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Literature Mixtapes
“Victor Frankenstein’s Playlist: All About Ambition” (Ivy Wang)

“Victor Frankenstein’s Playlist: All About Ambition” (Ivy Wang)

1. The tone of this song is very mysterious and creepy. The central lyrics question and satire whether someone is a real bad guy. The bad guy here is rebellious, similar to Victor, whether he is doing science research or facing family relationships. Victor thinks of himself as a bad guy in some way, as the creation he is proud of actually harm others. This part resonates with the emotional stage of Victor.

2. The song started with the sadness line of “when there’s nowhere else to run. Is there room for
one more son”. It is impossible to connect no place with having a son together, so we can be pretty sure it is for the rhyme purpose. But we can interpret this line as when there is no other place to escape, can I still have a hope. “Unable to endure the aspect of the being I had finished, I rushed out of the room” (35), describes Victor escape when seeing his creature is scary. At that time Victor must have been desperate, while doubting if he can continue his passion of science.

3. The song is about psych freak talking about themselves. The lyric above connects to Victor as he wanted to develop a creature that obey him as God, while end up creating a monster that hurts people. Victor is a monster itself since his idea about creation is just not right. This song’s beat is mysterious just like how Victor is acting.

4. “Oh, the misery
Everybody wants to be my enemy”

The lyrics connects to how Victor think of the world. From father’s relationship to professor’s unsupportive attitude toward his research, Victor feet everyone hates him and want to go against him. The lyric is shows the same meaning while it has more courage and right, while Victor is on the side of evil.

5. “From my heart and from my hand
Why don’t people understand
My intentions?”

The lyric and the song itself all represent Victor’s circumstance. Why nobody understand that Victor is contributing to the science and the future of human? Why was Victor blamed for all the trouble? Victor himself is a weird science. This song fully explained using weird beat and straight forward lyrics of a weirdo’s life.

6. “The secret side of me, I never let you see
I keep it caged but I can’t control it
So stay away from me, the beast is ugly
I feel the rage and I just can’t hold it”

Victor has a secret side just like how the lyric is talking. This song is also very mysterious we can see that one want to hide the bad but it is not possible, just like Vicotr.

7. “Lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely
I have nobody for my own
I’m so lonely, I’m Mr. Lonely”

The song is very sad and talks about how lonely can impact one person. Victor sort of have this problem. If Victor has a fulfilling life and full of happiness, he won’t be having the idea of creating a creature. Nor he will be doing for the evil and does not regret.

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