Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Victor has the power.
After reading the story Frankenstein I feel that Victor had the power. Even though, he died towards the end I think Victor still won the battle between him and the monster. I say that because the monster had no one to be angry with or seek to gain revenge against. The monster sought to destroys Victor's life , because of what Victor did to the monster by deserting him, and not creating him a woman for himself. Since Victor is no longer alive the monster sees no point of himself still living. With the quote from the monster; " I shall die, and what I now feel no longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct" ( Shelley 156). The monster is also feeling guilty about the murders he has committed on innocent people. He tells Robert " I have murdered the lovely and the helpless; i have strangled the innocent as they slept, and grasped to death his throat who never injured me or any other living thing" ( Shelley 155 ). With the death of Victor the monster finally realizes the damage he has caused to others, so this is why i say that Victor still has the power he makes the monster thinks with reason and guilt instead of the passion driven thing he was.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Can we say that both Victor and his man-made creation of a man just did not see eye to eye, or were they two of a kind? I can’t see where either of them won any battles. What I do see is that both of them were miserable with one another’s existence. How can Victor have won or had any power when he has lost most all of his loved ones and is living simply to kill what he has created? If anyone has power in this story it would be Elizabeth and her calming affects that Victor found ever so soothing. This fact is represented by Shelley as she states “Elizabeth alone had the power to draw me from these fits; her gentle voice would soothe me…” (132). By examining these lines we can tell that Victor had a special place in his heart for Elizabeth; who was unaware of the powerful influence that she had in Victor's life.
ReplyDeleteI agree I can’t say the Victor or the monster won, I think they both lost. Victor lost all that he loved and was dear to him. In the end all he had was his desire for revenge and it killed him in the end. He did with a complete stranger. The monster never had anything from the start but the hope of being accepted shown in this quote, “You, my creator, abhor me; what hope can I gather from your fellow-creators, who owe me nothing.” Evil never wins and in the end that both had nothing but each other and they were trying to destroy each other. When Victor died the monster reason for existence was no more.
ReplyDelete