The modern idea of the creature created by Victor Frankenstein is just a monster, without feelings or senses. This is apparent in the clips of the creation of the monster — they portray the creation as a huge life changing event in which Frankenstein is obsessed with the process, and the monster was extremely desired by him. Unlike the clips, Shelly’s version only briefly even focuses on the creation and once it is finally created is rejected by Frankenstein who even runs away from it. In both the monster is thought to be a hideous and scary thing, although it seems as though the films focused more on the idea of a hideous monster rather than a living creature. In the book, the creature starts off as just a hideous monster but Victor learns to discover that although it doesn’t have the best intentions, the monster is able think articulately and speak eloquently. The greatest difference between the two is the general focus of characters. The films are trying to show Frankensteins role in creating the creature, showing his excitement and mad rage when he is created. The book is really trying to show the creatures effects on the thoughts and emotions of Frankenstein. The book doesn’t even focus on the creation, but rather the monsters influence over the course of the book.

Date 10.05.2016

In the real world, lamb always stand for the “pure”. The purest thing in our live is the baby! The poet wrote that the lamb “ became a little child”, this shows the lamb is a symbol of “pure”. In the end of the novel, the Creature said “I cannot believe that I am the same creature whose thoughts were once filled with sublime and transcendent visions of the beauty and the majesty of goodness”. This sentence shows me that the Creature was first a lovely “child” when he was first invented. All he had right now was the result of the evil world, is the result of how other people down to him.

        There always a “lamb” living in the Creature’s heart. At the end of the novel, the Creature had said “ Still I desired love and fellowship”. The next sentence he said: “and I was still spurned”. It was not strange that the Creature is more like to the lamb, because after all those negative experience, he still owns a “soft” inner. On chapter five of the novel, when the Creature was created, the description of it is “ His jaws opened…… while a grin wrinkled his cheeks”. The Creature was trying to smile and say thank you. This shows that his nature is good.

Lastly, look at the realistic, how most people call the Creature? Most people will call the Creature as “Frankenstein”, even though Frankenstein is the name of the creator. Now look at the poem, “Little lamb, I’ll tell thee: He is called by thy name”, the creator of the lamb has same name as the lamb. Frankenstein also can be refered to the Creature!

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Two poems by William Blake, “ The Tyger “ and “ The Lamb” written about creature. I think Creature of animals is more like a Tyger. When I read those poems I think The Tyger is more life aggressive creature and Lamb is opposite way which is very “sweet” , “ unadulterate” and “ weak” not exactly weak but shows in like that by saying, “He became a little child:”. Blake shows how Tyger and Lamb is different creature. The Lamb is more soft and delight but Tyger is more angry, showing strong resentment characters. In the poem it is explains by itself by using unique words that describes both of creature. Poems are very unique way explained two different creature. When I read the poem The Tyger, I think it is more life very strong and very powerful character like it says in the poem “What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry?” by using this extremely strong words it is explains Tyger have very strength and immortal which is means not dying that cannot be die really fast or not even could die. In my personal point of view Tyger is more like evoked by the creature and it shows in Frankenstein’s monster creature. In the poem it explains with more motivation using , “ In what distant deeps or skies. Burnt the fire of thine eyes?”. This means how Tyger is very powerful and fearless, that have fire eyes. “On what wings dare he aspire? What the hand, dare seize the fire?” This is explains how he looks like kind of showing, the Tyger have wings which stronges side too. Frankenstein’s creature is immortal and very powerful as Tyger. These two characters are similar to each others.  Blake’s poem “ The Tyger “ shows similar reaction as well, how the Tyger is more immortal and have strong body and mind that looks like Frankenstein’s creature. Blake using metaphor, setting and characteristic in his poem to express his thought how Tyger is looks like. “Tyger Tyger burning bright, In the forests of the night:” probably using words “bright” and “night” gives more definition to how he showing Tyger strong that could shine in the night time. Overall, in my point of view, the novel and poem creatures are similar to each others because they are facing same looks and similar personality also I compare Tyger to Creature.

