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  NadezhdaKremer18 ноября 2025 г.

  In Search of the Divine: How Loneliness Destroys Destinies

  Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus is a thought-provoking drama about humanity, man's eternal quest to become like God, and the consequences of this dangerous path.

  Victor Frankenstein always yearned for knowledge, especially in the field of anatomy, and dreamed of creating life from inanimate matter. This discovery was destined to make him great. Through long and arduous research, he succeeds in creating a monster...

  Victor himself, in essence, aspired to greatness and wanted to become a godlike creator, but he failed to consider all the consequences of his actions. The monster, in turn, undergoes a tragic transformation, condemned to loneliness and misunderstanding. Over time, he develops into a creature that hates all of humanity. This is the tragedy: Victor created life but was unprepared for the responsibility for it. This conflict is what gives the story its depth and multilayered nature.

  Loneliness and isolation are one of the key themes of the novel. Both Victor and his creation find themselves alone, and this loneliness plays a devastating role in their destinies. The monster suffers, evoking in the reader a sense of pity and injustice on the part of its creator. However, when the monster becomes cruel, the reader feels disgust. The monster tries to explain its pain and loneliness to Victor, but Victor cannot forgive it for killing his brother, albeit accidentally. This is an important moment that reveals the complex relationship between the creator and his creation.

  Mary Shelley brilliantly builds an atmosphere of intense horror using Gothic elements: darkness, cold, remote natural settings, and abandoned castles. This creates the sense that nature and the environment influence the characters' destinies, and the dark corners of the world reveal terrible secrets that can destroy souls.

  The work is captivating and interesting, the language rich and multifaceted, but I needed a more detailed description of Victor Frankenstein's family to understand how a successful person with adequate parents and a positive family model could want to become like God. I don't connect with this idea, and I see something twisted and demonic in it. Creating a family, creating something living—that's normal. But creating something from parts of dead people is blasphemous. It's bizarre, so the ending makes perfect sense to me. The monster punishes Victor for everything he's done and for failing to keep his word.

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