sorrows of young frankensteins creature

7/21/2019 Sorrows of Young Frankensteins Creature

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Francisco J Vega Vega

Pid: A09651278

The Sorrows of Yong Fran!ens"ein

#n "he sorrows of Yong $er"her %& 'oe"he and (ar& She))&*s

Fran!ens"ein "wo of "he +ri,ar& +ro"agonis"s- $er"her and "he crea"re-

s.er grea" +ains "ha" de/ne who "he& are in "heir res+ec"ie s"ories-

and dee)o+,en" The res)"ing "ro%)es can for "he "wo charac"ers %e

ca"egoried as %eing e,o"iona) in na"re- and )eading "o e3is"en"ia)

conndr,s 4oweer "he in"egra) di.erence %e"ween "he "wo is "ha"

$er"her*s e,o"iona) "r,oi) was %rogh" +on %& hi,se)f and fro,

in"erna) cases As for "he crea"re- his in"erna) nres" was %rogh" +on

%& e3"erna) ,eans 4oweer %o"h are re)a"ed in "ha" "he )"i,a"e case

for %o"h is "he ina%i)i"& "o receie )oe For $er"her wha" he considered

)oe was "he nres"rained and ndiided a""en"ion fro, char)o""e And

for "he crea"re )oe was s" genera) acce+"ance Ths "he +ro%)e,s for

"hese "wo /gres are "he sa,e in "ha" "he& s"e, fro, )oe- and i"s

naai)a%i)i"&- howeer "he& di.er in "ha" for one of "he charac"ers "he

+ro%)e,s are ,ore in"erna) and are no" concre"e)& fonded- na,e)&

$er"her The crea"res s.ering is de "o ac"a) nacce+"ance fro,

"hose arond hi,- and as sch are ,ore concre"e)& fonded r "o sa& i"

,ore sccinc")& $er"hers in"erna) s"rgg)es are his own fa)" since "he&

are ,ore of a +s&cho)ogica) fra,ing e.ec"- whi)e "he crea"res* are


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)egi"i,a"e since "he case of hi, no" receiing )oe is his e3"erna)

a++earance no"hing he can do a%o" %& hi,se)f "o re,ed& igressing-

one o"her co,,ona)i"& "he& hae is "ha" "heir s.ering is %rogh" +on

fro, "he, %eing oer)& sensi"ie and in"i"ie so)s $hich )ead "he, "o

hae +ro%)e,s wi"h recogniing "he,se)es as indiida)s since "he&

%o"h can*" see, "o see who "he& are wi"ho" reec"ing "he,se)es in

o"hers $er"her needs "o hae char)o""e a)) "o hi,se)f- who, wi"ho" he

doesn*" see hi,se)f as e3is"ing- and as for "he ,ons"er wi"ho" "he

acce+"ance of o"hers he doesn*" recognie who he is- he can*" recognie

hi,se)f as %eing a nie indiida) To "he +oin" "ha" his "ai) co,es "o

wha" can %e descri%ed as a $er"her )i!e end once "he o%ec" of his

/3a"ion- Vic"or Fran!ens"ein dies

;Wilhelm in all honesty I must tell you I swore that, cost what it

might, no girl I loved and had any claim on should ever waltz with

anyone but me. You understand me, Im sure< =+g 21>#n "his +assage fro, $er"her in is +)ain)& seen how +ossessie

$er"her is of "he wo,en who, are "he "arge"s of his infa"a"ion This

%eing "he roo" case of his +ro%)e, This can %e seen as a for, of

narcissis, since he doesn*" a))ow for "he wo,en of his focs "o %ehae

in a"ono,& 4e sees "he, as on)& e3is"ing for hi,- and as a res)" when

"he& can no )onger %e wi"h hi, for wha"eer reason he can a)so no" see

hi,se)f e3is"ing This is "he roo" case of his e,o"iona) dis"ress The

,os" o%ios reason is "ha" char)o""e was fro, "he %eginning


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naai)a%)e- so i" wasn*" a++ro+ria"e for hi, "o a""ach so ,ch

signi/cance "o "he re)a"ionshi+ he he)d wi"h her

;Albert is an excellent man to whom I am as good as engaged now

this was nothing new to me ( the girls had told me on the way and yet itwas wholly new since I had not yet considered it in relation to her who in

so short time had grown so im!ortant to me. In brie" I became con"used,

"orgot what I was doing?< +g =21>

@a"iona))& he sho)d hae re,e,%ered fro, "he er& %eginning "ha"

