Michael Sachen Mrs.

Konitzer Survey Literature Composition March 21, 2013

Frankenstein Essay Shelleys Frankenstein shows how love can change the inner compass of diverse creatures. The thing that drives both Victor and the monster is love; it forms them into the characters they are. When things change for Victor and the one bridge separating him from his adversary, (love) collapses they begin to evolve into the same creature. That transformation leads to both Victor and his monster becoming almost the same person. The theme purveys throughout the whole story, and through these transitions you can see how they transform into congenial beings. Like a newborn, Victors creation was conceived with a good heart. Both Victor and his ignorant but good-natured creature have clean hearts, as shown by the monsters wish for love. Motivation for both the antagonists arrived through love, Victors love for friends and family and the creatures lack of it. Born into the quiet world the creature was destined to be plagued by loneliness and hatred. I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on (Shelley 231) the creatures impediments created hatred that turned the fiend a life of malice. The aforementioned change from creature to monster is a progeny of the creation being treated with no love. The monsters first perusal into a village leads to being driven out by an angry mob, into the woods he escapes and begins to discover the grotesque figure he is. Now, his personal quest begins, being denied love he strives to create a world where Victor suffers the same fate. Killing every one of Victors loved ones, the two characters morph into the same

essence of hatred. With everything he cares about gone, Victor is imbued to seek revenge. Essentially they live for the same reason, and the contrast between their traits becomes smaller. Now, the one thing that bridged these two characters is eliminated, and they both lack love. You have made me wretched beyond expression! (97) Nothing keeps them from being different; the monster becomes a metaphor of Victors inner self. Meaning he creates the monster that is himself, almost unwillingly planning his own demise. If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear (148) After Victors transformation he is a living testimony to his monsters words. Love is a prevailing theme in this book, where all motivation good or bad is drawn from. And through love you can follow the story, the tragedies and how the melt down and mold the characters. The only difference is the characters path to their misfortunate created solely by Victor. The important epoch of the monster becoming cold-hearted changes Victors life. The stories of these two would have been very different if Victor had treated his creature with love. At the end of it all, love leads to the emanate demise of our characters.

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Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. USA: Tom Doherty Associates, Inc. 1988, Print.