Themes of Life in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

            In the inciting book, "Frankenstein ", written by Mary Shelley, there are several different themes that are found in the story. How a simple man with an urging curiosity to bring life into the world with his own hands, and the serious consequences that were faced in the aftermath. Through the eyes of Victor Frankenstein's creation, the monster, we see the importance of human needs; however, through Frankenstein himself, we see how one without morals, can push curiosity to a new level by facing extreme consequences.

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             There are some people in this world that are OK with how much they have achieved with just the way they are, however there are those special ones who are always curious on how much they can achieve if they push themselves hard enough. One of the biggest examples, is Pandora, who opened the box that she was told not to. Which comes from the saying, "curiosity killed Pandora. However, that is only curiosity, there are those special ones that have curiosity that leads to becoming their goal; in order to achieve goals, people experiment with, how to or how much they can do something. Since that curiosity has moved to being a dream that they want to achieve, they push themselves to the limit. Meaning they don't let anyone or anything stand in their way of achieving that goal, because they want to feel that powerful feeling of making that dream come to reality. Frankenstein wanted to feel like a "god", that's why he chose to make a completely new person. He was curious on how much he can achieve, and if he could actually have the intelligence to bring life to a new person. He worked vigorously for two years, and in the end made his dream come true. .

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             However, in those two years of hard work, he completely cut himself off from the outside world, since he was only focusing on this project. Yet, we see this much more in how lonely Frankenstein's creation is. Or in the letters from the beginning, coming from Captain Walton.

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