What Are The Similarities Between 1984 And Frankenstein

Throughout the chosen literature, an overarching theme of love and relationship emerge. The components of good and bad love emerge as every story unfolds. George Orwell’s 1984 features a particularly toxic relationship between the main character, Winston, and his “wife”, Katharine, who are all suppressed by the government, that may or not even exist. In the arranged marriage, the only objective of the couple is to reproduce because it was “[their] duty to the Party”(132 Orwell). Contrasting this in Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Hamlet and his father have a great relationship. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the main character Frankenstein and the other characters have rocky relationships, which creates the tone of sadness and madness. Then in Shakespeare’s

Katharine had no deep feelings for Winston and even flinched every time that Winston touched her. In contrast, Romeo and Juliet show true love throughout their forbidden love. Even when Winston thought that he was truly in love, Winston betrayed her in the end when confronted with his worst fear of rats, screaming “‘Do it to Julia!’” over and over again(Orwell 286). Contrary to this attitude, are the actions of Hamlet, blindly following his father’s orders to avenge his death and become a murderer himself. Though valiant, Hamlet’s actions result in his death, presenting the ultimate sacrifice. This blatant self sacrifice or rather sacrifice for another is a key part in a healthy relationship, as both sides cannot always have their way must learn how to compromise. Another important key to a good relationship is open

This woe is me attitude is deleterious to any real relationship that he could have had. Even when given Elizabeth’s hand in an arranged marriage, he manages to botch it up when he doesn’t make his monster a partner and Elizabeth ends up dead, along with his best friend. Victor becomes so obsessed with creating his monster that he neglects himself and his family. This neglect stems from his preoccupation of making his mark on the world and his destiny. Contrary to this, is the unnamed monster that Frankenstein created. The monster was abandoned from the moment he was created, never having any friends even though he was considerably nice. Never having parents to tell him what to do and what not to do, he had to learn by himself what was normal, even though he himself was anything but. He was a lonely fellow and his only consolation was that Dr. Frankenstein could make him a partner, so he was not so alone. When Dr. Frankenstein refused, the monster became obsessed with making Frankenstein as miserable as possible. Obsessions in relationships like with Frankenstein and the monster cause tension and need communication between both parties in order to be