A reflection of Shelley’s journey in the monster
“Frankenstein is a story of longing. It is ultimately about the abhorrent realization that a man is the master of his own destiny, yet slave to his unanalyzed repetitions.” Says the author Barbara D’Amato in his essay entitled Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: an orphaned author’s dream and journey towards integration. In this article, the author talks about how Shelley’s life experiences and internal conflicts have manifestations in the fictionalized character that she creates in Frankenstein. The author talks about how Shelley’s loneliness of being an orphan was depicted in the monster’s loneliness and desire for a partner. This theme forms the basis of the story and the entire story has evidences which reveal how the monster acts as a reflection of Shelley’s journey. The characters in the novel resemble the author in many ways like Mary Shelley, Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and his monster are all orphans, motherless creatures. Barbara in his article, calls them motherless character because each of them is longing and searching for connection. Even while providing an alternative ideology to the feminism in the story, Shelley represents De Lacey’s family which seems almost perfect. Despite all that, the family wasn’t happy and the main component- their …show more content…
In the novel, Victor is an orphan, just like Shelley and both try to recreate life. This is clearly evident as, in the story the monster is created from the scrapes of dead body parts and so is the Shelley’s dream. Both of them try to recreate life but end up messing it up. Victor’s monster functions totally opposite to Victor’s expectations and more or less ends up being a catalyst for Victor’s demise. This is also true about Shelley’s dreams in which she tries to recreate life and compensate of all her
“Frankenstein is a story of longing. It is ultimately about the abhorrent realization that a man is the master of his own destiny, yet slave to his unanalyzed repetitions.” Says the author Barbara D’Amato in his essay entitled Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein: an orphaned author’s dream and journey towards integration. In this article, the author talks about how Shelley’s life experiences and internal conflicts have manifestations in the fictionalized character that she creates in Frankenstein. The author talks about how Shelley’s loneliness of being an orphan was depicted in the monster’s loneliness and desire for a partner. This theme forms the basis of the story and the entire story has evidences which reveal how the monster acts as a reflection of Shelley’s journey. The characters in the novel resemble the author in many ways like Mary Shelley, Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and his monster are all orphans, motherless creatures. Barbara in his article, calls them motherless character because each of them is longing and searching for connection. Even while providing an alternative ideology to the feminism in the story, Shelley represents De Lacey’s family which seems almost perfect. Despite all that, the family wasn’t happy and the main component- their …show more content…
In the novel, Victor is an orphan, just like Shelley and both try to recreate life. This is clearly evident as, in the story the monster is created from the scrapes of dead body parts and so is the Shelley’s dream. Both of them try to recreate life but end up messing it up. Victor’s monster functions totally opposite to Victor’s expectations and more or less ends up being a catalyst for Victor’s demise. This is also true about Shelley’s dreams in which she tries to recreate life and compensate of all her