English B1B, Spring 2024--Victor Frankenstein, a Freudian Approach by Sharon Rowland

Thoughts on the Freudian Approach - Manuel Tu III

2024-04-01 22:40:18 UTC

One of the main things that surprised me about the Freudian approach was the use of Repression in Victor's life. In the scene where Elizabeth's body shifts into Victor's death mother while in his hands I knew that it meant he wishes to bring back his mother from the grave, but I didn't know he wanted Elizabeth dead. In this approach, Victor associated Elizabeth with his mother's death since before she left she wished for him to be with Elizabeth. As such, he believes Elizabeth to be his mother's murderer even though she fell ill. This makes me understand more about his psyche because I now realize why Victor went all the way to Ingolstadt to study rather than be with his father and Elizabeth. In my understand, he was trying to escape the person who was responsible for the death of his mother.

Freudian Approach - Isaac Atienza

2024-04-01 23:20:07 UTC

Through the lens of the Freudian approach, it becomes more facile to understand how and why Victor resorted to repression across the events in his life that Frankenstein portrays. In some ways, the Freudian approach highlights the toxicity of the relationship between Victor and Elizabeth, such an approach reveals that Victor implicitly associates the death of his mother with that of Elizabeth, associating fault and blame in her character- even though the brevity of the text acclaims and highlights that Victor's mother passed away due to illness. Such an approach contextualizes the psyche of Victor and his exigence for why he decided to travel all the way to Ingolstadt to pursue an education in the sciences- despite having the option to continue to live with his father and Elizabeth. By relying on repression, Victor is capable of smothering his melancholic sentiments and the thought of the passing of his mother.

Freudian Approach

brianavillegas9660 — 2024-04-01 23:56:03 UTC

After taking a further look into Freudian Approach it is more clear as to why Victor's character is the way he is. All his life decisions come back around to one of the biggest and impactful moments in his life. His mother's death had more of an effect than might be thought. The ideal and aspiration to leave his family behind as he went to study and further his education was all due to his mother's death. Not only was it for him to distract himself from what great grief he was going through but to one day have that hope of bringing his mother back to life. It's a bit morbid and unsettling to know that he somewhat blames Elizabeth for his mother's death even though that's not the case. These important details makes us understand why Victors mental state is the way it is.

Wrap Up of Victor's Analysis - Kai Galloway

2024-04-01 23:58:53 UTC

After associating his actions to that of Freud's psychoanalysis of the consciousness, it made much more sense. It depicts Victor's constant battle with regret, recession, and his ID. Prior to this information, I had just imagined Victor Frankenstein to be an individual of science, ignorant to his actions; however I could not have been more wrong. Instead, he is a character of immense fault- someone who seemingly can't catch a break with everything that surrounds him- even his own hobbies and passions deliver pain into his life in the most eventful of ways. He represents mistakes of humanity, and the mistakes that follow that cause even more damage; as they only come back to haunt our species again and again. History seemingly continues to repeat itself.

Freudian Approach on Victor Frankenstein

2024-04-02 00:05:55 UTC

Analyzing Victor Frankenstein from the Freudian approach serves a more clear picture of his psyche. Victor's internal conflicts mirror his theory of personality. Victor's pursuit of science could be from his id's desire for power and scientific discovery. He struggles to balance his id with his ego and the reality of his actions from his superego. Victor struggles with guilt and internal conflicts from these psychological issues. -Charlie O'Brien

A New Perspective on Victor Frankenstein

592676 — 2024-04-02 00:18:17 UTC

One of the main things that surprised me about Victor Frankenstein is how he may not actually like Elizabeth. Throughout the novel, I got the impression that he was deeply in love with her and did not want to open up to Elizabeth because he feared her not believing his warnings about the fiend. After analyzing his relationship with the Freudian approach, I realized Victor’s true feelings about Elizabeth. It makes me want to reread the novel through this new lens and catch any hints that I missed during my first reading. Victor’s dislike of Elizabeth made me understand why Victor did not want to open up to his family even more.