Essay on Obsession in Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Obsession in Frankenstein and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde   Webster defines obsession to be Compulsive, such(prenominal) anxious preoccupation with a fixed idea or friendless emotion.    Or, A compulsive, usually irrational idea or emotion.    The strange affaire about obsession is the absolute inability of the person, once obsessed, to understand their confess actions in retrospect. Both master Frankenstien, of Marry Shelleys Frankenstein, and Henry Jekyll, of Robert Louis Stevensons The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde fit the criteria of one who is obsessed. With Victor Frankenstien, obsession came in the form of a lust for fame. Victors own newsworthiness reflect his inability to understand or control his own actions.    a groan burst from his heaving breast.    he spoke, in broken accents discontented man    Do you share my madness?    Have you drunk in addition of the intoxicating dra ught?    Hear me let me reveal my tale, and you will blast the cup from your lips Victor describes his actions as those of a man possessed by madness, or one who is intoxicated.    In his refusal to take personal responsibility for his actions, he blames (four times ) destiny or fate.    Victors actions are those of a man possessed by his own desires, turning a invention eye to the possible consequences of his actions until the completion of the event by which he was obsessed.    Upon deliver the goods in reanimating a dead body, or more accurately the musical theme of parts from various dead bodies from both human and animal bodies, Victor recoils in horror.    How can I describe my emotions at ... ...f for, are of no concern when compared to those of Victor and Henry.    And yet, I think of them as organism kind of destructive in my own world. I suppose that by breeding these novels, I can learn from t heir mistakes. Or, perhaps more honestly, I am obsessed with the vicarious thrill and terror that I experience finished them.    I hope, for my sake, that the former is true.    Perhaps the reason I enjoyed these readings so much is that I identify with both Victor and Henry to a elegant extent.    I know from experience that I am capable of being captured by an idea or desire.    Perhaps the reason I so vehemently abhor the actions of these two characters is that I secretly fear that I would be susceptible to the same weaknesses that they were.    Indeed, perhaps we all are.