The document discusses the novel Frankenstein and whether The Monster is Doctor Frankenstein's alter ego. It provides context about how Victor created The Monster by assembling body parts but then abandoned him. This caused The Monster to develop empathy and seek companionship from others like the De Lacey family. However, his monstrous appearance led to misunderstandings and attacks against him. The document argues that through his curiosity, irresponsibility, lack of empathy and morality, Victor himself exhibited monstrous qualities and behaviors, making The Monster a reflection of Victor's own nature, and thus his alter ego.
Frankenstein's Fallen Angel Author(s) : Joyce Carol Oates Source: Critical Inquiry, Mar., 1984, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Mar., 1984), Pp. 543-554 Published By: The University of Chicago Press
The document discusses the novel Frankenstein and whether The Monster is Doctor Frankenstein's alter ego. It provides context about how Victor created The Monster by assembling body parts but then abandoned him. This caused The Monster to develop empathy and seek companionship from others like the De Lacey family. However, his monstrous appearance led to misunderstandings and attacks against him. The document argues that through his curiosity, irresponsibility, lack of empathy and morality, Victor himself exhibited monstrous qualities and behaviors, making The Monster a reflection of Victor's own nature, and thus his alter ego.
The document discusses the novel Frankenstein and whether The Monster is Doctor Frankenstein's alter ego. It provides context about how Victor created The Monster by assembling body parts but then abandoned him. This caused The Monster to develop empathy and seek companionship from others like the De Lacey family. However, his monstrous appearance led to misunderstandings and attacks against him. The document argues that through his curiosity, irresponsibility, lack of empathy and morality, Victor himself exhibited monstrous qualities and behaviors, making The Monster a reflection of Victor's own nature, and thus his alter ego.
The document discusses the novel Frankenstein and whether The Monster is Doctor Frankenstein's alter ego. It provides context about how Victor created The Monster by assembling body parts but then abandoned him. This caused The Monster to develop empathy and seek companionship from others like the De Lacey family. However, his monstrous appearance led to misunderstandings and attacks against him. The document argues that through his curiosity, irresponsibility, lack of empathy and morality, Victor himself exhibited monstrous qualities and behaviors, making The Monster a reflection of Victor's own nature, and thus his alter ego.
5) ¿The Monster is Doctor Frankenstein is alter ego?
This essay is about the popular novel Frankenstein. The novel
tells the story of The Monster, to which Victor Frankenstein (Doctor Frankenstein) grants his life by means of human parts lying in the cemetery. As soon as he receives the life of his creator, Victor abandons him to his fate, disgusted by his physical appearance, does not raise him and, thus, frees himself from any responsibility. The monster with the passing of time, he began to know himself, finding his empathy, generosity and love for others. Victor was very cold, hypocritical and irresponsible, because he was the creator of the creature, he had to take charge of his work as "father". In my opinion, yes, The Monster is the alter ego of Victor Frankenstein.
Curiosity killed the cat. The novel offers us a detailed
description of Victor Frankenstein's personality as a child. He says: "The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine"; "Curiosity, earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature... are among the earliest sensations I can remember"; "It was the secrets of heaven and earth that I desired to learn." In Other words, Victor tells us (1) that he is a curious person, and even more so (2) that he has always been that way. He insists so much that he has been curious since childhood, that we can hardly blame him for his actions. Of course that his curiosity ended in the creation of his monster, and seeing satiated curiosity leaves it aside as if it were a finished project. In the end Dr. Frankenstein realizes what he had created, he created life, but looking at what his monster was he thought: "Did I have the right, for my own benefit, to inflict this curse on the eternal generations?" Before, I had been moved by the sophisms of the being I had created; Devilish threats, but now, for the first time, the perversity of my promise burst into "me," I shuddered to think that future ages could curse me like their plague, whose selfishness had not hesitated to buy their own peace at the price, perhaps, of the existence of the entire human race. "There is nothing that is wrong, that worries you that others perceive it that way". With all those thoughts afflicting him, he comes to the conclusion that what I believe was evil and that it would only cause harm. But, the monster looks at the creatures as friendly and charming, admires Agatha and Felix and considers them superior beings, described as someone of good disposition, says De Lacey: "my life has been harmless and to some extent it is feasible" and He makes an extreme effort to rescue a girl from drowning ("extreme work to rescue a girl from drowning"). But no matter what he does, his actions are always misinterpreted: Felix and Agatha believe that he has attacked his father, the public is trying to assassinate the girl instead of rescuing her and William Frankenstein supposes that he is going to kill him.
All the immoral acts committed by Victor Frankenstein have
been evidence of his lack of maturity and empathy. The Monster only wanted what any human needs, love, happiness, friendship, respect etc... But he did not get it, because of Victor's lack of good morals. There are times when the same human being is the true monster. In short, The Commented [R1]: Good conclusion Monster is the alter ego of Victor Frankenstein.
Frankenstein's Fallen Angel Author(s) : Joyce Carol Oates Source: Critical Inquiry, Mar., 1984, Vol. 10, No. 3 (Mar., 1984), Pp. 543-554 Published By: The University of Chicago Press