https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g After thoroughly reading my research, now respond with any thoughts, surprises, reactions that you now have about Victor Frankenstein. What surprised you? Can you understand his psyche now? ♥ en-us 2021-11-02 13:26:55 UTC 2021-11-16 14:18:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f480.png diar3364 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1866270836 When I first saw that we were reading Frankenstein, I thought it was the story I saw as child. From those movies I saw as a child, Frankenstein was a monster that was at times nice or bad. It all depended on what show or movie it was, an example is the movie Alvin And The Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein. After reading it and studying it for the past weeks I truly know what it really is all about. Victor Frankenstein went mad creating his creation, after his dream in chapter five he starts to realize it. That kiss he and Elizabeth shared was foreshadowing her death, the "kiss of death" (Shelley 59). Victor knew that Elizabeth's death was his fault and he felt guilty (Shelley 169). I honestly did not expect the story to be this way since I only knew the children's version of it. I was shocked that Victor spent so much dedication to create this creature, and in the end hated it as soon as it was brought to life. I really enjoyed reading this novel and realized that simple things can have deeper meaning. I definitely will recommend this novel to others! ]]> 2021-11-04 01:54:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1866270836 danielacastillo2022 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1868552882 After reading and understanding your research, there are a few new thoughts I now have of Victor Frankenstein. When I first began to read this novel, I would have never guessed for Victor to turn out the way he did. Something that I found surprising is how Victor had all these hidden desires that ended up happening by the creature. An example of a hidden desire that he had was wanting Elizabeth dead. He wanted her dead because of how his mother's death was affecting him so much. When Elizabeth died, he knew it was his wrong doing and he felt guilty. Victor became so obsessed in wanting to "renew life" that he didn't realize what would happen if it didn't turn out the way he wanted it to. His ambition and carelessness is what led to misery in his life. His creation did not end up like he expected and Victor's failure of becoming a father figure to his creation led to many of the deaths that occurred in the novel. I enjoyed reading this book because not only is it interesting, but many lessons are taught about people, society, and life overall. ]]> 2021-11-04 22:24:04 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1868552882 kaca3285 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1868929275 After reading Mrs.Rowland's research, I am extremely surprised at how I never noticed that Victor never truly loved Elizabeth, but instead wanted to get rid of her. Throughout "Frankenstein,"  I believed that Victor's biggest issue was the fiend, however, this mindset I once had, has now changed. The biggest issue was having the killer (Elizabeth) of his beloved mother continue to live. I was so focused on Victor's relationship with the fiend, that I never deeply analyzed why he didn't communicate with Elizabeth very much when she sent him letters or what the dream with her in it, really meant. I also never really took into account his huge love for his mother. I knew he loved her, but I never thought he loved her more than he loved "his future wife" Elizabeth. This new understanding now makes me see Victor in an even more negative light than I have done before since he not only rejected his creation, but was also the planner for Elizabeth's death.]]> 2021-11-05 02:10:02 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1868929275 jagu3308 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1869227504 The book cover gave me an image of what I expected to read, I was totally wrong but close. As I began reading I was really intrigued by how well the author described the setting. More into the chapters, I was fascinated by how much Victor’s personality changed quickly and how his studies made him selfish and ignorant. With your research, I connected the pieces and it made sense of why certain things are the way they are. Back then women didn’t have that much power to do anything so having a female author write a story that gave fame to the infamous monster holds a special place within society for women. In the end, I was surprised to read the thoughts of what the fiend was thinking about doing after Victor’s death. It showed an act of remorse and suffering, the fiend was in pain and it had nothing left but to end the misery. ]]> 2021-11-05 04:58:32 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1869227504 dalu3426 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870788550 After reading Mrs. Rowland's research, I learned much more about Victor. I learned how much more arrogant and selfish Victor had become. He never truly loved Elizabeth. In fact, he wanted her gone. I was so focused on the creation of Fiend that I never truly got to analyze Victor and his hidden thoughts. From a young age, I thought of Frankenstein to be a horrible, evil monster but now my thoughts have turned completely. In my opinion, Victor was the true villain in the story. ]]> 2021-11-05 20:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870788550 victorialoza2022 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870818932 In the beginning, Victor Frankenstein was hurt and had desires to explore the world of life. He loved his mother so much and never loved Elizabeth. Thinking back to how I used to view this story is very different from how I feel about Frankenstein. Victor made the creature and built up his character. Victor abandoned the creature and all he wanted was love and a father figure. I feel bad for the monster now that I understand the story. This story is really good and I now understand the importance of analyzing this for opening everyone's eyes forsee a different side of the story.]]