The Tyger (Daniel Kennedy)

I believe that the monster in Shelley’s Frankenstein is most like the Tyger. First of all, the Tyger’s body is made of “fearful symmetry” and “dread hand,” similar to the way that Frankenstein’s monster is a fearful creature. Immediately after its creation, Victor Frankenstein lives his life fearing the deadly effects and possible actions that could potentially be taken by the monster. The Tyger, with its “deadly terrors” and “the anvil” is also a frightening creature that can kill someone. I believe that the anvil seen on The Tyger is something that could kill someone. This makes the monster similar to the Tyger because the monster ends up killing multiple family members of Victor Frankenstein, including his own bride. Being something feared by everyone who sees it is a quality shared by both the Tyger and the monster.

With its “clothing of delight” and “tender voice,” the Lamb is least like the monster because it is not instantly feared by those who see it. Instead, the Lamb appears to be very likable and looked up to upon its creator, as one of his own. This is demonstrated when the poet says that the lamb “became a little child: [him] a child & thou a lamb.” This shows that the lamb is treated equal, as a human, because the creator is a person, and the lamb is considered to be a person, as well. As such, although the monster was created with intentions of making it as close to resembling a person as possible, it was instantly feared by Victor Frankenstein from the moment he laid eyes on it.

The Lamb (Alan Hagerty)

            I for one believe that the the lamb more resembles “The Lamb” more. Though the fact  the monster might first seem to be a more perfect fit to the tyger with descriptive words like “fearful symmetry” and others frightening words, “The Lamb” has a strong tie to the books idea of man being unfit to create life. Throughout the book Frankenstein is shown in a weaker state from the months of obsessive work that drove him to have a physically unhealthy state to the overwhelming guilt of creating the monster which goes with the creator of the lamb. In the poem the creator reveals to the lamb that he is the creator in, in my opinion, one of the more painful reveals stating “Little Lamb I’ll tell thee! He is called by thy name, For he calls himself a Lamb: He is meek & he is mild, He became a little child: I a child & thou a lamb”. This shows that the creator of the lamb is flawed, weak, and unremarkable much like Victor is and they both are in fact incredibly crewel to their creation. In the book Victor completely rejects his creation that he made and allowed it to escape but instead of taking responsibility and finding the monster he hopes the problem just goes away. I disagree that the lambs “clothing of delight” are not representative of the monster for if i recall right the monster was made with various handsome parts like white teeth, dark hair, fine eyes though it did not add up to looking beautiful at the end. Frankenstein’s monster also showed many soft and caring moments from his regret to stealing from a poor family to his udder misery to realizing he is alone on this earth and wants confort.

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