In his investigation, Croker briefly summarizes, and applies commentary to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Croker projects that the novel has no significance or magnitude. Croker is able to recognize that the monster was able to learn, and have deep and immense feelings. However, although Croker interpreted the monster's behavior accurately, the important themes of the book, went over his head. He bluntly announced that the story is outright absurd, disgusting and insane. Towards the end of the review, Croker states that Shelley is creative and has a way with words, but it’s the style that she choose to write this piece, to which defeated and distracted from her theme and her main points. Croker even questions Shelly’s sanity due to her language
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The novel begins foreshadowing and introducing Victor in the Arctic Circle, floating on a piece of ice close to death, and he is found by seamen Robert Walton. Victor Frankenstein is a Switzerland scientist who had the deep desire to recreate and reanimate a being with dea body parts. However, once he realized what he had created, he runs away, leaving the creature to wander. Once Victor eventually returns, he is then confronted by the monster, upset that he was created and abandoned, and asks Victor to create a female mate for him. Which is a valid desire for a sentient being. The monster has advanced himself and has taught itself how to read, and he was also adopted by a family. The monster seeks revenge on his Creator and his family, and not of society itself despite the ridicule the monster had received. Victor agrees to make a second monster and leaves to Geneva to fulfill the project, and before he leaves he agrees to marry Elizabeth, an orphan his family adopted. Eventually Victor backs out of his deal of creating a partner. The monster, furious, kills some of Victor’s closest people, including his bride to be. Soon after, the monster runs away.Victor then seeks revenge, and gets near to the monster, but ends up on an ice cap in the Arctic Circle where the novel began, with Victor near death. The monster comes back to explain to Walton his …show more content…
This can first especially be seen in how Shelly portrayed women in her novel. Mary Shelley was seen as a feminist, and it was an incredible deal for a female author to become as popular as she did, especially considering the time frame. However, in the novel, Shelley made the women submissive, and docile, and almost exaggerated the lack of influence women had on the changes in society. This can be seen in the dissection of gender and its roles in the society. None of the women had any special positions, or tasks, and they were all the traditional domestic roles that women have been known to play, due to Patriarchal dominance. The narrators in the novel are male, such as Frankenstein, and Walton, and even in terms of the power women have to create and give birth, Frankenstein was able to create his monster, who too was a male. However, when asked, Victor didn’t value the female monster. This concept could be a “reach”. On a surface level, Victor most likely denied a second monster just because he wanted a fresh start with his marriage. However, it can be used to see how the value of men are still held above women. That female monster, would also be capable of having feelings and
The novel begins foreshadowing and introducing Victor in the Arctic Circle, floating on a piece of ice close to death, and he is found by seamen Robert Walton. Victor Frankenstein is a Switzerland scientist who had the deep desire to recreate and reanimate a being with dea body parts. However, once he realized what he had created, he runs away, leaving the creature to wander. Once Victor eventually returns, he is then confronted by the monster, upset that he was created and abandoned, and asks Victor to create a female mate for him. Which is a valid desire for a sentient being. The monster has advanced himself and has taught itself how to read, and he was also adopted by a family. The monster seeks revenge on his Creator and his family, and not of society itself despite the ridicule the monster had received. Victor agrees to make a second monster and leaves to Geneva to fulfill the project, and before he leaves he agrees to marry Elizabeth, an orphan his family adopted. Eventually Victor backs out of his deal of creating a partner. The monster, furious, kills some of Victor’s closest people, including his bride to be. Soon after, the monster runs away.Victor then seeks revenge, and gets near to the monster, but ends up on an ice cap in the Arctic Circle where the novel began, with Victor near death. The monster comes back to explain to Walton his …show more content…
This can first especially be seen in how Shelly portrayed women in her novel. Mary Shelley was seen as a feminist, and it was an incredible deal for a female author to become as popular as she did, especially considering the time frame. However, in the novel, Shelley made the women submissive, and docile, and almost exaggerated the lack of influence women had on the changes in society. This can be seen in the dissection of gender and its roles in the society. None of the women had any special positions, or tasks, and they were all the traditional domestic roles that women have been known to play, due to Patriarchal dominance. The narrators in the novel are male, such as Frankenstein, and Walton, and even in terms of the power women have to create and give birth, Frankenstein was able to create his monster, who too was a male. However, when asked, Victor didn’t value the female monster. This concept could be a “reach”. On a surface level, Victor most likely denied a second monster just because he wanted a fresh start with his marriage. However, it can be used to see how the value of men are still held above women. That female monster, would also be capable of having feelings and