A Psychoanalysis of Mary Shelley in Frankenstein A “hideous progeny” as Mary Shelley referred to the monster to as herself (Rothwell).
This hideous progeny helps a reader to understand a portion of Mary Shelley’s personality. Which is important in order to truly understand the full context of Frankenstein. Knowing the Mary Shelley’s background and personality is rather insightful psychoanalysing her for better understand her novel. With all the experiences in person’s life it is certain that the author will put their life in their text. With a brief psychoanalysis of Mary Shelley their will be a greater appreciation of the novel and greater comprehension of why Shelley wrote what she wrote in Frankenstein. In order to properly psychoanalysis Mary Shelley, it is crucial …show more content…
Even though Shelley never truly knew her mother, she met her through her books. Mary Shelley’s feminism in Frankenstein is based off her mother’s beliefs. In Frankenstein, Shelley mocks males when she writes about the creation of the monster. She writes about Victor Frankenstein creating the monster, how Frankenstein appreciated the monster initially and then he grew to hate and fear the monster’s hideousness (Shelley 43). “Shelley has an inevitable focus on maternity, reproduction, and the female body” and Frankenstein creating a monster is a joke to Shelley (Yousef). This proving the theme of feminism runs throughout the entire novel. Feminism is also evident with the lack of women in Frankenstein, which seems strange seeing that you would think more women in the novel would be make it more feministic. Mary Shelley continued to accomplish the feminism theme by having all these male character who are faulty. Mary Shelley reflected on her mother’s feminist novels to help her create a seemingly normal novel with an underlying feministic
This hideous progeny helps a reader to understand a portion of Mary Shelley’s personality. Which is important in order to truly understand the full context of Frankenstein. Knowing the Mary Shelley’s background and personality is rather insightful psychoanalysing her for better understand her novel. With all the experiences in person’s life it is certain that the author will put their life in their text. With a brief psychoanalysis of Mary Shelley their will be a greater appreciation of the novel and greater comprehension of why Shelley wrote what she wrote in Frankenstein. In order to properly psychoanalysis Mary Shelley, it is crucial …show more content…
Even though Shelley never truly knew her mother, she met her through her books. Mary Shelley’s feminism in Frankenstein is based off her mother’s beliefs. In Frankenstein, Shelley mocks males when she writes about the creation of the monster. She writes about Victor Frankenstein creating the monster, how Frankenstein appreciated the monster initially and then he grew to hate and fear the monster’s hideousness (Shelley 43). “Shelley has an inevitable focus on maternity, reproduction, and the female body” and Frankenstein creating a monster is a joke to Shelley (Yousef). This proving the theme of feminism runs throughout the entire novel. Feminism is also evident with the lack of women in Frankenstein, which seems strange seeing that you would think more women in the novel would be make it more feministic. Mary Shelley continued to accomplish the feminism theme by having all these male character who are faulty. Mary Shelley reflected on her mother’s feminist novels to help her create a seemingly normal novel with an underlying feministic