John Peloro
Frankenstein Essay
Frankenstein is another great fiction novel involving a fantasy creature. However,
Frankenstein is different in the fact that he causes chaos and isn’t a happy novel. In my opinion,
the most interesting about Frankenstein in my opinion is the fact that it can relate or be
compared to many different events or stories. For instance, the story of Frankenstein can be
compared to Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Many of the characters and situations are comparable in
both stories. Similarities include the personalities between the two protagonists, Hamlet and
Victor, the mythical creatures in both novels, and how seeking revenge can harm the ones you
love most and even yourself.
The first thing that can be compared are the two main characters, Victor Frankenstein
and Hamlet. They can be compared in many different ways; they’re very similar but also have
their differences. Victor and Hamlet are both intelligent, while Hamlet is a scholar and
philosopher (Similarities Between Prince Hamlet and Victor Frankenstein). Frankenstein works
on bringing the dead to life while mastering the natural science and biology. They’re both
young characters that have to deal with the tragedy of losing a parent in the beginning of their
novel/play. They both react similarly, and could be considered a melancholic person and
consider suicide as a way out of their problems. Hamlet isolates himself, and Victor does the
same with his studies and while he works on Frankenstein. As Berndt stated, “Victor deprives
himself of the company of others in a quest that stands in the service of a combative ego-
centered philosophy that wants to conquer and master, rather than inhabit a human world”
(277). They also both hold secrets. While Hamlet holds the secret of knowing who’s killed his
father, Victor holds a similar secret, knowing who is killing the people around him.
In both Hamlet and Frankenstein, they’re supernatural creatures that trigger the theme
of revenge in both novels. In Hamlet there is the ghost and in Frankenstein there’s the monster.
The supernatural creatures contribute to the theme of revenge in both novels because they’re
not meant to be in our everyday lives. Just how revenge isn’t a part of a normal life, neither the
ghost, the monster, or revenge are meant to occur in a healthy life. In William Shakespeare’s
Hamlet, the ghost returns to inform his son, Prince Hamlet, that he is his father’s spirit and that
he was murdered by Claudius. The spirit orders Prince Hamlet to seek revenge against his evil
brother for killing him, taking his throne, and marrying his wife, Gertrude. Fuelled by rage,
Prince Hamlet follows his father’s ghost’s orders to avenge his death and devotes himself to
