Marry Shellys Frankenstein Essay

In the story at that place be obvious sections, there ar a few reasons for this. As you read the book you fool that the story is subdivided. There be different forms of narrative in the story. This varies from earnform at the start of the story, different narrators and letters sent to people in the story. In Frankenstein there be three different narrators, these are the monster, headmaster Frankenstein and Robert Walton. The narrative set up is rather same(p) an onion. This is because you have the chief(prenominal) narrator, the monster, in the middle wherefore Victor and then finally on the turn outdoor(a) Walton.Robert Walton would have been seen as a Romantic hero because of his mavericklious ways. bloody shame Shelly choose Robert Waltons character because she wants him to be a rebel, which also associate him to Victor Frankenstein as victor is a rebel as well. bloody shame Shelly links Robert Walton to Romantics. Firstly Romantics have interest in nature, rather l ike Robert Walton who is going on a voyage to the North pole. Also Romantics rebelled against friendly rules. Robert Walton is rebelling against what Shelley calls the rules of nature as he goes on an expedition to the undiscovered.There are many Romantic heroes from various books like Odysseus from The Odyssey. But there are also other seditious heroes many of who are from myths and legends. One of the main rebellious heroes was Prometheus who gave fire to man against Zeus will and was punished for it. Shelly presents Robert Walton as a rebel, rather like Victor Frankenstein. We no that Robert Walton is a rebel firstly because he rebels against the limitations of noesis, he is going to the North Pole. He says, I shall satiate my ardent curiosity with the sight of a part of the land never before visited. This means that he wants satisfy his need for knowledge by searching the unknown world. We also know he is a rebel as his father forbids him to go on a voyage, which he is doin g. Also we see that he doesnt go for luxuries or an unprovoked life, he says My life might have been passed in ease and lavishness, besides I preferred glory to every enticement that wealth set(p) in my path. This also shows that he will go a ache way for glory and that he would much prefer glory than luxury and ease.Victor Frankenstein is seen as an amazing being through Robert Waltons look through their time together. Shelly describes Frankenstein through the eyes of Robert Walton as a portend wanderer. Also Walton Says that he is, so gentle, yet so keen-sighted. From Shellys choice of words we grass see that Robert Walton sees Victor Frankenstein as a person with superhuman qualities. Therefore throughout Robert Waltons letter we can see that Robert Walton looks up to Victor Frankenstein as a rebellious hero and as an amazing being.Structurally, Shellys opening to the story is inactive strange. At the start of the novel you have Robert Waltons letters and then Shelly follows the letters with Victors personal story. I believe that the way Shelley has opened the novel may be strange but it is effective trough out the sequence. By using different narratives Shelly encourages the reader to compare and contrast the viewpoints of Victor Frankenstein and Robert Walton. From Chapter one Mary Shelly proceeds to create the character of Victor Frankenstein through his own narrative.Interestingly, she reveals that like the first narrator, Robert Walton, Victor Frankenstein has had the desire to reach red-hot depths of scientific research since he was a child. Mary Shelly shows the reader the parallels mingled with the two narrators, Robert Walton and Victor Frankenstein. Firstly the reader can see that Frankenstein and Walton are alike, as they both want to rebel against the limitation of knowledge. The reader knows this as Walton wants to find new undiscovered things by going to the North Pole and Frankenstein wants to create life.Also the reader can se e that the two of the narrators are alike as they both rebel against their father. Finally the reader can see the similarities in the characters as they both say that they have had the desire to reach new depths of scientific research since they where children. Luke Garner 10Pd English literary works Mr Dorefeyev Show preview only The above preview is unformatted text This pupil written piece of work is one of many that can be found in our GCSE Mary Shelley section.