jail. Victor felt that the nurse, he sole provider at that moment in his life did not want to care for him, just doing her duty and avoiding all conversations with him, furthering his feeling of solitude. This parallels with the way that the monster felt when Victor abandoned him and refused to do anything for the monster. Lee Zimmerman also draws a comparison areas the places of disgust of the two characters. She highlights how the empty cabin of the De Lacey family invoked a great feeling of disgust and rage in the monster causing him to burn it down, much like Victor’s laboratory creates these same feelings. These similarities show how the monster’s story could actually be a reflection of Victor’s