Humanity and oppression of society in Frankenstein"What can stop the determined heart and resolute will of man?" This question, posed by Captain Robert Walton on page 22 of Mary Shelley's Immortal Frankenstein, is open to interpretation as meaning man's ambition in one sense, but in another, the collective persecution and prejudice inherent in humanity . human nature, Shelley documents how the zealous Captain Walton saved Victor Frankenstein, a passionate scholar of natural philosophy and impetuous and fortuitous creator of life, from death in the remote regions of the North Pole. It is through Walton's journal entries that readers understand the story of Frankenstein. After animating a lifeless human form, Victor recoiled in terror, later recalling, "Great God! His yellow skin barely covered the workings of the muscles and arteries beneath" (56). The monster's frightening physical appearance and the killing of five people, both directly and indirectly, introduced this instinctive horror to the people with whom he had contact, including the peaceful farmers. Driven to this murderous extreme by acute loneliness, the brute begged Frankenstein to breathe life into a female counterpart, so that they could never again plague humanity. Frankenstein began to allay this human need, but in the essential moment of creation he destroyed it, fueling a bitter revenge and Frankenstein's final, fatal pursuit across rural, rural Europe to the grim immensities of the North Pole. of any society, would be considered the most atrocious and immoral act possible, and readers would readily condemn Shelley's monster, yet the author tr... in the middle of the newspaper... the violence of change" (208 ), a common human handicap. Disappointed expectations and social disenchantment make it dear to the memory through the association of traumatic experiences that mortals claim in their lives, dispelling all guilt of evil, the demand for justice appeals to social values when the monster ends, "I longed for love and friendship, and I was still rejected. Was there no injustice in this? Shall I be considered the sole criminal when all mankind has sinned against me?" (210). Mary Shelley confessed that her intent in writing this novel was partly "to delineate human passions", consistent with the notion prevailing naturalism at the time Victor Frankenstein had studied natural philosophy, and to a certain extent, Shelley analyzed nature and its disagreement with society. Through the wonderful humanity and oppression of the monster, the humanity of society is discussed.
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