she was "a!en and "his sho)d hae !e+" hi, a" an e,o"iona) dis"ance

Ye" he een ad,i"s "o hae a)read& !nown "his- %" no" n"i) haing

a)read& %i)" a ,en"a) a""ach,en"- one "ha" o""e did no" share a" "he

"i,e- "ha" "his news s"ri!es "o hae so,e signi/cance "o hi, Ths i" can

%e seen "ha" "he sorce of his "ro%)es are so)e)& wi"hin hi,se)f 4e "oo

easi)& for,ed a ,en"a) re)a"ionshi+ "o a wo,an "ha" he had a)read&

!nown was naai)a%)e- and "hen refses "o recognie "his And when he

does he is sen" in"o disarra& So,e"hing which "hrogh )ogic sho)d no"

hae ha++ened

;#h, $o mortal could su!!ort the horror o" that countenance. A

mummy again endued with animation could not be so hideous as that

wretch. I had gazed on him while un%nished& he was ugly then& but when

those muscles and 'oints were rendered ca!able o" motion, it became a

thing such as even ante could not have conceived.< =+g 59>

#n "his +assage i" is /rs" descri%ed "he co,+)e3ion of "he ,ons"er-

his crea"or co)d no" s"and "he sigh" of hi, For an"e "o no" hae %een

a%)e "o conceie his i,age- i" is sa&ing "ha" i" is so,e"hing %e&ond

he))ish )oo!ing So,e"hing "ha" co)d drie a +erson "o insani"& %& "he


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,ere g)i,+se of "he crea"re This is "he sorce of "he ,ons"ers in"erna)

+ro%)e,s and sorrows- his e3"erna) +h&sica) a++earance Bn)i!e $er"her-

whose "ro%)es s"e, fro, hi,se)f- and is f))& "o %)a,e and he)d

res+onsi%)e for his own ,iser&- "he crea"re*s +ro%)e,s arise fro,

so,e"hing %e&ond hi,se)f- "he reac"ion of o"hers "o his +resence The

"or,en" "ha" arises on %o"h is of an e,o"iona) na"re- in "ha" i" is "he

""er so)i"de "he crea"re faces "ha" +"s hi, in a ,e)ancho)& s"a"e-

whi)e "o $er"her i" is "he co,+)e"e re)inishing of one )oe for ano"her

"o hi,- fro, a sing)e +erson A )oe "ha" if i" was nrei"ed wo)d %e

nders"anda%)e "o %e +se" a%o" C" wha" "rns o" "o %e ,"a)

a.ec"ion is so,e"hing "o %e ha++& a%o"- een if i" is )i,i"ed $er"her-

co)d hae aoided i" %& a change of ,indse" or "hrogh o"her ,eans-

no" inc)ding sicide The ,ons"er had no o"her choice %" "o endre

Dndre e3i)e and "o %e os"racied "o which he has no +ossi%)e so)"ion

for 4is on)& choices are ei"her co,+)e"e so)i"de- or io)en"

re+ercssions when in"erac"ion is ,ade- re"a)ia"ions "ha" are no"

ins"iga"ed %& "he ,ons"er %" %& "he h,ans arond hi,- "ha" are

%rogh" +on %& no"hing %" %& "he isa) con"ac" of "he ,ons"er-

no"wi"hs"anding if he had s" done a good deed

;I had admired the !er"ect "orms o" my cottagers) their grace,

beauty, and delicate com!lexions* but how was I terri%ed, when I viewed

mysel" in a trans!arent !ool+ At %rst I started bac unable to believe

that it was indeed I who was re-ected in the mirror& and when I became

"ully convinced that I was in reality the monster that I am, I was %lled

with the bitterest sensations o" des!ondence and morti%cation. Alas+ I


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did not yet entirely now the "atal eects o" this miserable de"ormity

To "he ,ons"er his con"enance and +h&sica) a++earance ,ean )i"")e

And "o "hose "ha" sa& "ha" i" is "he ,ons"ers fa)" for %eing ei)- and "ha"

he was in fac" neer good 4o)ding a +osi"ion a)ong "he )ines of Vic"or

Fran!ens"ein hi,se)f r "ha" i" was %ecase he !new "ha" he wo)d

neer /" in and "ha" he was di.eren" "ha" is "he reason for hi, doing

sch das"ard)& deeds sch as co,,i""ing ,)"i+)e ,rders and "he

fra,ing of innocen" +eo+)e And in "rn +""ing "he %)a,e of his s.ering

on his sho)ders eia)en" "o $er"her This is a +assage "ha" s"a"es

o"herwise 4aing seen how he )oo!s for "he /rs" "i,e he rea)ies "ha" he

is "r)& a ,ons"ros sigh" "o %eho)d C" ins"ead of fee)ing anger and

ge""ing "he rge for ,a)ice- he ins"ead fee)s sha,e and sadness #ns"ead

of wan"ing "o ge" reenge on innocen" %&s"anders i" co)d %e said "ha"

he "a!es res+onsi%i)i"& for scaring +eo+)e awa& 4e acce+"s how he )oo!s

And goes %e&ond i" 4e does no" dwe)) on "he fac" "ha" he is hideos "o

)oo! a" 4e s"i)) !ee+s ho+e "ha" "hogh "he h,anness of his e,o"ions

and +righ"ness of his charac"er he can achiee "he co,+anionshi+ he

&earns for ;# as!ed- i" is "re- for grea"er "reasres "han a )i"")e food or

res": # reired !indness and s&,+a"h& %" # did no" %e)iee ,&se)f

nwor"h& of i"< S++or" for "he "heor& "ha" "he crea"re s in rea)i"& "r)&

ei) is "he fo))owing +assage:

