As the professor has brought up the connections between recent readings regarding religion and love. Today I touched on some of the topics in those topics in the reading Frankenstein. We have a university student by the name of Victor Frankenstein who is attempting to do something no human being has ever done. To create a human being. One day His creation ‘’the creation’’ asks victor the man who created him asks him to create a partner for himself. I feel the monster is sort of challenging the knowledge and ability of victor by demanding him to create an ‘’eve’’ for him as a retaliation of him thinking he can be a god and create human life in a way. I feel the monster is trying to point out the fact that history shows god created adam and eve and not just adam and therefore the monster challenges victor on his abilities to create human life. His creation is trying to say that you brought me into this world and since you claim yourself as god and obtain god’s knowledge and abilities it shouldn’t be a problem creating a partner for myself. I ask myself a question while researching and reading. What is the diffirence between god and adam and Frankenstein and the creation. I know it’s a very deep question and concept but I can give one example. For one when god created adam he gave him a partner to be with and was fully remorseful to adam to have LOVE in life and that god had all the caring for his creations. Frankenstein did not even consider giving his creation a partner when created. We can see here God has somewhat of a little consideration for his creations and Frankenstein had no passion or sympathy for his creation. Here we can also learn that Frankenstein was so obsessed by only proving to himself what no other person has done. Within the process I feel Frankenstein meddles with the boundaries of science and defines the concepts of life and death. Point taken from this is that one day when we all have love and children we should put all work and care into our children’s well being. We also learn the consequences from Frankenstein’s selfishness where the monster wasn’t able to cherish the real beauty of life because he was not able to love someone of his own kind.
“Remember, that i am thy creature; i ought to be thy Adam; but i am rather the fallen angel. whom thou drivest from joy for no misdeed” (page 77-8)
Just a side note to the class. We can see from this scenario of the reading Frankenstein where love is all the creation wanted from his creator. Professor had stated earlier in the semester ‘’if you don’t find love’’ it is questionable if you had lived life in the way it was created to be. This scene from the reading showed truth to what professor was stating.