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  • Essay / Comparison between Frankenstein and The...

    The monster creation scene is more or less not about the birth of monsters, but rather about Victor's success in bringing an abomination to life "but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream disappeared, and breathtaking horror and disgust filled my heart” (Frankenstein chapter 5). This is similar to the fact that the scene of Gregor's awakening is not about Gregor's transformation, but rather about his worries about his job and providing an income for his family. The feelings of the stranger, of the monster in Frankenstein and of Gregor in the metamorphosis, are emphasized by the fact that they are ignored. So ignored in Gregor's case, he himself is completely unaware of the transformation. This focus on metamorphosis, where Gregor even after realizing he has transformed, is wondering what will happen to his family after losing his job. Which brings us to Frankenstein, he has literally just been created, his life is something completely new to the world and his feelings and thoughts about his creation seem like something that could be important and yet they are not the focus , these feelings as with Gregor are expressed by the fact that they are ignored in favor of the human characters of Metamorphosis, Gregor's family and Frankenstein, Frankenstein