"But soon,"he cried, with sad and solemn entusiasm," I shall die, and what I now feel be longer felt. Soon these burning miseries will be extinct." pg. 166
I guess Victor would have been happy, the monster wishes to die. Thus he shall rid the world of his burdensome prescence. Yet where does that leave the rest of t he cast of this very sad tale, dead!! Saddest book ever! Nothing good ever really happened. Even when Victor was semi-happy he would have to leave his Elizabeth to make another monster that he would abhor. It was a book full of contradiction and stupid decisions. I am still mad that Victor tore up the female monster parts and did not just do what the monster wanted. It makes no sense when he knew that the consequences would be potentially losing all those he loves when it could havebeen him just having a little guilt that he made another being that is ugly!!! What a book...I hate sad endings.
Thursday, April 21, 2011
The bromance coming to an end
"Must I then lose this admirable being? I have longed for a friend, I have sought one who wold sympathise ith and love me. Behold, on these desert seas I have found such a one;but, I fear, I have gained only to know his value, and lose him. I wouuld reconcile him to life, but he repulses the idea." pg. 157
Well, Victor I think is dying of melancholy. I think that is actually possible in real life but I thought it only possible when one is old and then when decides to die it happens. It think that is the case here with Victor. He has lost his loves of his live and does not wish to replace them with Walton. Walton is so sad mostly for himself by putting out of having someone be able to listen to them. I think that Walton seems almost selfish when he speaks of Victor. He talks of loving him mostly because he sees the potential of Victor being able to listen to him speak about his crazy ideas.
Well, Victor I think is dying of melancholy. I think that is actually possible in real life but I thought it only possible when one is old and then when decides to die it happens. It think that is the case here with Victor. He has lost his loves of his live and does not wish to replace them with Walton. Walton is so sad mostly for himself by putting out of having someone be able to listen to them. I think that Walton seems almost selfish when he speaks of Victor. He talks of loving him mostly because he sees the potential of Victor being able to listen to him speak about his crazy ideas.
whaat did you think he was going to do??
"Scoffing devil! Again do I vow vengeance; do I devotte thee, miserable fiend, to torture and death. Never will I give up my search, until he or I perish; and then with what ecstasy shall I join my Elizabeth and departed friends, who even now prepare for me the reward of my tedious toil and horribly pilgrimage!" pg. 152
This stream of consciousness shows Frankenstein's inner feelings. In this chapter that is what one mostly sees. He is so overcome by guilt that he wishes to sleep all day where he can escape reality and be with the people he loves. But i keep thinking, what did he think the monster was going to do , forget? The monster has an infinite amount of time and is bent on concentrating all his efforts on revenge. I feel as though Frankenstein brought this upon himself. Also the stream of consciousness shows the reader the though process of Frank.
This stream of consciousness shows Frankenstein's inner feelings. In this chapter that is what one mostly sees. He is so overcome by guilt that he wishes to sleep all day where he can escape reality and be with the people he loves. But i keep thinking, what did he think the monster was going to do , forget? The monster has an infinite amount of time and is bent on concentrating all his efforts on revenge. I feel as though Frankenstein brought this upon himself. Also the stream of consciousness shows the reader the though process of Frank.
Tone of concerned father
"Nay, you may have met with another whom you may love, and , considering yourself bound in honour to Elizabeth, this struggle ay occasion the poignant misery which you appear to feel." pg. 109
Wake up Franky even your own family and recognize you symptons of misery. I wonder if i always acted so downright melancholy if my family would become more and more annoyed because I would not relay to them what actually bothered me. Would they be as supportive? Frankenstein's father is the epitome of the concerned father. He frets that he has cornered his son into a predicament that he wants out of. It is touching that he would voice such concern. Also I find it odd that he would find it so strange that Frankenstein is sad when two people he knew and love has died.
Wake up Franky even your own family and recognize you symptons of misery. I wonder if i always acted so downright melancholy if my family would become more and more annoyed because I would not relay to them what actually bothered me. Would they be as supportive? Frankenstein's father is the epitome of the concerned father. He frets that he has cornered his son into a predicament that he wants out of. It is touching that he would voice such concern. Also I find it odd that he would find it so strange that Frankenstein is sad when two people he knew and love has died.
darkness light metaphor
"It surprised me, that what before was desert amd gloomy should now bloom with the most beautiful flowers and verdure. Mysenseswere gratified and refreshed by a thousand scents of delight, and a thousand sights of beauty." pg 81-82
Many times during this novel there is a metaphor where during the darker months, sadness ensues. Yet during the lighter months all is happiness. It even affects the monster who relays such emotions also to Frankenstein. It makes one think that he is not so different from the human race afterall. He feels and has the same reactions to things as Frankenstein did to light and darkness. It was weird to know that something suposedly so disgusting could have the same feelings. Therefore, he is just as developed as humans and should be treated as one.
Many times during this novel there is a metaphor where during the darker months, sadness ensues. Yet during the lighter months all is happiness. It even affects the monster who relays such emotions also to Frankenstein. It makes one think that he is not so different from the human race afterall. He feels and has the same reactions to things as Frankenstein did to light and darkness. It was weird to know that something suposedly so disgusting could have the same feelings. Therefore, he is just as developed as humans and should be treated as one.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
I just want to be liked!
"It was as the ass and the lap-dog; yet surely the gentle ass whose intentions were affectionate, although his manners were rude, deserved better treatment than blows and execration." pg. 81
It still surprises me the level of intelligence that this monster who was only days ago unknowing of the human language is able to make a literary allusion. It is perfect in this context because the monster knows he is of ugly appearance but wishes to be accepted regardless because of his good nature. Yet appearance will always matter. If one is good looking, you are good. If you are hideous, you are already deemed evil. It is nature for humans to judge based on appearance and I can already see what will happen to this monster. He will not be welcomed, rather he will be rejected and fleed from. His appearance is too fearsome and grotesque.
It still surprises me the level of intelligence that this monster who was only days ago unknowing of the human language is able to make a literary allusion. It is perfect in this context because the monster knows he is of ugly appearance but wishes to be accepted regardless because of his good nature. Yet appearance will always matter. If one is good looking, you are good. If you are hideous, you are already deemed evil. It is nature for humans to judge based on appearance and I can already see what will happen to this monster. He will not be welcomed, rather he will be rejected and fleed from. His appearance is too fearsome and grotesque.
The monsters welcome Home
"'I expected this reception,' said the daemon. 'All men hate the wretched; how, then, must I be hated, who am miserable beyond all living things! Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us. You purpose to kill me. How dare you sport this with life?'" pg. 68
The fact that this monster is intelligent kind of astonishes me. I find it funny that the creation throws the creator's own words back at him. The monster's right in a way, Victor did make him and went against the laws of nature by creating life. Therefore, he is being still controlling by trying to extinguish this life. Even if Victor feels it is well deserved who is he to say that this creation should die. Although I think I would want to too in this circumstance where others are dead because of this thing. It is still just fitting that the monster reveals the hypocrisy present in Victor's barbed words towards the monster. He also could of prevented it by teaching the monster the social customs of humans.
The fact that this monster is intelligent kind of astonishes me. I find it funny that the creation throws the creator's own words back at him. The monster's right in a way, Victor did make him and went against the laws of nature by creating life. Therefore, he is being still controlling by trying to extinguish this life. Even if Victor feels it is well deserved who is he to say that this creation should die. Although I think I would want to too in this circumstance where others are dead because of this thing. It is still just fitting that the monster reveals the hypocrisy present in Victor's barbed words towards the monster. He also could of prevented it by teaching the monster the social customs of humans.
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