> 2021-11-05 20:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870818932 meoc3548 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870831254 After reading Mrs. Rowland's Research, I was able to learn and understand so much more about Victor. Before reading it I thought that Victor was much more of a monster than Frankenstein was made out to be. This research confirmed my thoughts. What really surprised me was that Victor wanted Elizabeth dead and that he never really loved her. When I was reading my main focus was the fiend. I was still focused on Victor but not enough to discover his true character. His actions have much deeper meanings than before. I see the entire story in a different way now. Victor really was a very selfish and ignorant man. Abandoning his creation and plotting Elizabeth's death really shows who the true monster was in this story.]]> 2021-11-05 21:02:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870831254 jessicalopez20221 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870864849 We have all heard of Frankenstein and have our own version of it. To say the least this book is not the story I had envisioned. I always thought the creature was the true villain but with the book I realized he was not. He was just a result of others actions, mainly Victor's. Victor was not self aware, or just aware of what he was doing when creating life. Victor tried to fulfill a hole in his life with a great achievement but he went in over his head. When I was younger I assumed the creator tried his best to raise the creature but it just could not happen because it was a creature made scientifically, so I believed that he had no heart. Now that I have read the book I realize that Victor did not try for even a second to raise the fiend which is devastating because the fiend never got the chance to be a good person.  What surprised me was that Victor acted this way. Victor had such a good supporting system throughout his childhood yet when he grows up he is not loving towards anyone. ]]> 2021-11-05 21:39:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870864849 guga3157 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870868455 After reading Mrs.Rowland’s research, I learned more about the story than what I did before. Before, I had little to no knowledge about what the story was going to be about. I learned the story of how Victor’s mind really worked. Victor believed that creating this creature would bring him joy but instead the opposite. He ignored and neglected his creature since he was disgusted by its appearance. That only went on to affect his life, his wife Elizabeth was killed by his creature. Victor knew it was all his fault and felt extremely guilty. So many little things in this novel held much deeper meanings, an example being his dream. That dream foreshadowed Elizabeth’s death and Victor knew it. Overall this novel left me shocked since it wasn’t anything I expected. 

]]> 2021-11-05 21:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870868455 gahu3186 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870938831 After reading through your research I found out Victor was even more of a spoiled rude person who got everything he wanted. In his journey of creating Fiend he went mad. He wanted to succeed so bad he neglected many people especially Elizabeth. The main piece of information I got from your research was how awful he treated Elizabeth. I got so caught up in his feelings toward his creature that I myself neglected Elizabeth just as Victor had done. Victor hated Elizabeth in fact. He showed no remorse when she died. I now fully understand the book and Victor's true feelings and was not surprised by what I found out. He was selfish and spoiled.]]> 2021-11-05 23:13:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870938831 mamu3650 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870953218 After reading Mrs. Rowland's research I understand in more detail how terrible of a person Victor really was. Victor was extremely selfish and cared more about making his creation than his wife. I think Victor's story is not portrayed enough for the audience to blindly notice how selfish his personality was. He did not accept his creation and was ashamed of it. He neglected his wife which led to her death. I believe Elizabeth's death could have been prevented if only Victor would have paid attention to what was happening around him rather than his self priorities. Overall, this book was very interesting to read and a great story overall. ]]> 2021-11-05 23:34:48 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870953218 lulo3218 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870953824 After reading your research there have definitely been developments to my thoughts on Victor Frankenstein. Something that surprised me was how much Victor was first obsessed with making a living thing. I did not expect Victor to be so invested and obsessed with the idea of creating a living thing playing as God to later abandon the Fiend. My thought about Victor Frankenstein feeling guilt was further proven with your research. Your statement about how one's ego is weakened in one's dreams is also further proof of how Victor was driven by ego. The dream that Victor had right after creating the fiend portrayed Victor's guilt knowing that death was near symbolized through the appearance of his mother in his dream. Victor's dream also