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In the Romantic era, there was a book named “Frankenstein” written by Mary Shelley. Then in the Victorian era, “The Curious Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” by Robert Louis Stevenson and both novels are monster horror stories. Both of these novels have different literary themes since they were written in different time periods and the authors had different beliefs. With the novels being from different time periods I am going to compare both of them in order to determine which one is the better monster story.
The Romantic era is a point in time where the beauty of art, pure emotion, and nature were valued more over scientific reason. This era also glorified the child as “the original rebel” and focuses on the individual self and personal experiences. The Victorian era took place when Queen Victoria ruled over the United Kingdom. The literature in this period used medieval myths and legends as well as realistic issues including the issues between science and religion.
Victor Frankenstein, the main protagonist of 'Frankenstein', was a young student who was fascinated by old science. He later went on to study as much as he could to build a creature with different body parts. Once he finished collecting the parts, he used electricity to bring the creature to life, but when Victor saw it alive, he was scared and knew that he made a mistake. Victor's motive behind this experiment was that he believed that life could be created if he used all of his knowledge and pushed the limits. He was also intrigued by the death of his mother as he wanted to understand it better. In 'Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, the protagonist of the book was Dr. Jekyll. Jekyll was considered a very respected doctor and a very prosperous man in the community. At the beginning of the book he is not seen much but only talked about when he is mentioned by Hyde and Utterson. Dr. Jekyll is also known for his decency and the charitable work he does for the people. Jekyll has a secret dark side that people do not know about and he tries to separate this side by using science. He achieves his goal and becomes a whole different person with his experiment but it later backfires on him. The reason for his doing this in the first place was to separate his two personalities so it wouldn't ruin his good reputation, but later he ends up wanting to get rid of his bad side but isn't able to change back to his good side. Both protagonists are very similar in the fact that they are both men who are well educated, and both are very wealthy. The only difference these characters have is the reasoning behind their experiments and the way they act.
The monster in the book 'Frankenstein', Adam, is created by Victor Frankenstein who abandons him as soon as he sees him alive. Adam was described as an 8-foot-tall hideous monster with unbelievable strength, but also the mind of a newborn. After Adam was left by himself he sets off to find his creator and has several harsh encounters with humans and Adam becomes scared of them. He later finds a family that lived in a cottage and he would observe them every day to learn new things. He later realizes that he is very different from everyone else and decides to make friends with this family, but he wasn't received kindly and looked for vengeance against his creator for leaving him. Adam heads back to Geneva and finds a little boy in the woods who happened to be Victor's younger brother William. After these events, Victor decides to confront his creation and meets with him at the summit of a mountain. Adam then describes to Victor all of the events that have happened to him after he left him alone and makes a deal with Victor which was to make him a partner. Victor does not keep his promise and Adam ends up killing many of Victor's loved ones.
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