Friday, October 24, 2008

What are some examples of conflict within the novel Frankenstein?

The
key conflict in is the conflict between man and his creator. This is, of
course, represented in a twofold manner: in the conflict betweenandhe has given life to, and in
the conflict between Victor Frankenstein and God himself. You might read the relationship
between Frankenstein and the creature as a microcosmic representation of the relationship
between man and God.

We can see this very clearly in the sections of the book
in which the Creature expresses his own thoughts, particularly his distress as to why he was
created only to feel so rudderless and without purpose. The Creature is something that should
never have been born, but, Frankenstein having created him, he feels that Frankenstein has a
duty of carehe should create a companion for him and care about his wellbeing. This mirrors the
Biblical creation story, in which God creates a companion for the man he has made and then the
two creatures rebel against him.

The problem is that...

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