Mary Read

There have been many important influences throughout the ages in the horror genre such as Horace Walpole, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, and H. P. Lovecraft. All the way from Edgar allen Poe to H.P. Lovecraft. There have been many influential horror or Gothic writers throughout the ages. Though in the early days of Horror this form of storytelling were called Gothics and or Romances. Horace Walpole, one of the first to use grim story elements in his stories. He also liked…

Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, A Modern Prometheus teaches that like youth in modern society, the creature’s development was influenced by both internal and external factors. It was on a dreary night in november, when Frankenstein’s creation is brought to life. “It was already one in the morning ; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half extinguished light, i saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open, it breathed hard…

Imagine an eight-foot-tall, super strong two-year-old, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein the monster created by Victor is just that. Throughout the book the monster’s behavior and actions changes lives and how the story goes. Toxic stress is a response that can occur when a child experiences strong, frequent, and/or prolonged adversity, the mosnster shows signs of this. . The toxic stress and lack of education has a negative effect on the monster’s experiences, causing negative choices. The…

One of the most well recognized examples of Gothic literature is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. The first example of a Gothic Literature elements appearing in Frankenstein are all of the different highly emotional situations. When William, Victor Frankenstein’s younger brother, dies towards the beginning of the novel at the hands of the Monster, his family is distraught. A quote from the novel explaining this in more detail is, “This noble war in the sky elevated my spirits; I clasped my hands,…

In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley very strongly emphasizes the themes of control and dominance through the actions of Victor and the Creature. Although present among other characters to a lesser degree, Victor and the Creature obviously represent a clear conflict in the story between two individuals who constantly test the boundaries of one another. Victor, even though he made an amazing scientific discovery, remained incapable of accepting the Creature as the product of his time and effort, thus…

Frankenstein is an intention that flourished into an everlasting and relevant lesson. Mary Shelley’s story played a huge role in creating a new and exciting genre of literature: horror. It’s a story that taught lessons and possesses a deeper meaning behind it; connecting to her mother’s death, her father and his colleagues’ intelligence and teachings, and the treatment of women during the early 1800s. These connections are much of what influences Shelley’s reasonings in her novel to have the…

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley can be interpreted in multiple ways; it could be broken down into a feminist’s perspective, a Marxist perspective, an environmentalist’s perspective, and many more individual points of view. Deconstruction completely relies upon the uncertainty of whether or not one perspective can be decided upon; in most works perspective cannot be decided upon because the specific functions of language leave too many open ends for a singular interpretation. In most instances, Mary…

“Knowledge is knowing that Frankenstein is not the monster. Wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein is the monster.” This famous quote is from the novel written by Mary Shelley in 1818, Frankenstein. (History.com, 2009) Many people have analyzed this quote and try to come to a conclusion of whether or not Frankenstein or the creature was the actual monster. In the book Frankenstein the real monster wasn't Victor or the creature. The true monster was human nature for three reasons: it influenced each…

The absence of a real friend can have a great effect on someone’s life. The desire for friendship is a major part of the plot in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein. Through her writing, Mary Shelley portrays that a man without a friend is lacking an important aspect of life. Victor has special bonds with many characters in the novel that he values very much. Victor uses his friends to keep him sane throughout the novel. Robert Walton was losing his motivation to achieve a life goal he had because…

Victor in Frankenstein People often act similarly to others when put in the same situation. For some, being similar to others is a task, for others it just happens. Either way, everyone is similar to other people, mentally, physically, or otherwise. In Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, Victor and the monster end up to be quite similar. Both characters, Victor Frankenstein and the monster, had similar stages of development, disposition, and feeling. The wonder and awe that filled the young monster…