The Revaluation Of Self In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein

A vast majority of Romantic composers strive to encourage outrage and stimulate some form of sentiment in an attempt to encourage an emotional connection linking the respondent to a protagonist’s situation, which consequently becomes the catalyst for their revaluation of self. Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein undeniably applies this formula to a great extent, kindling the reader’s innermost workings and forcing them to reassess their mentality.

Having been contextually based in the eighteenth century Shelly’s audience consisted mostly of a vast spectrum of social classes and a heavily religious society who adopted all the teachings of God and held his word as law, this being the case the simplest way to evoke outrage to the greatest demographic was to pluck at the one belief that seemed so congealed, the idea of God/the higher power being the only entity capable of creating human life. Allowing a human to create “a new species that would bless [him] as its creator” caused calamity in the eyes of society. This …show more content…
However, others were horrified by the vary idea as it was viewed as a belittlement of the might of god and despised the very essence of the sinful notion strengthening their belief that god is above all. On the other hand, While, Frankenstein assisted in encouraging the emancipated to look beyond the perceived normalities of society it also suggested that although the pursuit of knowledge is limitless there still remain