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    novel “Frankenstein” revenge is a lonesome path for the characters. Victor Frankenstein and the creature choose the path of revenge after they have suffered a lot of misfortune throughout their lives. Revenge is a path of pain that a person chooses to walk in order to cause pain and suffering to the other person. The creature whose heart was the kindest whenever he met a new person‚ was turned into a heartless creature. The creature who is on a path of revenge‚ has sworn revenge on Victor. As the

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    In Mary Shelley’s FrankensteinVictor Frankenstein and the monster that he creates are very similar. Frankenstein being a great man had his wants and needs even though he studied things that people thought to be ungodly and just wrong. Frankenstein creates the monster to be like himself although the monster has super human strength and is almost eight feet tall. Victor worked very hard trying to create the monster not noticing that he was creating the monster in his image. Victor not wanting to give

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    In the novel FrankensteinVictor the creator abandon the creature. After he taught him how to read and speak. This forms that Victor was very irresponsible and is not aware of the consequences. As for Frankenstein‚ it is not fair because he did not chose to be like that‚ all he wanted was to be as others. Victor was being unfair with Frankenstein‚ because he was the one who created him. Frankenstein did not chose to live in that way. As he was created Victor taught how to speak and how to read

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    When Victor returned to his place of birth under strange circumstances involving the death of William Frankenstein‚ isolation is seen in his journey where he finds the monster he created almost six years before. As he strolls through the woods during a horrible storm everything is changed. “No one can conceive the anguish I suffered during the remainder of the night‚ which I spent‚ cold and wet‚ in the open air. But I did not feel the inconvenience of the weather; my imagination was busy in scenes

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    being honest‚ respectful‚ and generous. Although as a society‚ we tend to think of beauty only as what we find aesthetically pleasing to us‚ instead of looking beyond a person’s exterior. In Marry Shelly’s novel Frankenstein‚ this is most certainly the case when it comes to Victor. Victor has a great tendency to overlook any sort of inner beauty in anyone‚ from his college professors to that which he had created. Ultimately‚ it is Victor’s inability to look any deeper than ones skin and his shallow

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    Real Monster‚ victor frankenstein Mary Shelley’s narrative‚ Frankenstein is the story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. “It was on a dreary night of November that I beheld the accomplishment of my toils…by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard‚ and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs.(52)” This was the time and the place in which the creature came to life. Victor Frankenstein thought that

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    novel‚ Frankenstein by Mary Shelley‚ Victor‚ a man that finds the secret to cheating life creates an 8-foot tall man that haunts him for the rest of his life. In the novel‚ Victor and the creature never have a good relationship‚ and it seems to make them look like they are very different when they are not.Throughout the book‚ Mary Shelley suggests that the creature and Victor are very different‚ but they are actually very similar. They both have the same personalities. In the novel‚ both Victor and

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    decides to go on this journey to find his meaning of life that he believes to be fame. Captain Walton is determined to do whatever it takes to gain the fame‚ which is why he hires a crew‚ and ships sail to the North Pole. During this journey they stumble upon an obstacle in which puts them in a situation of life and death. “They insisted‚ therefore‚ that I should engage with a solemn promise that if the vessel should be freed I would instantly direct my course southwards. This speech troubled me

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    In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ her two main characters‚ Victor Frankenstein and Frankenstein’s monster both play an important heroic role. Shelly wrote Frankenstein when science was major concern of everyone and was surging all over. Victor Frankenstein is an intelligent scientist who has the desire to do something people say was impossible. Dr. Frankenstein and his family are the most distinguished people of republic of Geneva. His dad married Caroline and adopted a girl name Elizabeth and her

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    English 12 Honors 13 January 2014 The Downfall of Victor Frankenstein Abraham Lincoln once said‚ “Nearly all men can stand adversity‚ but if you want to test a man’s character‚ give him power.” Lincoln believes that to test one’s character‚ you must see how they handle power. In Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus by Mary Shelley‚ Victor Frankenstein is a man consumed by knowledge and power‚ and because of this‚ there is a gradual deterioration of character‚ starting from humble beginnings‚ eventually

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