Character Development in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
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Character Development in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
In any novel the author is free to create and shape their characters in whatever way they see fit. In Frankenstein, Shelley does an excellent job of shaping her characters, be it however minute their part in the story, so that the reader gets a clear picture of Shelley's creations. It seems that each character in Shelley's Frankenstein is created by Shelley to give the reader a certain impression of the character. By doing this Shelley creates the characters the way she wants us to see them. She tells us certain things about them and gives them certain traits so that they will fit into the story the way she wants them to. In particular I will examine the characters of the monster, Elizabeth, and old man De Lacey.
One of the more minor characters but still an intricate part of the story is the old man, De Lacy. He is the father of the family whom the monster watches after he has left his place of creation in Ingolstadt. The monster learns from the family and feels a closeness to them that is new to him. The fact that the old man is blind is no coincidence at all. Shelly purposely made him blind so he could not be influenced by the monster?s hideous appearance. When the monster finally works up the courage and the old man is finally alone in the cottage, the monster makes his move. He enters claiming he is a wanderer looking for a place of shelter and rest. As he tells of his predicament he seems to befriend the old man, appears to be fluent in the English language, and for all intensive purposes appears a normal person. It is not until the old man?s children arrive home and he is alarmed by the screams of Felix and Agatha, that the monster is seen as any...
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...are more complex such as the monster, some such as the old man are put in to make a point, and some such as Elizabeth are created in a way that augments the imperfections of others. Each of the characters in Frankenstein has a role or purpose in the story and is created in a way that adds to the story line and the novel in general. By creating each character and shaping them to a specific likeness, Shelley has creates a complex story and one of English literature's greatest classics.
Work Cited
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein: A Norton Critical Edition. ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York: W. W. Norton, 1996.
Works Consulted
Levine, George. The Endurance of Frankenstein. Los Angeles: Moers, 1974.
Patterson, Arthur Paul. A Frankenstein Study. http://www.watershed.winnipeg.mb.ca/Frankenstein.html
Spark, Muriel. Mary Shelly. New York: Dutton, 1987.
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how shelley's frankenstein character is created by her to give the reader a certain impression of the character. she tells us certain things about them and gives them certain traits.
- Analyzes how the old man, de lacy, is the father of the family whom the monster watches after he has left his place of creation in ingolstadt.
- Analyzes how shelley portrays elizabeth as a compassionate, innocent, gentle soul. she accepts victor's dejection and despair even though she never understands the cause.
- Analyzes how shelley's frankenstein character is created by her to give the reader a certain impression of the character. she tells us certain things about them and gives them certain traits.
- Analyzes how the old man, de lacy, is the father of the family whom the monster watches after he has left his place of creation in ingolstadt.
- Analyzes how shelley portrays elizabeth as a compassionate, innocent, gentle soul. she accepts victor's dejection and despair even though she never understands the cause.
- Analyzes how shelley's monster is one of the most complex and intriguing characters in the novel. it is a hideous and gargantuan being of discolored flesh and assorted body parts.
- Analyzes the significance of shelley's creation of william, justine, clerval, elizabeth, m. frankenstein, and victor.
- Analyzes how shelley creates two sides to the monster, a side with compassion, love, and happiness along with an evil side of revenge and misery.
- Analyzes how shelley created the characters in frankenstein so that we get a distinct impression of their personalities and their purpose in the book.
- Describes shelley's frankenstein: a norton critical edition, ed. j. paul hunter.
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- Analyzes the blatancy of the strong male and weak female roles, which has been condemned by some, who suggest that the imposition of a male role on victor is filicide.
- Analyzes how victor frankenstein is compulsively self-destructive, driven by forces he cannot recognise, to create a son by his own efforts and without the troublesome involvement
- Explains that victor's feminine qualities conflict with his identity as a man. shelley created an essentially genderless character, lionel verney, in her novel 'the last man'.
- Analyzes how frankenstein's creature embodies gender transgression on two levels.
- Analyzes how shelley manipulated masculine and feminine gender identities to persuade her audience that men alone cannot create, whether it be children or art.
