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The Monster's Humanity_ Finding the Human in Frankenstein's creature

1. The Monster's Humanity: Finding the Human in Frankenstein's creature

2. NAME:- HARDI VHORA SEM:- 1 BATCH:- 2023-2025 ENROLLMENT NO. :- 5108230050 PAPER NO. :- 103 ROLL NO. :- 14 PAPER CODE:- 22394 PAPER NAME:- Literature of the Romantics SUBMITTED TO:- Smt. S.B. Gardi, Department Of English MKBU e-mail:- [email protected]

3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 01 02 03 04 INTRODUCTION OF FRANKENSTEIN AND THE CREATURE THE CREATURE’S STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN CONCLUSION

4. # INTRODUCTION OF FRANKENSTEIN AND THE CREATURE:- > NOVEL WRITTEN BY : MERRY SHELLEY >ALSO KNOWN AS : THE MODERN PROMETHEUS(1818) >IT IS A COMBINATION OF GOTHIC HORROR STORY AND SCIENCE FICTION THE BOOK TELLS A STORY OF ‘VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN’ ( Who is Swiss student of natural science who creates an artificial man from pieces of corpses and brings his creature to life.)

5. (MARY SHELLEY) "LIFE, ALTHOUGH IT MAY ONLY BE AN ACCUMULATION OF ANGUISH, IS DEAR TO ME, AND I WILL DEFEND IT." (Frankenstein, 1818)

6. Frankenstein elucidates a story about the subject which does not correspond to Frankenstein's intentions: the creature does not turn out as Frankenstein had envisioned him. In making the self first through his project of creating the creature and then through his narrative enterprise, Frankenstein fabricates a fictional other, several steps removed from originary signification. The creature, as the excess in identity, fractures Frankenstein's wish to create a creature in his likeness. Frankenstein desires to re-member his identity after the death of his mother by creating the creature; when this project fails, however, he turns to narrative to re-member his life. The re-membering of identity and text founders; Shelley shows that attempts to construct a composite text and subject are fictions to be dismantled. Narrative in this text is divided among three narrators: Walton, Frankenstein, and the creature. This diffusion of narrative voice indicates that the narrative body is not whole, incapable of reproducing a sutured narrative about the origins of one's life. Narrative moves from one subject to another: Frankenstein tells the story of the creature, and Walton writes down Frankenstein's tale.

7. # THE CREATURE’S STRUGGLE FOR IDENTITY:- The monster in the novel Frankenstein seeks to get rid of the identity known simply as “the monster” by replacing it with a new identity. He tries to achieve this goal via friendship and marriage, but both attempts failed ultimately. The stereotypes and anthropocentrism prove to be the major obstacle in the monster’s journey of identity seeking. Thus, the problem of stereotypes and anthropocentrism existing among humans is addressed in the novel.

8. The monster is nameless since he comes to the world. Without name means being rejected by human world. So in the human world, the monster lives in an identity of “others”. He is simply labeled as “devil”, which is an identity not proper with his true place. So in monster’s life, he makes two attempts to seek his proper identity. 1. The Monster’s Identity Searching through Friendship 2.The Monster’s Identity Searching through Marriage

9. #THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN:- A rich theme running through Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is responsibility. In a straightforward—even didactic—way, the novel chronicles the devastating consequences for an inventor and those he loves of his utter failure to anticipate the harm that can result from raw, unchecked scientific curiosity. The novel not only explores the responsibility that Victor Frankenstein has for the destruction caused by his creation but also examines the responsibility he owes to him. The creature is a new being, with emotions and desires and dreams that he quickly learns cannot be satisfied by humans, who are repulsed by his appearance and terrified of his brute strength. So the creature comes to Victor, pleading—and then demanding—that he create a female companion with whom he can experience peace and love. While Victor is grappling intellectually and practically with the implications of being responsible both for and to the creature, he is also experiencing responsibility as a devastating physical and emotional state. In this way, Mary Shelley raises a third aspect of responsibility—its impact on the self.

10. # CONCLUSION:- In conclusion we can say that the novel includes the central themes of Alienation and the search of sympathy by The monster. Victor Frankenstein’s alienation explores the creation which leads to tragic consequences. And also his abandonment of the creature he brings to life results in the creature's isolation and suffering, highlighting the destructive impact of alienation. Throughout the story, sympathy is also a recurring theme as the reader is challenged to empathize with both Victor and the creature, raising questions about the consequences of societal rejection and the human capacity for compassion. These themes underscore the moral and ethical dilemmas at the heart of the novel.

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