Discussion of Frankenstein
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Re: Discussion of Frankenstein
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We read it last year, for English class, and it was among my favorites we read for the year.
What fascinated me was how it evolved from her short stories she had written with friends, out of a competition they were having after she had been through so much though
In the book I connected with the monster more than with Frankenstein, like Schaps and woodshedder were saying. The disregard and abandonment by Frankenstein bugged me quite a bit as well, but I can understand it better when knowing Shelley's background.
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howardsadvocate wrote:It's about the time old question, nature vs nurture, does evil exist, does good exist, or are they just human inventions?
"I was born benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend."
Are we merely just the sum of our surroundings & experiences? Can it be as simple as that?
Frankenstein's monster is the creation of genius.
Mary Shelley, I would have loved to have had a beer with you.
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The pure innocence of chapter 11 contrasts so sharply with the rest of the book, he is like a child, experiencing all for the first time, it created a lot of empathy for him for me when I read it, and its memory inclined me to pity him later.
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""Here then I retreated, and lay down happy to have found a shelter, however miserable, from the inclemency of the season, and still more from the barbarity of man."
The whole book just makes you see all the cruelty and the sadness in humanity. It certainly made me think.
"They were not entirely happy. The young man and his companion often went apart, and appeared to weep. I saw no cause for their unhappiness; but I was deeply affected by it. If such lovely creatures were miserable, it was less strange that I, an imperfect and solitary being, should be wretched."
You've obviously read this more than once. For me i had to read this book three times before i got the larger picture and the themes. Nurture Vs. Nature and the perception of good and evil. because i mean in the end was Victor the Bad guy or was it his monster.
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It was an interesting plot. I didn't enjoy it that much. rate 3/5
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You know what struck me about Frankenstein's monster? How much his image has morphed in popular culture! Shelley's monster was remarkably intelligent, a cogent speaker with complex thoughts and emotions, whereas our contemporary zombie-like henchman equivalents are not nearly as tragic, inevitably lacking in the ability to convey to us the humanity (or rather, inhumanity) of its being.starla1781 wrote:It has been several years once I read Frankenstein but what I remember most is the humanity of the "monster". I remember feeling an immense sympathy for him and the pain and loneliness he went through.