Frankenstein

"This was then the reward of my benvolence! I had saved a human being from destruction, and as recompense I now writhed under teh miserable pain of a wound which shattered the flesh and bone." (page 101)

The literary term used here is dramatic irony. The monster tries to continue his longing to be accepted by humans by being someone of loving and benevolent nature. In this scene, he saves a girl from drowning, but he is shot by her father who thinks that the creature had harmed her instead. This shows how the monster is alienated from society as a result of his physical appearance. No matter what he does, he is not going to be treated how he wants merely because of how he looks. This shows that he just does not belong. The parallelism her is between the creature and his creator. Victor had once said how he had felt like he did not belong or fit in with society who was not his friends. This shows that although Victor finds the creature to be a complete opposite, that in reality they are more alike then he realizes. Also, the scene supports the theme of nature v. nurture. Although Victor is not blood related to the monster, they still have similarities. He created him, which left a mark on the monster. They have some kind of simmilarities that make the monster connected to him. I think that it supports that the monster functions as a result of both the nurture/living of his life, but he was also subconciously affected by his creator.

Frankenstein

"Listen to my history, and you perceive how irrevocably it is determined." (page 13) The literary device that is used in this book that makes a major impact on the work as a whole would be the frame story(ies). When Victor tells Robert he is going to tell him his story, a parallelism between the two is even more noticeable. Robert and Victor already have similarities, which is inferred when Victor prompts the story as an advice and heed to the goal of Robert. Mary Shelley uses the frames stories as a way to provide a basis of the percepted parallelism seen between the two early on. It connects Victor, Robert, and I am guessing the creation too. The frame story turns the book into something more complex and intriguing. It draws in the reader, and it will lead them to find similarities between the major characters. I also know that by the end, all of the stories will eventually return to the point of Victor's telling of the story. It will provide an insight on human life, which will also deepen the story.