I assume that the creature is more like “Blake’s Tyger”. It might seem that the Creature was born innocent, naïve and free of guilt as George said, but I have a question here : Does the Creature have any beauties in his appearance? The birth of the creature is depicted as a catastrophe from the creator in the novel. The creator of Frankenstein was disgusted with the creature and rushed out of the room. Everyone is love and blessed from their family when they are born. Even if they are abandoned by their family, they find a friend or a partner and share thoughts and feelings in their life once at least. However, because of the creature’s hideous appearance he never makes a friend and even stays away from human in his whole life. People fear the creature and we can feel the fear in Blake’s Tyger as well. Moreover, we feel sympathize with the creature because he is mistreated by society and he cannot even achieve a simple dream such as a marriage in his life. In the poem, Black asks that deity could have created fearful symmetry such as a tiger and says, “When the stars threw down their spears/ And water’d heaven with their tears/ Did he smile his work to see?/ Did he who made the Lamb make thee?” as if the creature would speak and think. The sad creature with no friend; He has always been an outcast, unwanted and alone and finishes his life by committing suicide.

Therefore, I assumes the creature is more like Blake’s Tyger!

The creature created by Victor Frankenstein in Shelly’s “Frankenstein” is this hideous monster that was a result of madness. The creature held demonic and evil characteristics. In the novel a side of beauty and sensitivity shows up in his personality when wanted love and acceptance from a family, but that was just a cover hiding his true persona. After being rejected, his true emotions arise. He became violent and filled with hate and evil, with murder in his eyes he killed and burned the cottage of the family that didn’t accept him. The creature was truly a monster and like most monsters and killers he was hiding until that one moment that allowed him to be who he is. Just like the tiger from William Blake’s poem “The Tyger”. The tiger in this poem is a beautiful animal “Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night…. And what shoulder, and what art, could twist the sinews of thy heart?” says William Blake. At first glance this animal looks like beautiful creation, but one look into his eyes and a monsters appears. A monsters that craves nothing but the blood of its prey. This is why the creature from “Frankenstein” resembles the tiger and not the lamb from William Blake’s poems.

Movies and films are created for the entertainment of the viewer, and have almost always been an over dramatized, if not, a completely different adaptation the novels or literature that they portray. This fact is clearly proven when comparing the movie clips from “The Creature” to the Frankenstein novel by Shelly. In the movie clip when Victor Frankenstein brings the creature to life, he is overwhelmed with excitement, happiness, and a feeling of great success. Meanwhile, in the novel, Frankenstein gets hit with a sudden feeling of regret as he stares at what he created and sees nothing but a monster.  You notice in the novel the author doesn’t focus much on the creation of the “The creature”. Shelly however focuses on the attitude and mentality of Frankenstein and how he develops his feelings starting from coming up with the idea of bringing life to a human body, then building up to the creation itself and how he becomes possessed with the feeling of sadness and regret. The movie focuses on “The Creature” and builds you up to the moment of creation. As the viewer you become excited to see what the creation will look like and how it would react to coming back to life. The movie in this case turns a moment of sadness and disappointment into a moment of success and celebration.

The monster that Frankenstein creates is utterly ruthless and extremely dangerous.  It seeks vengeance against Frankenstein because he created him.  Frankenstein’s monster most closely relates to the Tyger in William Blake’s The Tyger.  In the poem, the narrator questions who could have created the Tyger because of its violence and ferocity.  The Tyger also possesses beauty as well as destruction.  Under the facade of the Tyger’s beauty lies evilness.  Although the monster is ugly in physical appearance, he appears beautiful because he actually cares for the family he comes across as if he loved them.Even though he found himself to be hideous in appearance.  He even befriended the blind father.  However the rest of the family ran away and left their home in fear and disgust.  Because the monster was not loved or accepted by the family he approached to, he decided to burn their cottage.  The monster turns to rage and live in hate.  Even though the monster seemed beautiful because he cared for the family, its true characteristics is violence.  If the monster truly loved the family, it would not have burned their home.  Similarly to the Tyger’s violent nature, the monster also commits murders in order to ruin the life of his creator.  Just like his violent act earlier in the story, the monster murders Frankenstein’s loved ones.  In the end, the monster is a dangerous beast that only knows violence.  His ways are destruction like that of the Tyger.

