Psychoanalysis of Frankenstein
Mary Shelley was Born on August 30th 1797. Her mother died shortly after her birth and father was left to care for her and her half sister Fanny Imlay. Mary’s half- sister is a daughter her mom had from an affair with a soldier. She loved reading as a kid (sometimes by her mother’s grave)as well as daydreaming and escaping from her challenging home and into imagination.
Her father remarried to a woman named Mary Jane Clairmont who had two kids already.
Later they had a boy together. Mary disliked her step-mother. Her step-mother sent jane later known as claire to school and not Mary because she was not seen as needing an education.
She started to find writing to be a creative outlet. In 1812 she went to scotland and stayed with an acquaintance of her father’s (baxters). Shelley began a relationship with a married man named Percy Shelley. The two ran away together And fled to England, Mary’s sister jane also came along. Her actions caused her father not to speak to her the same for some time. They struggled financially and faced the loss of their first child a baby girl who only lived a few days in 1815. While reading ghost stories with a group of friends one night they decided to write their own which is how frankenstein came to be. Later Mary suffered the loss of her sister jane to suicide. Percy’s wife also …show more content…
However, anxiety can often be beneficial, but when it gets out of control, it can have damaging effects. Victor claimed for two years that he worked on the monster and in turn suffered from insomnia and fatigue. These symptoms can be directly related to anxiety that often accompanies psychosis. Frankenstein even goes on to directly say he suffers from anxiety; “My enthusiasm was checked by my anxiety…” (41). The result of psychosis and anxiety strengthen each other, making each of them worse and worse. Since Victor does not seek help his condition becomes
Mary Shelley was Born on August 30th 1797. Her mother died shortly after her birth and father was left to care for her and her half sister Fanny Imlay. Mary’s half- sister is a daughter her mom had from an affair with a soldier. She loved reading as a kid (sometimes by her mother’s grave)as well as daydreaming and escaping from her challenging home and into imagination.
Her father remarried to a woman named Mary Jane Clairmont who had two kids already.
Later they had a boy together. Mary disliked her step-mother. Her step-mother sent jane later known as claire to school and not Mary because she was not seen as needing an education.
She started to find writing to be a creative outlet. In 1812 she went to scotland and stayed with an acquaintance of her father’s (baxters). Shelley began a relationship with a married man named Percy Shelley. The two ran away together And fled to England, Mary’s sister jane also came along. Her actions caused her father not to speak to her the same for some time. They struggled financially and faced the loss of their first child a baby girl who only lived a few days in 1815. While reading ghost stories with a group of friends one night they decided to write their own which is how frankenstein came to be. Later Mary suffered the loss of her sister jane to suicide. Percy’s wife also …show more content…
However, anxiety can often be beneficial, but when it gets out of control, it can have damaging effects. Victor claimed for two years that he worked on the monster and in turn suffered from insomnia and fatigue. These symptoms can be directly related to anxiety that often accompanies psychosis. Frankenstein even goes on to directly say he suffers from anxiety; “My enthusiasm was checked by my anxiety…” (41). The result of psychosis and anxiety strengthen each other, making each of them worse and worse. Since Victor does not seek help his condition becomes