Lamb (Aaron Walker)
I have to say my feeling are mixed about Frankenstein by Mary Shelly.
It was hard to decide between the two poems in which the creation
resembles. In my opinion, I thought the poem was very interesting and
related more the Lamb. When William Blake stated He is meek & he is
mild, and He became a little child this is the monster personality and
how he acts in many situations. Monster doesn’t have any family or
friends to experience or learn anything. The monster created by
Frankenstein’s was assembled from old body parts and strange chemicals
by a mysterious spark. He was brought to life eight feet tall and
enormously strong but with the mind of a newborn baby. He was
eventually abandoned by his creator and confused when he tries to
integrate himself into society. He was always shunned away by society
due to his physical features. Looking in the mirror, he realizes his
physical deformity, an aspect of his personality that shields society
to his initially tender and kind nature.
Tyger (Marcela Corro)
The Blake poem, Tyger, can be compared with Frankenstein in numerous ways. The Tyger is perceived to be horrible. A creature without a functioning heart, one that cannot feel emotion (“And what shoulder, & what art, Could twist the sinews of thy heart?). Similarly, the creature is seen this way by Frankenstein. After his initial excitement, he believes the creature to be a horrible thing, capable of the worst actions. I think the line “In what furnace was thy brain?” may refer to the Tyger having been created in the depths of Hell. For only a creature created in hell could be so dreaded and horrible. The hammer, the chain, and the furnance remind me of a laboratory and therefore remind me of Frankenstein. Certainly, neither of these creatures were created in a natural, Earthly way. It’s also interesting to note that “what immortal hand or eye, Dare frame thy fearful summetry?” alludes to an all powerful being that created this monster. Frankenstein in some ways, does become the only man to have created life and in some way, he does become God-like.
I think you both bring up valid points. Aaron, I never thought of the fact that the Lamb being a child represents Frankenstein’s monster. In the case of the monster, he reminds me too of a child at heart, yet looks like an older person. For this reason, he is meek and mild, just as is stated about the lamb in the poem. In my opinion, someone with the mind of a child can only be so cruel. In order to be fearful, one must have experiences which would allow them to learn who they want to be. As such, in order to gain experiences, one must grow in life, by gaining experience doing various things.