Effect Of The Three Books On The Creature In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
The creature in the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley in chapter 15 stumbles across three books in a leathern portmanteau after he heard the De Lacey story. In the bag were three books, which he read to further his education. These books were The Sorrows of Werter by Goethe, a section of Plutarch’s Lives [of Ancient Greeks and Romans] by Plutarch, and Paradise Lost by John Milton. Each one of these books inspired and instructed the creature in its own way. The Sorrows of Werter taught the creature “despondency and gloom” and inspired him to commit suicide, Plutarch’s Lives taught the creature “high thoughts” and inspired his hope for civilization, and Paradise Lost taught him about God warring with his creation, which affected him the most and inspired his revenge for Victor. The reading appears to elevate his state of misery.
The Sorrows of Werter is a novel written by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe written originally in German as Die Leiden des jungen Werther (The Sorrows of Young......
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