Frankenstein
...battle of good versus evil inside one’s self. The “good” side is known for being normal or what is considered to be normal by society. The “evil” side can be described as the alter-ego or bordering/ crossing that border into insanity.
In Frankenstein by Mary Shelly, Victor started as a young, innocent, happy boy that loves his family very much. With the terrible loss of his mother and the birth of his brother, William, Victor Frankenstein began traveling down the path towards evil, hoping that he would never lose anyone that was close to him again. With the entrance into a University, Victor continued to perform experiments, pushing forward and overlooking the morals and legalities of that time. He challenged conventional wisdom, always pushing towards his ultimate goal restoring life. While befriending professor Waldman, victor makes the discovery that his friend was on the same quest before. This only to fuel his desire to press on only making people feels as though he may be insane. With the death of Professor Waldman, Victor feels that his quest will not end, but finding the journal of notes that Waldman used, then he realized that he is much closer than he believed. He presses harder and harder, more than ever, with every waking moment, not taking into consideration the threat to his own life and the cost of his true love Elizabeth. Through the dead of night through the hours of daylight, he was on an insatiable hunt for “raw materials”. Until that one faithful evening, Victor’s dreams were fulfilled, with the creation of life from death. But at that moment, when he saw his creation come to life, Victor’s hunger for life had turned to despair for what he had done.
Victor, himself, becomes the true monster of this story, using science and his abnormal ways of acquiring knowledge to push unusual experiments and recreate human life even though it was wrong...
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