Frankenstein complex

Hate often stems from a fear of the “other.” It is easier to disdain for something or someone when it is different from you. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein (1818) and Ridley Scott’s science-fiction hit Blade Runner (1982), the “other” is the creature and the replicants. Their non-sexual reproductive origins have made them be branded as “unnatural.” This has forced them onto the fringes of society, to be harshly judged. As a 21st century reader, it calls into question who we push to the…

people to understand, I took it upon myself to review a classic that is not only critically acclaimed, but well-known across the world: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Frankenstein is typically regarded as a science fiction, horror novel, but I will go into a profounder category that may or may not be fitting for the novel in its entirety called "soft science…

wider, contemporary audience. A team of my classmates and I decided to adapt Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818) to a radio interview, that takes place in the year of 2016. In our adaptation, a scientist develops a robot, and equips it with an advanced learning algorithm, one that can scour the Internet to learn, as well as use camera inputs. This robot, which represents the monster created by Victor Frankenstein, continues to learn at a pace that frightens the scientist, prompting him to shut it…

Science Going too far? Mary Shelley’s visionary classic Frankenstein brings about many different questions about life, morality, and love and right vs wrong. These questions overlap in your mind as you read a science fiction story in a world where science itself was still discovering what can or should be done. Frankenstein is arguably the first science fiction novel of its kind. Frankenstein is a formidable “ghost story” written in a time dominated by men and revolutions. Mary Shelley brings to…

Monsters The Frankenstein and Grendel novels, both contain the stories of some of literature’s most famous monsters. The characters in these stories exist to remind the world of the pain that stems from rejection and of the consequences of that pain. Grendel and the “Monster” from Frankenstein explored the realms of men in search of acceptance from them and were both met with cruel rejection. Although their stories were written during different time periods, both characters share many…

a peculiar name for a book such as Frankenstein. This is because a scientist who brings life to a creature who becomes set to destroy him and a Greek Titan that gave mankind fire. One must delve a little deeper to reveal the truth behind the name and how Mary Shelley cleverly intertwined one of the most famous Greek myths with what was to become one of the most well known Gothic books of all time, Frankenstein: or The Modern Prometheus.Though both Frankenstein and Prometheus created a new…

of artistic pieces of work many different types of artists, specifically authors use their personal experiences to relate to their readers. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley can be argued to be a very relatable as well as relevant piece of literature from the early 1800s because of the issues our society as a whole undertakes. The protagonist, Victor Frankenstein, holds the place of a scientist who uses his brilliant skills to create a living creature of his own. Shelly uses theme, motif…

In Mary Shelley’s book, Frankenstein, the reader experiences the complex relationship between a creator and its creation. One gathers an insight on the desires a creator has for its creation to be without blemish, and gains an understanding for the aftermath of when that futile ambition is not met. The effects experienced by Victor Frankenstein and his monster, after the monster was created, can be compared to the effects that postpartum depression has on a mother as well as her child. To…

After close examination of the actions of Victor Frankenstein throughout Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, it becomes abundantly clear that Victor suffers from a troubling mental disorder. Excessively preoccupied with personal superiority and power, but unable to see the destruction his actions have on others, Victor is a phenomenal example of a pathological narcissist. Victor’s narcissism manifests itself in the unrestrained gratification he extracts from his own mental attributes.…

resuscitate lifeless patients with electric paddles (Shelley, 38). Oddly enough, these surgeons bestow life to the dead and no one bats an eye, but Victor Frankenstein does it and everyone loses their minds. The controversy subsists in the idea that there is a little bit of right and wrong in everything that one does. As implied in Frankenstein and demonstrated by modern doctors, it is acceptable to restore life to a vessel, but to attempt to create a vessel as Victor did is unethical past the…