Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Creation and Divine Aspirations
- Victor usurps the role of God by creating the creature.
- However, in this secular world, his main crime might
just be failing to nurture his creation.
- pg. 102: "you, my creator, detest and spurn
me, thy creature, to whom thou art bound"
- The language Victor uses to describe his work
suggests that it is shameful/unholy.
- pg. 55: "the horrors of my secret toil",
"unhallowed", "filthy creation"
- Context: Religion was strong
during the 19th Century.
- Shelley creates a secular world.
- There is no vengeful God to punish
Victor, just a vengeful monster.
- pg. 173: "Man, you shall repent of
the injuries you inflict."
- Christian myth serves only to
provide anologies.
- pg. 134: "I remembered
Adam's supplication to his
Creator. But where was mine?"
- Context: A world showing the fears about beliefs moving
away from God and towards science?