Frankenstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjJ2UvZjTew
‘But it is true that I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept and grasped to death his throat who never injured me or any other living thing. I have devoted my creator, the select specimen of all that is worthy of love and admiration among men, to misery; I have pursued him even to that irremediable ruin. There he lies, white and cold in death. You hate me, but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which I regard myself. I look on the hands which executed the deed; I think on the heart in which the imagination of it was conceived and long for the moment when these hands will meet my eyes, when that imagination will haunt my thoughts no more.’
Frankenstein has always been known to me as a monster that was created by a mad scientist. I think that growing up, I was exposed to Frankenstein as being bad and scary. Frankenstein has always been known to me as a monster that was created by a mad scientist. Going into this great work by Mary Shelley I was kind of surprised by many things. I thought that the quote above is such a great depiction inside the head of the monster. This quote is found at the end of the story, after Dr. Frankenstein has died. The monster shows remorse and feels sorrow for the things he has done. He shows that he himself knows and sees how much of a monster he is. As he says “You hate me, but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which I regard myself.” I think this speaks a lot about how we view the monster. Personally, I felt throughout the story anger for the monster. I felt as though he had killed so many people and ruined so many lives. Rather than blaming Dr.Frankenstein for creating the monster in the first place. I think this quote really shows how the monster believes he is capable of being good, however everything around him as influenced him to become the monster he is. That he was set up for failure and no one hates him more than himself. The video I chose is a summary of Frankenstein. I chose this mainly because I felt that the story itself is extremely long and I would be lost throughout it. I believe that the summary video was very helpful. It allowed me to picture the story. Along with that I really enjoyed how the end left us wondering whether it was the monster or Dr.Frankenstein that was at fault. This is very similar to how the story ends as well. I was left with the idea that maybe the monster isn’t a monster after all. Reading Frankenstein really showed me a new side of the story and helped me understand more of the monster.