Essay on the Human Spirit in Frankenstein and Picture of Dorian Grey

Similarities of the Human Spirit in Frankenstein and The Picture of Dorian Grey      The gay spirit is one of the nearly beautiful great powers in the world, but it is also one of the most vulnerable. In the novels Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde, this idea of the human spirit is portrayed clearly. Both novels have similar aspects about the human spirit, but they also have their differences. Both novels have main characters who are influenced greatly by someone that they admire, and they are destroyed by that influence. The difference that these novels have is that in Frankenstein, the main character is influenced and destroyed by something he creates himself, while in The Picture of Dorian Grey, the main character is influenced and destroyed by his friend and mentor. Again, both novels portray the human spirits motivation and vulnerability. In the novel Frankenstein, Victor, the main character, is dictated to insan ity and death by his motivation, his own creation. He dedicates all of his time and have it offledge to create a living human being from dead tissue. This demon becomes his motivation and influence throughout the rest of the novel. Victor blames himself and feels guilt for all of th... ... Dorian converses with Lord Henry, and takes everything that Lord Henry said seriously, even though non everything that Lord Henry said was right. Basically, the difference that these two novels have over the idea that the human spirit is a very strong, but vulnerable force is that a persons motivation to do something great and his infatuation with that great thing will influence the spirit greatly, sometimes totally, and that believing in someone and person so much, no matter what they say, you will listen to them and let them have total control over you and your actions, even though that influence probably doesnt know that.