further showed the emotions and romantic feelings that Victor was repressing about Elizabeth. Your research also switched my perspective on the Feind from believing that he was a horrible creature to feeling sympathy for him for facing so much abandonment/ hate from others. I can definitely understand his psyche now of how he was truly evil with ill intentions. ]]> 2021-11-05 23:35:41 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870953824 naal3154 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870954912 Early on, I sided with Victor. I saw him as an aspiring man that strove for innovative creation. Victor´s wealthy upbringing and good living status further added to his dedication towards science. He had every living essential: money, a home, and family. However, the loss of his mother took a toll on his mentality and his selfishness became prominent. The story of Frankenstein has been filtered into a huge, green, scary monster. Upon reading this research, it is vivid that Victor was the real monster in the story. He constantly degraded his creation and was apathetic towards his wife. Towards both, Victor valued himself, his opinion, and his reputation over the well being of his companions. I want to believe he unknowingly became self absorbed but, that is not the case. I think that having no roadblocks, no struggles, and just living a perfect childhood made his esteem rise into supercilious. He truly viewed himself as superb and competent for endeavor. Given the period this novel was written, I assume Victor serves as an analogy for dangerous ambition and the retribution that awaits insensitive actions. Reading the true story of Frankenstein leads to personal reflection and personal interpretation. Frankenstein definitely deserves to be a Penguin Classic. ]]> 2021-11-05 23:37:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870954912 asse3365 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870965047 After reading Mrs. Rowland's research, my mind is flooded with wonder. I never really paid attention to all of Victor's features the first time I read Frankenstein, but after rereading it, numerous instances startled me. For example, if I hadn't gone back and analyzed the text, I would never have discovered his neurotic symptoms. The Freudian method helps understand Victor and why he is the way he is. Victor's symptoms include his reliance on others, his dissatisfaction with Elizabeth, his reaction to his creation, and bizarre nightmares that foreshadow events later in the novel. Victor was destined to never find happiness in his life. He was the true monster in this novel. Mary Shelly was a very remarkable author. It will never cease to astonish me that she wrote Frankenstein when she was only 18 years old.]]> 2021-11-05 23:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870965047 leru3433 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870967071 As I was reading the research I was a bit taken aback seeing as I did not catch onto Victor’s manipulation towards the fiend. After Victor lost his mother it changed him as a person and I finally understood what Elizabeth meant to him. She was a gift from his mother, but she was also the cause of her death. She was the reason for his creation, since it is not socially acceptable to kill someone he made the fiend do it for him intentionally. Elizabeth was meant to die from the beginning. He bragged about her to the fiend to make him feel more lonelier than expected. Which in turn made him think Elizabeth was important to Victor, when in reality she was not. The research fully explained Victor’s ID, ego, and superego and what they affected around him. It pointed out all his neurotic systems. I still find it surprising that all this happened because of his strong connection with his mother. ]]> 2021-11-05 23:55:34 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870967071 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870974242
Victor is a victim of his self-ignorance and of his insecurities that stem from his childhood. When I started this book I thought Frankenstein would be the true villain but as I had a more in-depth analysis I saw Victor was the true villain. I remember Frankestine as this child horror story, but that was mainly because the story was portrayed in good lighting. The book had so much death and sadness which shocked me. A great example of death was “He had been strangled, for there was no sign of any violence except the black mark of fingers on his neck… I saw the lifeless form of Henry Clerval stretched before me” (Shelley, 108-109). Also with the book, I saw a clear picture of that often brought up “family life” and how it affects a child’s upbringing. Victor was an insecure boy, from a very young age and we saw the repercussions of that in the book. It also sparked a question that causes a moral dilemma does; does the fiend deserve human rights? ]]> 2021-11-06 00:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870974242 https://padlet.com/sharonrowland/ozr8fz5ixufxly7g/wish/1870978869 After reading the research, I finally understood why Victor did what he did. Elizabeth was never his source of affection rather she was the reason for his anger and frustrations. Victor had only put up with her because he took her as a gift from his mother literally. Victor only ever felt that he
deserved his mother's attention, so when Elizabeth came along it caused him to be jealous. From this point on Victor slowly started to despise Elizabeth, he manipulated the creature into
doing what he wanted to do without getting his hands dirty. What caught me by surprise was that Victor never truly loved Elizabeth. When I started reading the book I could not decipher Victor's true intentions, until I started reading the research.
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