Frankenstein: A Warning Against Masculine Individualistic Freedom Essa

Frankenstein A Warning Against Masculine Individualistic Freedom In this commentary, I wanted to examine a little win the implications of a point brought up in the presentation on bloody shame Shelleys Frankenstein. They briefly suggested that superordinate might occupy a space of high-mindedised male freedom given Victors less than ideal fate and Mary Shelleys Feminism, such a masculine idealisation becomes highly problematic. Victor holds a privileged hearty position that allows him a financial and companionable freedom through which he can choose his occupations at will. In choosing Science, Victors freedom to experiment holds potential benefit, some(prenominal) for him and for Others. However, Id suggest that its Victors overdetermined sense of individualistic ego that results in a misuse of his freedom and the destruction of his social sphere. Victors specific type of unfettered individualism results in the ultimate danger of individualism he shakes off the shackles of social responsibility both literally, in his retirement, and metaphorically, in his failure to acknowledge the possibility that his actions might befool some social impact. His ultimate and well-nigh dangerous freedom lies in that he is free to consider only his own ambition. In creating the monster, Victor is, in both of these senses, outside the range of society. sort of literally, he moves away from his family (and his social background) to an unfamiliar space he achieves an extra measure of freedom in his solitude in Ingolstadt. It is through this solitude that he is able to immerse himself in Science. Even as Victor leaves Geneva for Ingolstadt he believes himself totally unfitted for the company of strangers (38) nevertheless in Ingolstadt he becomes even to a greater extent secluded, relating ... ...108-110). Thus Lucifers vow in favour of the forces of evil is based on a loss of hope, fear and -- virtually importantly -- remorse Frankensteins Monster does surrender b oth hope and fear but his remorse is intense. Paradoxically, it is the Monster who is torn by the bitterest remorse (170) while Victor refuses it. In the end, Victors freedom to create in league with his believed freedom from social responsibility makes him not the ideal scientist but a destructive force towards himself, his creation, and his society. Perhaps, as critics bring on suggested, it is Victor who is the real monster in Mary Shelleys story. Works cited Milton, John. Paradise Lost. John Milton The Major Works. Ed. Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford and New York Oxford University Press, 2003. 355-618. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Chatham Wordsworth Classics, 1999. Frankenstein A Warning Against Masculine Individualistic Freedom EssaFrankenstein A Warning Against Masculine Individualistic Freedom In this commentary, I wanted to examine a little further the implications of a point brought up in the presentation on Mary Shelleys Frankenstein. They br iefly suggested that Victor might occupy a space of idealised masculine freedom given Victors less than ideal fate and Mary Shelleys Feminism, such a masculine idealisation becomes highly problematic. Victor holds a privileged social position that allows him a financial and social freedom through which he can choose his occupations at will. In choosing Science, Victors freedom to experiment holds potential benefit, both for him and for Others. However, Id suggest that its Victors overdetermined sense of individualistic Self that results in a misuse of his freedom and the destruction of his social sphere. Victors specific type of unfettered individualism results in the ultimate danger of individualism he shakes off the shackles of social responsibility both literally, in his solitude, and metaphorically, in his failure to acknowledge the possibility that his actions might have some social impact. His ultimate and most dangerous freedom lies in that he is free to consider only his own ambition. In creating the monster, Victor is, in both of these senses, outside the range of society. Quite literally, he moves away from his family (and his social background) to an unfamiliar space he achieves an extra measure of freedom in his solitude in Ingolstadt. It is through this solitude that he is able to immerse himself in Science. Even as Victor leaves Geneva for Ingolstadt he believes himself totally unfitted for the company of strangers (38) but in Ingolstadt he becomes even more secluded, relating ... ...108-110). Thus Lucifers vow in favour of the forces of evil is based on a loss of hope, fear and -- most importantly -- remorse Frankensteins Monster does abandon both hope and fear but his remorse is intense. Paradoxically, it is the Monster who is torn by the bitterest remorse (170) while Victor refuses it. In the end, Victors freedom to create in league with his believed freedom from social responsibility makes him not the ideal scientist but a destructive force towards himself, his creation, and his society. Perhaps, as critics have suggested, it is Victor who is the real monster in Mary Shelleys story. Works cited Milton, John. Paradise Lost. John Milton The Major Works. Ed. Stephen Orgel and Jonathan Goldberg. Oxford and New York Oxford University Press, 2003. 355-618. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. Chatham Wordsworth Classics, 1999.