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A 5 page paper which examines the
characters of Frankenstein and the monster, from Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein," and
discusses which is truly the hero. The paper argues that the monster is the hero.
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also get a tale of a man who does not take responsibility for his actions, preferring to see himself as the victim, and his creation as the tormentor. While there
are times, very briefly, when he accepts what he has done, for the most part he is running from himself and the monster. In the case of the monster we
have, as the word denotes, a monster. He does kill, and kill with purpose. But, he is also not much more than a child seeking his fathers love and acceptance.
He is a kind and eager soul who wants nothing more than to find a place for himself. Unlike Frankenstein, the monster knows his weaknesses and does not run from
them. Bearing these basic characteristics in mind we present the following paper which examines the two characters in terms of heroic qualities. The paper argues that the monster if
a far more likely hero than Frankenstein will ever be. As one author states, "Although Victor Frankenstein is the likely candidate for hero, one can argue that Mary Shelley is
also using this character as the means to critique the concept of the Romantic or epic hero. In some ways, even the monster could be seen as a perversion of
an epic hero, given his greater than human abilities and stature" (Anonymous Synopsis of Class syn2N00.html). Frankenstein Frankenstein proposes, quite often, that he was once a brilliant man
with nothing standing in his way. He was destined for greatness for he knew things others did not. He thought of himself above most people in intellect and in all
other aspects as well. We first see this, a sense of equating himself with a higher being, in the following: "Life and death appeared to me ideal bounds, which I
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