Dr. Frankenstein and Lord Henry can similarly be viewed as the source of the behavior for the monster and Dorian Gray. If one views Dr.Frankenstein …show more content…
Even though both Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein similarly focus on the relationship between a creator and its creation, both literary works present historical issues that were found in the Romantic time period. While Wilde’s writing has underlying tones of societal issues and psychological development, Shelley’s writing focuses on the growth of scientific discovery. Despite the different interpretations of how both authors displayed the monstrous sides of the Romantic Time Period through the monster and Dorian Gray, it is ultimately Dr.Frankenstein’s isolationism, obsession with scientific research, and lack of moral responsibility and Lord Henry’s obsession with self image and one’s identity in society that create the monsters in each novel. Therefore a man’s behavior is what defines him as a monster and one can truly see the portrayal of monstrous creators in Dr. Frankenstein in Frankenstein and Lord Henry and The Picture of Dorian