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(My revenge) it is the devouring and only passion of my soul. My rage is unspeakable when I reflect that the murderer, whom I have turned loose upon society, still exists. You refuse my just demand: I have but one resource; and I devote myself, either in my life or death, to his destruction. (Shelley 201).
Victor Frankenstein’s revenge endows him with strength and composure; he pursues his fiendish enemy all along from Rhome, to Mediterranean, to the Black Sea, to Tartary and Russia, and at last to the North Pole. Differences between Hamlet and Frankenstein in Coping with Family Members’ Death
Although both Hamlet and Frankenstein take the revenge, there are some obvious differences between their ways. First, Hamlet’s father’s death has affected his looks on women and intimate relationships, while Frankenstein is not affected in this regard. Second, there is a period of time when Frankenstein does not have the courage to take revenge and take his responsibility while no such thing is observed in Hamlet’s reaction. Hamlet has been determined to find the real murderer right after his father’s death, Frankenstein, however, does not revenge after the death of his younger brother, William.
First, Hamlet’s father’s death has affected his views on women and intimate relationships, while Frankenstein is not affected in this respect. The former King’s death has affected the relationship between Hamlet and his mother, Gertude. He expresses his despair that his mother has so hastily married her brother-in-law, which is considered incestuous at that time.
But two months dead, nay, not so much, not two. So excellent a king, that was to this, Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother That he might not between the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth, Must I remember? Why, she should hang on him As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on, and yet within a month — let me not think on ’t. (Shakespeare 1.2.138-146).
He has even lost faith in woman when he shouts “frailty, thy name is woman!” (1.2.146). However, Frankenstein is not affected in this regard. He believes that Justine is innocent, and has never thought of her as fragile or untrustable. He has never doubted the importance of intimate relationship, either. After Justine’s execution, Victor goes on a trip to the Swiss Alps for some much-needed rest and relaxation with his best friend. At the time when he is hopeless and unsociable, he chooses his friend’s companionship, which is illustrative of his faith in intimate relationships.
Second, there is a period when Frankenstein does not have the courage to take revenge while no such thing is observed in Hamlet’s reaction. When the first victim, Victor’s younger brother, is killed by monster, Victor does not take his responsibility to accuse the real murderer; he is haunted by William’s death, though. He chooses to escape away from his responsibilities. Victor loves his younger brother, so William’s death haunts Victor and brings grief and fear to him. As stated in Chapter VI, “as I drew nearer home, grief and fear again overcame me” (Shelley 78). While the Frankenstein family servant, Justine, is accused of killing William, Victor believes that the monster is the murderer. “He was the murderer! I could not doubt it” (Shelley 79). However, Victor does not take any action to protect the innocent Justine, because he thinks no one will believe the "my monster did it" excuse. “My tale was not one to announce publicly; its astounding horror would be looked upon as madness by the vulgar” (Shelley 83). Victor is afraid to even propose his theory, so he rushes out of the court instead of stands up defending Justine. After Justine’s execution, Victor, in grief, goes on a trip to the Swiss Alps for some much-needed rest and relaxation. This trip is an escaping; Victor Frankenstein is escaping away from his responsibilities. However, Hamlet has been determined to take revenge from the very moment of his father’s death. He does not believe his uncle’s excuse for the former King’s death and takes the Ghost’s order to revenge the moment he sees it: “Revenge his foul and most unnatural murder” (Shakespeare 1.5.25). He swears to forget all that he remembers, including knowledge from both books and experiences, and let the Ghost’s words to govern his brain and body. Conclusion
To sum up, there are both similarities and differences of Hamlet and Frankenstein’s way of dealing with family members’ death. Their loved ones’ death both brings them great grief and they both become became unsociable and eccentric, they are both haunted by the death of their loved ones, and they both bravely revenge for the dead ones. However, Hamlet’s father’s death has affected his looks on women and intimate relationships, while Frankenstein is not affected in this regard. What’s more, there is a period of time when Frankenstein does not have the courage to take revenge and take his responsibility while no such thing is observed in Hamlet’s reaction. All in all, their choices to cope with the death themselves are the process of their maturation. Hamlet is the representative of the humanist. He is created by Shakespeare as a man of the Renaissance with humanist ideals who not only seeks revenge for his murdered father, but also aimed at reforming the whole society. Frankenstein is a fine example of Gothic Romance and Sentimentalism with the description of how the title character copes with the death of his loved ones. At first he is a coward, but when his wife is killed, he decides to take action. He has taken his responsibility to remove the monster from human society. This is how he deals with the death of his loved one and the process of his maturation. Works Cited Shakespeare, William. Hamlet. Ed. Jane Bachman. Chicago: NTC Publishing Group. 1975. Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. New York: Airmont Publishing Company, Inc. 1963. |
