This document analyzes Mary Shelley's Frankenstein from a moral perspective. It discusses Victor Frankenstein's immoral actions in abandoning the creature he created. It also examines the creature's development of morality without guidance from God or society, as he is rejected by all humans. The conclusion is that Frankenstein shows how a lack of social interaction and acceptance can drive someone to violence, rather than any inherent evil. The novel explores how morality depends on living within a society.
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Paper 5.
1. Frankenstein as Moralistic Approach
Name : Makwana Daksha D.
Course : M.A (English)
Semester : 2
Roll no : 4
Enrollment no : 2069108420180034
Paper : 5 - The Romantic Literature
Submitted To : Smt. S. B. Gardi Department of
English MKBU
makwanadaksha9@gmail.com
3. What is morality ?
Morality is defined as a system or code that
we human use to differentiate between right
and wrong.
Morality belongs to an individual , if an
individual act accordingly to his moral views
then it affects other by his actions.
Example : Politics and Morality
5. Victors immorality
Victor abandoned creature after making and
victor acts irresponsibly and immorally towards
creature and not fulfilled duties of a creator.
Another thing is that Frankenstein s attempts in
creation as an immortal attempt to play the role of God
in beyond limitations of a man.
It was alright to create a monster but after knowing
that his first creation was evil should the victor make a
second ? It is not at all morally correct to bring another
monster in the world.
6. Monsters morality
When the monster in Frankenstein is reduced to
sleep with the pigs and live like an animal, much
like the prodigal son in the Bible .
So at the verge of starvation , they choose not to
kill and eat the pigs that keep them company.
My food is not that of man: I do not destroy the
lamb and the kid to glut my appetite; acorns and
berries afford me sufficient nourishment.
7. Monster
Creature struggles to survive in
the human world .Creature
longs for companion on his
voyage.
The creature has taken abuse
from every human being he has
come into contact with. After
repeatedly rejected creature
become violent ad decide to
seek revenge.
Emotional isolation
8. Morality without God
It should be noted that despite the lack of
cultivation and learning of morals and ethics ,
monster able to form his own code of behavior
based on examples and he views from others.
His instinctive sense of morality comes without
knowledge of God or a creator , morality is
Inborn.
10. Conclusion
Man is a moral being , only because he lives in
society , let all social life disappear and morality
will disappear with it. - Emile Durkheim
We can say that Mary Shellys Frankenstein
examines phenomena of human nature. Lack of
human interaction ultimately drives the creature
beyond the limits , not evil born of , the absent of
the God or knowledge of his existence.