Frankenstein

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This paper discusses the relationship between the doctor and his creation in "Frankenstein," by Mary Shelley. The writer examines how it parallels the relationship between God and man and God and Satan in the Bible, being sometimes a father-son and sometimes a creator-creation one. The writer discusses how Frankenstein's creature, like Satan after being rejected by his creator, becomes angry and embittered and blames others for his own choice of evil over good. The writer concludes that the overwhelming regret and remorse shown by both Dr Frankenstein and his creation seems to reflect Shelley's belief that God created the human race with a conscience and a sense of guilt that would always restrain mankind from attempting to become God.

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"Dr. Frankenstein's creature finds himself in much the same circumstances, pursuing a crash course with the doctor, haunted by the fact that his creator is so horrified that he wishes he had never created him. The creature, throughout the entire story seeks to justify his existence through acts of violence directed towards those individuals the doctor loves most. It's ironic that the creature seems to be espousing the principle, 'if you won't love me, you won't get to love anyone else.'"

Sample of Sources Used:

• Shelley, M. (2003) Frankenstein, New York: Barnes & Noble
• Thompson, T.W., (2006) Shelley's Frankenstein, The Explicator, Vol. 64 No 2, pp. 81 -84

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