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dextiny
dextiny
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High School - 11th Grade

In Frankenstein, how has the creature come to regard himself?

 

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Posted by dextiny on Tuesday October 20, 2009 at 1:50 PM and tagged with character, characterization, creature, frankenstein.

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  1. akannan Teacher
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    There will be dissenting voices, but I think that the monster in Shelley's work is a sad character and regards himself as one.  The creature sees himself in a condition that he has not created.  He understands that he did not ask to be brought forth, nor did he ask for the desertion that Victor displayed to him.  At the same time, the monster grasps that his lonely condition can be alleviated with some type of interaction.  This is how he sees himself after spending time and observing life at the de Lacey cottage.  The perception of self is driven by both this observation and his own contrasting abandonment and estrangement experienced at the hands of Victor.

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    Posted by akannan on Tuesday October 20, 2009 at 7:03 PM