Thursday, March 3, 2011
Frankenstein
The beginning of the book Frankenstein was kind of confusing and hard to follow. The letters Robert was writing to his sister Margaret had me thinking is was going to be this gay sailor writing his siter throughout the whole book. Robert was sad one moment and happy the next, I wasn't really sure if he wanted to be on the voyage or not. He saved a mans life and that man ended becoming something Robert loned for, a friend. Victor wanted to create something like himself. "I should attempt the creation of a human being like mysellf or one more simplier organization.(Shelley 31) So he created the monster, but he didn't know that the monster would act as he did. "How can I describe my emotions at this catastrophe, or how delineate the wretch whom with such infinite pains and care I endeavored to form?(Shelley 34) The monster haunted Victor and his family. Victor thought he would fight the monster but he didn't, the monster killed his wife Elizabeth on their wedding day. By the end of the story everyone ended up dieing. I think the creation of that monster was very crazy, it took a intelligent man to create it though. The story was interesting after i got past the letters Robert was writing his sister Margaret.
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I also got a little bit confused in the beginning. There was a lot of going back and forth between Robert Walton, Franenstein, Margaret and Elizabeth. I started to get a little lost on who was talking to who about what. But, as I read further it all started becoming more clear. I can also see how you could think that Walton was gay at first. In his first letter he wrote, "I desire the company of a man who could sympathize with me; whose eyes would reply to mine." (Shelley 10) Then he continues on and talks about romance. So, I can see where you would think about that at first.
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