Repeating Patterns In Mary Shelley's 'Macbeth'
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Narration → Robert Walton is the narrator of the rest of the story, writing to his sister.
Setting → It is August 26th, September 2nd, 5th, 7th, 12th, 17__, and all the story remains in the North Pole/ Arctic Circle. The monster disappears into the mist, again showing that bad weather can mean death.
Repeating Patterns / Motifs → Victor has his anagnorisis moment, and admits to Robert Walton to not make the same mistakes he did, and that unnecessary knowledge leads to tragedy “Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries” (Shelley 220). This moment can be related to Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” when, as he is hears that Macduff …show more content…
Mary Shelley either made this very ironic or very true. Either Victor is an ironic name because his whole life was messed up, he lost all love ones, his precious time, and his dreams. On the other hand, Victor could be looked at as victorious, he figured out how to make life out of something that was dead and that is something no one has done, he made it kind / moral, and was able figure out the secret of not wasting time on knowledge- which many men can waste their whole lives figuring out. The Monster kills himself because he is too sad to see his creator die “The fallen angel becomes the malignant devil. Yet even the enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone, ” and he continues to say “Was there no injustice in this? Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all humankind sinned against me?” (Shelley 224).
Symbolism → Victor dying represented a life of knowledge and a wonderful brain being forgotten, but also a weak heart being left behind. The monster dying represented a dream that came to life and then a dream that died, it showed that without Victor he could not remain. This is a biblical reference because us humans cannot life without our creator;
Narration → Robert Walton is the narrator of the rest of the story, writing to his sister.
Setting → It is August 26th, September 2nd, 5th, 7th, 12th, 17__, and all the story remains in the North Pole/ Arctic Circle. The monster disappears into the mist, again showing that bad weather can mean death.
Repeating Patterns / Motifs → Victor has his anagnorisis moment, and admits to Robert Walton to not make the same mistakes he did, and that unnecessary knowledge leads to tragedy “Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries” (Shelley 220). This moment can be related to Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” when, as he is hears that Macduff …show more content…
Mary Shelley either made this very ironic or very true. Either Victor is an ironic name because his whole life was messed up, he lost all love ones, his precious time, and his dreams. On the other hand, Victor could be looked at as victorious, he figured out how to make life out of something that was dead and that is something no one has done, he made it kind / moral, and was able figure out the secret of not wasting time on knowledge- which many men can waste their whole lives figuring out. The Monster kills himself because he is too sad to see his creator die “The fallen angel becomes the malignant devil. Yet even the enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone, ” and he continues to say “Was there no injustice in this? Am I to be thought the only criminal, when all humankind sinned against me?” (Shelley 224).
Symbolism → Victor dying represented a life of knowledge and a wonderful brain being forgotten, but also a weak heart being left behind. The monster dying represented a dream that came to life and then a dream that died, it showed that without Victor he could not remain. This is a biblical reference because us humans cannot life without our creator;