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- This is an English book report on "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley
- Frankenstein
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- The story of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is about a man who created
- something that messes with nature, and nature came back to mess with him
- because nature is more powerful than man.
- Victor Frankenstein was very interested in natural philosophy and
- chemistry and basically tried to play G-d by creating life. When he
- found the secret of activating dead flesh, he created a superhuman being
- composed of rotted corpses. What he did was considered unthinkable, and
- he was haunted by his own creation.
- When the monster escaped, Frankenstein knew that he had to deal with
- the consequences of what the monster might do. Frankenstein received a
- letter one day which informed him of his younger brother William's
- murder, and immediately suspected that he was responsible, for he was
- the creator of the hideous monster. A friend of the family named
- Justine Moritz was the "presumed" murderer, and Frankenstein was
- determined to prove her innocent. Circumstantial evidence, however, led
- the courts to believe Justine guilty, because found in her pocket was a
- photograph which had belonged to William.
- Justine had been put to death, and Frankenstein had yet to find his
- creation. Finally, upon their meeting, the monster confessed to his
- creator of what he had been through, how he was rejected by society, and
- finally, how he had come to kill William. When William had revealed his
- name to the monster, the monster immediately figured that by killing the
- young boy, he would have revenge on Frankenstein for giving him life.
- The monster did not understand the concept of right and wrong and he
- especially didn't mean to kill anybody. His expression of anger ended
- up being violent, even fatal to the victim, and it just worked out that
- he killed people.
- As the monster's story continued, he demanded of Frankenstein a female
- mate who he can be with until his end, and promised to live away from
- society. Frankenstein, meanwhile, tried to restore the monster's
- demented mind so he could live a normal life.
- Although at first Frankenstein agreed to create a friend for the
- monster, he changed his mind for fear that between the two of them, his
- life, as well as many others, would be in danger. The creature wanted
- revenge, and so everything important in Frankenstein's life ended up
- being destroyed, including his wife and best friend.