The Tragic Quest for Knowledge: Frankensteins Monster and Keats Perspective on Humanitys Conflicts

Name Instructor Course Date Lens Analysis Frankenstein and John Keats Letter Dated May 8th, 1819 Frankenstein is categorically a horror novel that was written by Mary Shelly back in 1816. Shelly was a British Novelist who inspired and shocked many with her Frankenstein novel. The book tells a story about Victor Frankenstein, who is believed to have created a strange creature in one of his scientific experiments (Shelley et al., 3-17). Victor's love for knowledge is expressed after his mother's funeral when he plans to study at Ingolstadt. Victor succeeds in studying science, and his curiosity about science leads him to his scientific discoveries. Victor created life out of the inanimate, which is represented by the horrible monster. Shocked by the monster's characteristics, Victor flees to separate himself from his shocking discovery. Due to the shock and exhaustion, Victor falls sick for months, which brings the monster's conflicts to its creator and the creator’s family. On the other hand, Keats was an English Romantic lyric poet in the 18th century whose text expressed a great sensuous appeal. In his letter dated May 8th, 1819, Keats analyses the circumstances that make up a man making his life unbearable in search of intelligence to perfect nature. To this effect, this essay will analyze the central conflicts explored in the novel as attributed to Frankenstein's intelligence/desires through Keats's lens on how man was formed by circumstance through which his happiness always ends in death. According to Sherry (2-5), from a young age, Frankenstein expressed great interest in science, and after his mother’s death, his urge