Thursday, November 15, 2012

Frankenstein / Mary Shelly / Ch 4-6



“In my education my father had taken the greatest precautions that my mind should be impressed with no supernatural horrors. I do not ever remember to have trembled at a tale of superstition, or to have feared the apparition of a spirit,” (Shelly 30).  Frankenstein’s father is further to blame for Frankenstein’s demise.  He again affected his child in a way that was detrimental to his life. If Frankenstein had been superstitious of death like most normal people then he may not have made his fatal mistake.  Frankenstein was a smart person but he just had too much gusto and a little to little respect for dead peoples bodies.  How many bodies did he watch decay?  Frankenstein’s whole actions in the university are creepy.  Did no one ask question about why he was collecting body parts at least his maid or house keeper?  It is ironic that he so fervently works to create life but once he finally does he immediately hates it and is scared of his own creation.  He even gets cripplingly sick just by the thought of his creation.

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