While in his youth, Dr. Frankenstein had a very interesting view on death. When his mother died he “need not describe the feelings of those whose dearest ties are rent by that most irreparable evil”(Frankenstein 50). He felt upset and grief stricken about the death of his mother but he also knew that he still had “duties which [he] ought to perform”. Frankenstein thought that he “must continue [his] course with the rest, and learn to think ourselves fortunate, whilst on remains whom the spoiler has not seized”. Dr. Frankenstein means that people must continue with their lives even when someone close to them dies. Nothing is gained from grieving over the dead but continued sorrow. Death should not be something that disrupts or ruins the lives of others. Dr. Frankenstein’s statements on death are correct because I have had close relatives die. The first few days I was extremely upset until my father approached me and told me something that I will never forget, “would they want you to be depressed right now over their death”. I knew what my father had said was right and that I could not continue feeling depressed. From that day on death no longer scared me nor did it ever make me upset. I was not scared of death of my self but of others dieing because no one should fear another ones death, unless it is forced on them by something else. Dr. Frankenstein describes grief “rather [as] an indulgence than a necessity” because he feels that people should choose to be upset over someone as an honor to their life. He feels that the deceased should be mourned over but not forever. To many, death is a sad time of something that is ending, but in many ways death is start. It is the start for the person who dies, but it is also the start of a new life for the people who keep going on. The relatives of the deceased can learn from the choices that they made and the experiences they had and try to improve their lives accordingly.
Dr. Frankenstein’s view of death
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