2033 wordsRead More - Gloria Naylor's Mama Dayanalytical essayIn 1988 Gloria Naylor wrote the novel Mama Day in hopes to show the world that one can either accept the hand they are dealt and make it come out to the advantage of themselves and others, or one can hide from their pain and live a life scared of what may come in the future. Mama Day is set on an island off the coast of South Carolina and Georgia that is inhabited by the descendants of a slave population. The main characters in the novel; Ophelia, Abigail and Miranda, also called Mama Day, all experienced a lot of pain in their lives; it is how they chose to deal with their experiences that sets them apart from each other.
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- Analyzes how gloria naylor wrote the novel mama day in hopes to show the world that one can either accept the hand they are dealt and make it come out to the advantage of themselves and others, or hide from their pain and live a life scared of what may come in the future
- Describes abigail day as an older member of the willow springs community, sister to miranda, and grandmother to cocoa.
- Narrates how abigail tried to give her mother peace when her first child was born, but mama day begged her not to do it. the second peace died before she had a crib name.
- Analyzes how gloria naylor wrote the novel mama day in hopes to show the world that one can either accept the hand they are dealt and make it come out to the advantage of themselves and others, or hide from their pain and live a life scared of what may come in the future
- Describes abigail day as an older member of the willow springs community, sister to miranda, and grandmother to cocoa.
- Narrates how abigail tried to give her mother peace when her first child was born, but mama day begged her not to do it. the second peace died before she had a crib name.
- Analyzes how miranda and abigail grew up in an uninhabited house and the well where their sister peace died. miranda refused to return to this place throughout her adult life.
- Explains that cocoa was mama day's great-niece and abigail’s granddaughter. she grew up in willow springs but moved to the mainland as soon as she could.
- Analyzes how cocoa grew up in a town where the richness and darkness of skin was prized over lightness. she was aware of her own skin color and observant of others'.
- Describes sapphira wade as a true conjure woman who helped and punished the inhabitants of willow springs before 1823. she married her master, bascombe wade, and persuaded him to deed the island to his slaves in the event of his death.
- Analyzes how mama day uses her past and pain to help those in the present. she is a doctor, midwife, advisor, and punisher to the people of willow springs.
- Opines that mama day was the wisest of the three women. she took the pain and turned it into something positive for herself and those around her.
1471 wordsRead More - Frankenstein Excerpt Analysis Essayanalytical essayFirst, during the excerpt from Frankenstein we can relate to him as a character by understanding that the point of view is being expressed in the creature's view. Which shows his own perspective on the world, we know this when the creature states, “I would remain quite hovel, watching and endeavouring to discover the motives which influenced their
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- Analyzes the importance of 1st-person point of view and the creatures observation and action that were significantly based on humans. emotions also had an impact on how the creature carried himself.
- Analyzes how the creature's point of view is expressed in his view of the world, which shows his own perspective on the cottagers.
- Analyzes how the creatures' thoughts about the cottagers portrayed how much interest he has shown toward the felix. the creatures observation about felix notices that the sister agatha keeps felix going.
- Analyzes the importance of 1st-person point of view and the creatures observation and action that were significantly based on humans. emotions also had an impact on how the creature carried himself.
- Analyzes how the creature's point of view is expressed in his view of the world, which shows his own perspective on the cottagers.
- Analyzes how the creatures' thoughts about the cottagers portrayed how much interest he has shown toward the felix. the creatures observation about felix notices that the sister agatha keeps felix going.
- Analyzes how the creature's emotions in the excerpt from frankenstein remind them of a mime. his benevolence mimics the cottagers.
- Concludes that the creature can relate to human like emotions through the importance of point of view, and the creatures observations and action.
550 wordsRead More - Frankenstein Monster Comparison Essayanalytical essayShelley offers snapshots of the characters’ similarities to draw attention to the idea that the Monster is Frankenstein 's second self. The Creature is at first a kind, gentle being who was curious about life and its wonders. But this world did not welcome him and he found that his only source of power was when he inflicted pain on others. Without his plots of revenge, he had nothing. He had no one in which to confide, nor to relate to, so destruction was his only outlet for emotion. Similarly, Frankenstein began a peaceful life in the countryside of Switzerland and grew up with a fascination of alchemy. But an underlying sorrow caused by the death of his mother inclined Frankenstein to distance himself from his family more than he’d ever done
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- Analyzes how shelley characterizes frankenstein and the monster through a profound mirroring of one another.
