Frankenstein

“Knowledge” recurring many times throughout the Frankenstein novel. A word that speaks for itself but also can have different meanings. It is also a powerful tool to that can be used as a result of our judgment. “Knowledge consists in recognizing the difference between good and bad decisions”. (Knowledge Intellectual understanding) In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein novel, characters had searched for something they had in common or a desire they shared; knowledge. Realizing the outcome was…

Gothic doubles are common in Gothic genres and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is a good example of it. A doppelgänger, which is a double of a living person, is typically known to be the evil side of a character and is an important theme in the gothic genre. One of the doppelgangers in Frankenstein is the Monster being a doppelgänger to Victor Frankenstein. Since the monster is seen doing crimes towards humanity, especially Victor Frankenstein’s family, it is an act that can be seen as important as…

Nothing screams classic horror novels like Frankenstein. A household name that, on its initial reveal, rocked the world. Since then there have been a multitude of adaptations recreated off of the base premise. 30+ movies inspired by Mary Shelley’s legendary novel. Most aren’t the best, but there are some diamonds in the rough. I really want to take this opportunity to compare the classic novel to an interesting adaptation called I, Frankenstein, directed by Stuart Beattie. The differences…

It is absurd to believe that a human being and a creature can display any parallels in their personalities and even in their desires. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein and the Creature that he creates develop into identical characters by the end of the novel. It is as if the two are having a competition to see who can be the bigger monster. Due to Victor and the Creature being outsiders, their similar characteristics seem to stem from loneliness. Their never-ending feelings of…

benevolent, Hubris-filled luminaries of Victor Frankenstein and Prometheus have, too, been answerable for stealing for the people – but not from the people; no, they, furthermore like Robin Hood, choose to purloin from the invulnerable Higher-Ups. But the duo’s charm does not stop there: in contemporary times, still, Prometheus has maintained as a symbol for progress in science and technology; with…

person in the story is. We learn about a character in a few ways. A direct narrator describes the character details from the author. Another example is getting a description from just how the character acts and the things they say. The characters in Frankenstein are made to be the foil for other characters. For example, Robert Walton is very much like Victor and the creature, just in different ways. Walton enjoys exploring the world, although, like the creature he is alone and friendless. “I…

Allusion in Frankenstein The modern Prometheus as it is famously known is the novel written by Mary Shelley in 1818, otherwise originally renamed as Frankenstein. The novel tells the story of a young scientist who came up with a sapient creature in an orthodox experiment. Frankenstein is deliberated to be the first science fiction story to be written in both ancient and modern histories. The story is derived from the author’s travelling experience through Europe, from England along the Rhine…

Past and modern day critics could tear apart the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Moral ethics are continuously questioned throughout the novel; the main character, Victor Frankenstein, is the main cause for questioning. To go in hand with that, most readers question the motives of Victor, even if they are not moral critics. First of all, he goes against all odds of nature out of curiosity. Victor goes on to say, “...earnest research to learn the hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to…

Frankenstein is a thought-provoking novel that shows how the allegory, innocence versus experience, is distinguished between a human and a monster. The novel focuses on the distortion of innocence through experience in a mental progression of the protagonist, Victor Frankenstein. The novel places an emphasis on the mental progression of Victor as he explores the world outside of the home. Some experts argue that while Victor was at college, his innocence was corrupted by his interest in black…

In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, published in 1818, the relationship between creator and created is is explored in a completely new way. The novel is a series of letters and notes written by a Captain named Robert Walton addressed to his sister, retailing the life of Victor Frankenstein, a scientist in search of the secrets of life in order to achieve glory, and his creation apptly called the creature, a paradoxical character that is shunned by both his creator and humankind for his…