Frankenstein
Birth is a natural process of creating a new life. Birth symbolizes life, giving future hope to people. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the main character, Victor Frankenstein, creates a being with his own hands; he has created something magnificent and terrible at the same time. Upon the moment of birth of this creature, Frankenstein runs away in horror. In relation, the author herself as she wrote this story, puts her life events into the book. Mary Shelley's mother died soon after her birth; and Mary, herself, had four stillborn children. To Mary, you can't have life without death, and vice versa. In the birth scene of Frankenstein, this creature means When Victor is putting his ideas together to create this creature; he describes this creature as beautiful and proportioned. "His limbs were in proportion, and I had selected his features as beautiful." (Volume 1, page 935) Like an expecting mother, Victor thought that the process of creating this creature was going to turn out marvelous. But upon looking at the creature moving, Victor thought "I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the
" (Volume 1, page 935) It was like as if Victor failed to create something beautiful as life. "And a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth, who might make the very existence of the species of man a condition precarious and full of terror. What follows is a dream about Elizabeth and Caroline, Victor's mother. " (Volume 3, Page 1001) As this quote indicates the fact that Victor is afraid if he creates another female companion for this creature, he will bring destruction and death not only to himself but also to the human race itself. To both Victor and Shelley, death resulted from creation. Although Elizabeth is Victor's companion, in a way, she replaces in place of Victor's mother. On a similar term, death is an unavoidable event in life. "I thought I saw Elizabeth, I the bloom of health, walking in the streets of Ingolstadt. In a very same way, Elizabeth will also risk her own life to take care of Victor. The creature haunts Victor through out the story, remind Victor that death is near by. The creature does not represent life; it represents death, destruction and hopelessness in Victor's eyes. Similarly, Mary Shelley herself had one child survive to adulthood. Victor creates this being from the dead, and resulted in death upon him and others. From what is supposed to be a wonderful creation of life, it turned disastrous. In the book, the creature follows Victor wherever he goes; as if, it's a daily reminder that he is getting closer to death day by day.
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