Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

      Frankenstein by Mary Shelley was entirely fantastic in the sense that it went to the core of how human emotions can result in terrifying or good consequences from many situations. Victor Frankenstein went through witnessing the pain he felt from his mother dying from giving birth. I could feel that his sadness, which then transformed into grief and depression. He was overcome with the idea to bring back the dead or otherwise create new life. The human mind to me can be pulled intensely into the emotions we feel. Letting that raw emotion fester and grow can lead to some things that result in horrible life decisions. Victor’s studies from Agrippa and other scientists led him to have the intense thirst for more knowledge. The creation of the creature he gave no name grew up without the guidance of Victor his “father”. I can see from here on that as the “creature” journeys beyond his birth home he witnesses love, compassion, hate, and judgment. Our human minds need the touch and compassion of a loved one through the tough things we face because without human love we can start to see ourselves as insignificant, unloved, and just downright thinking “Why were we created, and why are we here?” We look for meaning in things that can’t give us what we want or desire. Victor Frankenstein fell in love with Elizabeth and soon let the love and thirst for “creation” overtake his thoughts in what matters most. That lead to the consequences of losing his future wife as he was afraid to tell her the truth. Victor then lost his brother, dad, and wife Elizabeth in the result of the creation he made. The creature felt unloved, hurt, and betrayed by his “father” as his emotions made him see himself as too ugly to be loved and wanted revenge. In retrospect overall the lesson here I learned is that what we feel, if taking it too far, can have severe consequences and that the desperate need for human touch and compassion is something we all need to remain sane. The world is full of good and bad, but what we choose to do with our emotions is what matters.