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Frankenstein
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1FRANKENSTEIN
Frankenstein is a gothic thriller, a cautionary take and a passionate romance that is
widely popular novel written by Mary Shelley (Cutchins and Perry). This essay shall
elaborate on discussing whether any characters in Frankenstein can be considered heroic or
not, with ample of evidences supporting the claim. With the same, it shall highlight the ways
in which Victor Frankenstein and his monster are alike and different. The character that is the
most sympathetic in the novel will also be discussed in this paper. Lastly, the essay shall end
with providing a stance on the notion whether any of the characters get what they want and
what they deserve.
According to Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is regarded as the tragic hero of the novel
but it is to state that he plays the role of a man who is consumed by ambition and thinks that
he can play God. He commits some terrible deeds like the robbery for one, for creating his
monster but later, abandons his creation when he does not like how it turns out. Frankenstein
is basically a coward as he was unable to tell the truth for saving the life of the maid of his
brother William when she was accused of murdering the monster (Phillips). Similarly, the
monster murders many family members of Dr Frankenstein. He believes that he is master
over Frankenstein and gets angry when Frankenstein refuse to create him a mate. Hence, it
can be said that no one in the novel seem to possess any heroic qualities.
The ironic isolation that both Victor Frankenstein and his monster undergo plays a
significant role in aiding to their powerful comparison. Both of them felt isolation. The
monster is alienated and isolated by everyone as of his deformed and distorted appearance
and Frankenstein too, is lonely and isolated (Stuehser and Jensen). Both of them seek for a
mate. With the same, the desire for playing with other life is yet another similarity in between
both the monster and Frankenstein. On one hand, Frankenstein creates new life and on the
other, the monster destroys life. Furthermore, Frankenstein continues all his experiments