Frankenstein 2

    Death is a major theme that Mary Shelley explores in her book Frankenstein. Learning about her unique life story through Laurens presentation was very eye opening to me. It helped me realize that this books creation was heavily influenced by the major death and loss Shelley experienced in her life.

    The interesting part about Victors character was that he was blinded by this ambition and determination the whole story. He dies regretting his creation and wishing it never existed, and his death was brought on by his own recklessness. He starts the story with this determination to create the monster and dies determined to destroy it. He plays God throughout this story and takes nature into his own hands to create life, and fails doing so. He did not learn much from his mistakes. However the monster seemed to learn more then Victor because he actually felt remorse for his wrongdoings, but he eventually killed himself at the end.

    As humans we know that death is inevitable. We can fight the idea of death all we want but it will always be our fate. However, it is not our place to choose life or death for ourselves. I think Shelley wants the readers to know that we should respect nature and human life for what it is. And to accept both life and death. Using science and technology to try and change it to how we want it, will enviably fail because the earth is Gods creation, not ours. He decides what is and isn’t.