Power, Rejection, And Revenge In Frankenstein '

Phillip Pullman explores power, rejection and revenge in Frankenstein by using characterisation, point of view, and conflict. The audience have their ideas, values and beliefs challenged because they may have different views as to who the protagonist and the antagonist are. Power and characterisation are utilised to show how power can make someone delusional and not think straight, this causes the characters to change throughout the play. Rejection and point of view help show the story from the perspective of the antagonist. Revenge and conflict help make the audience question who is the real protagonist and who is the real antagonist. Power, rejection, and revenge are used to make the play have more depth and make it more interesting for the

Every time The Monster encounters someone new, they try to kill him because they think he is hideous. The Monster is confronted by Felix in the forest and Felix is horrified at the sight of The Monster so he shouts “Dear God! He’s here –“and then proceeds to shoot at The Monster. Everybody rejected The Monster and this has slowly made him become more and more enraged. When Frankenstein first creates The Monster he realises what he has done was wrong and is disgusted by the sight. He rejects The Monster and makes him an outcast. When The Monster comes to life Frankenstein says “No! This isn’t what I wanted.” This is shows the audience how Frankenstein really feels about The Monster. The way The Monster sees the world through his own eyes is explored by Pullman by showing the ways people react to seeing him. The audience may show empathy for the monster and think that he could be the protagonist even though at first he seems to be the

After being rejected by Frankenstein and by anyone that he met, the monster wanted revenge and killed Frankenstein’s brother. The Monster thought that killing living things was wrong but he felt he had to do it in order to get revenge on Frankenstein. Killing people is against The Monster’s morals and he is conflicted with the choice to get revenge or be rejected for all his life. Frankenstein agrees to create a bride for The Monster but Clerval kills The Monsters bride and enrages him even further, “Murderer! Destroyer! My bride – you’ve killed my bride.” The Monster kills Clerval for revenge even though it is against his morals. The Monster gets revenge by killing people who have hurt him or his loved ones, even though it conflicts with his morals because he thinks it is the only way he can hurt the humans. This makes the audience question whether The Monster is good or bad because the way he acts keeps on