Faust And Frankenstein :: essays research papers

Goethe in Faust and Shelley in Frankenstein, twine their stories around two men whose mental and physical actions par eachel iodine another. Both stories deal with characters, who strive to be the bermensch in their world. In Faust, the strain fellow, Faust, seeks physical and mental wholeness in knowledge and disaster in lust. In Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein struggles for control over one aspect of spirit and disastrously, through with(predicate) the monster, nature controls him to a much greater degree. Many powers ar much too mighty for mortal souls, a lesson that Frankenstein and Faust learn by the end of their tales. While voluntarily excommunicating themselves from society, both characters accomplish a fortune of their goal and yet they remain unhappy because they never control the " perfect" life they have built for themselves. In Faust, the intelligent gentle human being Faust, seeks phantasmal wholeness in knowledge. Through years of hard study, Faust b ecomes knowledgeable in math, sciences and religion and yet he becomes inept and incapable of having any romanticist or physical relationships with the outside world. As Faust strives to become the "over man" through knowledge, he realizes that books will not satisfy his curiosity and that maybe sensual pleasures will. Therefore, in the routine of creating his new life, Faust, becomes distant and unconcerned with all reality and humanity around him. Do not fancy anything right, do not fancy that I could teach or assert what would reform mankind or      what might convert. I also have uncomplete money nor treasures, nor worldly honors or earthly      pleasures no dog would extremity to live this way(p. 95)Obviously, Faust has fallen into a inhumane state of living, through the pursuit of the unattainable. He becomes greedy, desperate and feels justified in whatever it takes to attain a position of the over man. At that time, Chris tians and society in world(a) considered his pursuit for lust immoral, unjust and irresponsible. When Faust sets his sights on an object, whether knowledge or women, he demands nothing less of himself than that which will get it. In many situations committal to an act is reputable education, sports, career. It seems then, that to become the bermensch and pursue excellence, one must wedge dedicated to ones goal and dismiss the world around him.In the process of creating his monster, Victor Frankenstein ignores the outside world The summer months passed while I was olibanum engaged, heart and soul, in one pursuit.