Irony In Mary Shelley's The Original Frankenstein

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My initial interest in Mary Shelley’s gothic novel “The Original Frankenstein” sparked when I noticed something ironic in Victor Frankenstein’s speech about his future creation. After Elizabeth becomes ill, and his mother passes away, Frankenstein becomes determined to find a way to bring the dead to life, and alter the cycles of life. In chapter six, he discusses his passion for bringing the life to his creation when he quote: When success raised me to enthusiasm, life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first break through, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world. A new existence would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs” (pg. 78). The irony of this speech comes with Victor’s following actions when he carries out the experiment. Victor proclaims that his creation will “pour a torrent light into our dark world”, but his actions prove otherwise. It brought me to question the moral and scientific advancements of the time that Victor Frankenstein and …show more content…
Based off of her published journals, she was inspired by so many outside sources, such as her family life events, her husband, her friends, and her own dreams/nightmares. Considering the time period that Shelley wrote Frankenstein, the actions of Victor Frankenstein are somewhat justified because they were a part of the norm of society at the time. In end I came to the conclusion that Victor did indeed “pour a torrent light into our dark world”. Considering that electricity was not as prominent during this era considering how the lightbulb was not yet invented, the world was inherently “dark”. Through Victor’s use of electricity and bringing dead things back to life, he did indeed bring some light into the
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