- Analyzes victor's creation of the monster as a symbol for the awakening of victor’s subconscious thoughts and longing for isolation.
- Analyzes how shelley draws on wordsworth's articulation of the sublime in nature to show how the monster is frankenstein’s
- Analyzes how shelley characterizes frankenstein and the monster through a profound mirroring of one another.
- Analyzes victor's creation of the monster as a symbol for the awakening of victor’s subconscious thoughts and longing for isolation.
- Analyzes how shelley draws on wordsworth's articulation of the sublime in nature to show how the monster is frankenstein’s
- Analyzes how shelley draws attention to the similar upbringings and fates of the monster and victor to reveal that the monster is frankenstein's alter ego.
- Analyzes how the monster represents the side of frankenstein that wants to be heard and tries to assimilate into society. he is left disheartened and knows he will remain isolated forever due to his frightening, repulsive features.
- Analyzes how shelley utilizes william wordsworth's notion of the sublime to show that the two characters found a sense of belonging in nature.
- Analyzes how shelley draws attention to the latent powers of nature, and its ability to help one find peace and comfort.
1658 wordsRead More - Frankenstein By Mary Shelly: Character Analysisanalytical essayIn the novel "Frankenstein", written by Mary Shelly, the "other" is clearly represented in the story through the actions of certain characters. More specifically, through Victor Frankenstein and his monster that he creates. Although several arguments can be composed that describe one of the characters alone to more accurately represent the "other", they work better together. First, Victor is depicted as "different" in the novel when it states that he steals body parts from the graveyard to create his own monster. "It was with these feelings that I began the creation of a human being." (Shelley 32). Even though the novel doesn't directly state theft of body parts from the graveyard in this chapter, it shows how Victor's feelings overcome his sense of reality
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how mary shelly's novel "frankenstein" depicts the "other" through victor frankenstein and his monster that he creates.
- Analyzes how victor frankenstein and the monster are both represented as the "other" in mary shelley's "frankenstein".
- Analyzes how mary shelly's novel "frankenstein" depicts the "other" through victor frankenstein and his monster that he creates.
- Analyzes how victor frankenstein and the monster are both represented as the "other" in mary shelley's "frankenstein".
448 wordsRead More - Mary Shelley's Frankensteinganalytical essayFrankenstein is among one of the most iconic novels written during the early 19th Century. This novel was written by a distinguished Mary Shelley and first published in the year 1818. Shelley’s story is considered to written before its time as it challenged many themes and ideas of humanism, natural science, ambition, abortion, etc. The novel itself sparked many controversies and debates as numerous different topics are challenged and discussed throughout the novel. Shelley flawlessly executes the story as she writes in a dramatic gothic drama tone and allows the reader to step into different views of the story by changing perspectives.
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- Analyzes how shelley's frankenstein is one of the most iconic novels written during the early 19th century. it challenged many themes and ideas of humanism, natural science, ambition, abortion, etc.
- Analyzes how shelley's main purpose of writing frankenstein was to challenge the idea of being ambitious, define the importance of love and affection, and discuss the consequences of abortion.
- Opines that abortion is an abortion to be spurned at, kicked, and trampled on.
- Analyzes how shelley's frankenstein is one of the most iconic novels written during the early 19th century. it challenged many themes and ideas of humanism, natural science, ambition, abortion, etc.
- Analyzes how shelley's main purpose of writing frankenstein was to challenge the idea of being ambitious, define the importance of love and affection, and discuss the consequences of abortion.
- Opines that abortion is an abortion to be spurned at, kicked, and trampled on.
- Analyzes how frankenstein's abandonment contributes to the plot of the story. the controversy surrounding child abortion, and the murderous monster grew to be hateful because his creator hated him.
- Opines that shelley incorporated many everlasting ideas, themes, and qualities that are still very true and relatable today.
- Analyzes how victor frankenstein deteriorates from an innocent youth dazzled by the aspects of science to a disillusioned, guilt-ridden man determined to destroy the outcomes of his arrogant scientific pursuit.
- Opines that the creature's last speech to walton was heartbreaking and gathered sympathy from the reading audience.
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