Character Studie of Monster
- 1. CHARACTER STUDIES OF MONSTER Name : Pina Gondaliya Enrollment No : 2069108420200012 Paper No :5 Romantic Literature Submitted To : Department of English
- 2. ❖Mary Shelley ❑ English novelist. ❑ For Romantic thinkers, the imagination was the ultimate creative power. ❑ Romantic writers depicted there heroes as creative artists, striving to advance beyond the moral restriction of society. ● She is best known for gothic novel Frankenstein, published in 1818. Edition of the poems of her husband Percy Bysshe Shelley.
- 3. ❖Frankenstein ❑ Frankenstein , a text that is part Gothic novel and philosophical it also considered an early example of scientific fiction. ❑ It narrates the dreadful consequences that arise after a scientist has artificially created a human being. ❑ The man – made monster in this novel, inspire a similar creature in numerous American horror films.
- 4. ❖ How Frankenstein Monster born? ❖ Victor learns about modern science. ❖ Monster is created by victor while at the university of Ingolstadt. ❖ Victor brings a hideous monster to life. ❖ Monster are the only words victor describe his creation.
- 5. ❑ Shelley described Frankenstein's monster as 8 – foot- tall, hideously ugly creation, with translucent yellowish skin pulled so taut over the body that it “barely disguised the workings of the arteries and muscles underneath”. ❑ Watery, glowing eyes, flowing black hair, black lips, and prominent white teeth. ❑ Very ugly looking but very sensitive and emotional.
- 6. Monster Rejected by his creator and Society ❑ Formed into a hideous and gigantic creature, the monster faces rejection and fear from his creator and society. ❑ Victor refuses to admit to anyone the horror of what he has created, even as he sees the ramifications of his creative act spiraling out of control. ❑ The creature of victor turns to monster because it can not find understanding and compassion in the society. ❑ Shelley wants her readers to understand the feelings of creature which knows no compassion or understanding. ❑ The monster created by victor only physically, in reality it was created by the society.
- 8. “I had never yet seen a being resembling me, or who claimed any intercourse with me. What was I? ● Monster tries to make sense of his identity and origin.
- 9. “ I was benevolent and good ; Misery made me a fiend.” ● Monster explain the origin of his violent behavior. ● He makes clear that he was not initially a bad individual,but that because he was abandoned, neglected, and lonely, he began to lash out.
- 11. ● Victor Frankenstein ● Knowledge ● Monster ● Society