/0ursed, cursed creator+ Why did I live1 Why, in that instant did Inot extinguish the s!ar o" existence which you had wantonlybestowed1 I new not& des!air had not yet taen !ossession o" me& my


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"eelings were those o" rage and revenge. I could with !leasure havedestroyed the cottage and its inhabitants, and have glutted mysel" withtheir shries and misery2 All, save I, were at rest or in en'oyment* I liethe arch%end, bore a hell within me, and %nding mysel" unsym!athisedwith, wished to tear u! the trees and s!read havoc and destruction

around me, and then to have sat down and en'oyed the ruin.3 (4g. 567This c)ear)& +oin"s "o "he crea"re haing an ei) ro""en core 4e een

)i!ens hi,se)f "o an arch/end This is af"er %eing shooed o" %& Fe)i3 de

ac& af"er +resen"ing hi,se)f "o "he fa"her As a h,an wi"h oer

dee)o+ed e,o"ions af"er a hea"ed een" he fee)s )i!e "he on)& choice of

recorse for hi, "o "a!e is engeance and des"rc"ion on a)) h,ans-

since he now !nows for a fac" "ha" he wi)) neer %e acce+"ed %& an&one

who )oo!s +on hi, de "o "he nfair +redice in regards "o "he wa& he

)oo!s And "his wo)d +oin" "o hi, as %eing ei)- een "hogh "his wasn*"

"he /rs" "i,e "ha" he was s%ec" "o harsh "rea",en" %& h,ans een

"hogh his ac"ions were wi"h "he %es" of in"en"ion- so,e"hing "ha" if a

nor,a) +erson wo)d %e s%ec"ed "o- wo)d "rn "he, in"o so,e sor" of

arch/end o"righ" C" af"er a nigh"s res" "he crea"re reso)es "ha"

;Ehe had %een "oo has"& in Ehis conc)sions "his shows

"ha" een af"er wha" had "rans+ired he s"i)) he)d ho+e for "he ,ch

sogh" af"er co,+anionshi+ he needed 4e ac"a))& %)a,ed hi,se)f for

"he wa& "hings "rned o" wi"h "he e ace&*s This goes "o show how

+a"ien" he is and how ,ch in"egri"& "here is in his in"erna) cons"i""ion

C" he does )a"er on go on "o co,,i" seera) a"roci"ies This howeer

can %e e3+)ained %& "he fac" "ha" a +erson can on)& "a!e so ,ch #f

an&"hing "his goes "o show s" how h,an "he crea"re rea))& is C"


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whe"her he is "o %e he)d res+onsi%)e for his ac"ions i" is c)ear "ha" he

sho)d no" #" is "hogh" "he fa)" of "hose arond hi, "ha" forces hi, "o

"a!e sch dras"ic ,easres "o fee) as one wi"h hi,se)f 4e has no choice

%" "o associa"e hi,se)f wi"h ei) since "ha" is how a)) o"hers saw hi,-

and "rea"ed hi, as sch 4e had no choice %" "o ac" in accordance "o

wha" his eniron,en" +roc)ai,ed Bn)i!e $er"her*s si"a"ion where i"

was a)) on hi, 4e een achieed "he )oe of ano"her wo,an whi)e awa&

fro, o""e C" de "o his own ,en"a) s"%%ornness he was na%)e "o

see wha" he had and ,oe on Hon"ras"ing wi"h "he crea"re who in

rea)i"& had no"hing

Tha" is wha" "he sorrows of %o"h $er"her and "he crea"re hae in

co,,on Co"h are sorced %& e,o"iona) dis"resses and needs 4oweer

of "he "wo of "he, on)& $er"her can %e he)d res+onsi%)e As his +ro%)e,s

reside and s"e, fro, hi,se)f- as for "he crea"re- "he& are "he res)" of

e3"erna) denia)- and e3"erna) fac"ors ccrrences %e&ond hi,se)f- "hings

"ha" he has no con"ro) oer are "he case of his e,o"iona) orne&- his

+h&sica) defor,i"& and "he +redice acco,+an&ing i"

sorrows of young frankensteins creature

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