Frankenstein

 

The first half of Frankenstein introduces Victor Frankenstein who is passionate to create a new life and seek beauty in science but after bringing life to his fantasy; he soon realizes he is afraid of what he did. In fear at first sight of the monster he created and the struggles that built up in the process, Victor Frankenstein mentally breaks and the sight of the monster makes him run away from his very own creation. As readers we notice that Frankenstein leaves no room to allow the monster to prove himself worthy of being a good soul, at first sight of his physical appearance, the monsters own creator abandons him. This shows that the monster’s foreshadowing behaviors might relate to this abandonment. Mental instability in Frankenstein also portrays that he might have acted in a rash manner as he leaves no time to judge.

The author uses many literary devices of imagery, foreshadowing, and diction to describe Frankenstein’s identity and feelings in these few chapters, as readers are also brought into the world of Frankenstein’s thoughts and fear of the monster from his dream and vision of his mother dying after creating the monster. The author Shelley gives voice to the monster’s feelings since his birth and abandonment as well as poor treatment from Frankenstein. Readers are left on the edge to imagine the future relations and identity of these characters as the plot progresses.