Blake’s Tyger most closely resembles the creature Victor Frankenstein made. The Tyger is this massive, powerful, fearsome creature that Blake suggests only an immortal being could have made. “What immortal hand or eye/Could frame thy fearful symmetry?” (Tyger) Frankenstein’ creature was also massive and definitely invoked fear into others. How could a Lamb, so gentle and meek resemble this gargantuan figure? (He is meek and he is mild/He became a little child…” (Lamb). Frankenstein’s creature had pale yellow skin, black lips, black hair, and was ugly. “…no mortal could support the horror of that countenance.” (V I. Ch IV) The Lamb is white, fluffy, and childlike which is the opposite of the monstrous creature. Blake’s Tyger invokes terror into people “What the anvil?/what dread grasp, Dare its deadly terrors clasp!” (Tyger). Frankenstein’s creature was larger than the average man which gave him the ability to have superior strength just like the Tyger. The Tyger is a beautiful creature but deadly nonetheless. Just as Frankenstein’s creature retains the beauty of life, the creature is also incredibly powerful.

The tiger from William Blake’s poem “The Tyger” shows a strong comparison to the character of the monster from Mary Shelly’s novel Frankenstein. The correlation between the two starts off with the creation of each creature. The forging of both creatures was very difficult and labor extensive. The means by which each was created suggests an overwhelming physical presence for both creatures. Additionally, after both creatures were created it posed the question of WHY would someone construct such specimens? People are terrified of both the monster and the tiger. Without even knowing anything about them but basing it only on their looks, the two creatures are seen as hideous and dangerous beings. Both creatures are completely misunderstood considering their looks on the outside do not align with their personalities or ways of life. Although scary and intimidating on the outside, both creatures are sensitive and caring on the inside. The tiger and the monster were also both not appreciated by their creators. The monster was abandoned by Victor Frankenstein, which deeply hurt the sensitive giant since Victor was the only person he really ever had a relationship with. On the other hand the tiger is resented as well by the narrator commenting about if his creator was actually proud of his work or not. “Did he smile his work to see?” The narrator also is appalled that the same person who created the timid lamb also created such an intimidating beast. “Did he who make the lamb make thee?” Although the monster does show some of the same characteristics that are seen in the lamb, such as its sensitivity and sometimes docile ways, the monster is still more closely comparable to the tigeri

The creature exemplifies characteristics from both The Lamb and The Tyger but it is The Tyger which we see most. In William Blake’s The Tyger, he asks “What immortal hand or eye, could frame thy fearful symmetry?” This refers to God and his creation of a beast so fearful as a tiger which mimics Victor Frankenstein’s creation of a beast that spreads horror amongst actual people. The tiger represents danger, or more so, the fear of danger. People fear both tigers and the creature because they are different than us and one would not know what to expect if they were confronted by these creations. Will they attack, or will they retreat? If they are different than us, we will expect the worst regardless of their true intentions. Of course the creature also relates to the violent lion as he kills multiple people throughout the novel including Frankenstein’s brother, best friend, and wife. There are, however, instances where the creature shows characteristics of the lamb, a soft calm creature with “a tender voice.” For example, Frankenstein’s creature shows signs of sensitivity and even saves a girl from drowning. The people do not see him like the lamb but rather the tiger, so he still only faces hatefulness and violence in return. In the second to last stanza of William Blake’s The Tyger, he asks “Did he who made the Lamb make thee,” and the answer is yes. While God created creatures of both violence and peace, Victor Frankenstein created one being of both with both characteristics. Frankenstein’s creature is still a violent killer who spreads fear which is why he relates more closely with The Tyger.