Percy Bysshe Shelley

The Frankenstein narrative highlights numerous aspects of human psychology; among these are themes of secrecy, monstrosity, and dangerous knowledge. The tendencies toward secrecy are illustrated through the lack of collaboration in the physical creation of the monster. Victor Frankenstein lived and worked mainly by himself. In creating the monster, he only used his own knowledge in combination with the occasional help of a lab assistant (“pull the lever”). The presence of secrecy in this…

Both Frankenstein and the creature have character flaws that lead them into a downward spiral to ultimate demise. It is during this spiral that the reader can see how the creature's flaws mirror those of Frankenstein and how they both give in to revenge, hatred and evil, and eventually death. The doppelganger connection is produced very quickly when Frankenstein’s creature comes alive and the first emotion the two share is misery. With the death of his little brother, Frankenstein describes that…

Genesis 1:27 states, "God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him". This biblical proclamation renders the belief that humans are created in God’s likeness, therefore, each is equal. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein illustrates a similar biblical depiction of creation­ where the monster is made in the image of its creator. Using the body parts of dead humans, Victor Frankenstein successfully brings life to his creation, and discovers the secret to animation. In a sense…

‘profane fingers’ (81) to somehow create a scientific wonder that is ‘supremely frightful’ (12). In the prologue, Mary Shelley makes an analogy between Frankenstein’s monster and the text as her own ‘hideous progeny’ (FR 344), one that pieces together influences of Romanticism, such as The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and works of Gothic fiction like The Monk (Chaplin 30). Shelley shapes and moulds these diverse and chaotic influences, unifying them into a coherent text that one reviewer, in The…

Emotion One of the many questions always asked in life is, why am I feeling this way? Ask any child about emotion and the reasons why we feel the way we do, And you'll get some crazy answer and loads of imagination. Think about what it would be like if the imagination and emotion came together into one monster. The lessons that could be taught, the stories that could be learned are amazing and wonderful. I have discovered a story that talks about exactly this. This novel has changed my look on…

Matt’s early years were very peaceful. In a small house on the edge of a poppy farm, Matt lives with his caretaker, Celia, who works as a head chef at El Patron’s mansion. When he was discovered by three children wondering in the fields, Matt smashes the windows and escapes from his house for the first time. Unaware of the dangers of the broken glass, Matt had to be carried to El Patron’s house where he would be treated for his injuries. Matt was treated caringly until El Patron’s great-grandson…

In ancient Greek times, legend says there was once a beast. Half man and half bull, deadly to all of those that crossed this beast’s path. The beast was called the Minotaur. The Minotaur was the offspring of Pasiphae and the white bull sent from Poseidon to King Minos. Minos strongly admired the white bull for its beauty, as a result of his admiration Minos decided that he would not sacrifice the bull but instead sacrifice one of his own. As a form of punishment, Poseidon cursed Pasiphae to lust…

This socially defined norm is to abhor abnormalities, and despite William’s young agePrejudice is a flawed act in which humans take part. Prejudice is the “preconceived opinion that is not based on reason or actual experience” (Oxford Dictionaries). Prejudice and its resultant problems are present across many genres. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, and Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice showcase how prejudice negatively affects those being…

Almost everyone has seen a film adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and knows the basic plot of the story, but if you have read the novel, then you most likely disagree. Shelley’s book goes beyond a mad scientist and a mindless monster that are portrayed in films, as in the 2015 production Victor Frankenstein. Having an extensive imagination, and being an avid fan of reading, I opine that a book is always more fascinating than its movie counterpart, but in the case of Victor Frankenstein,…

provides the evidence that Jekyll would be considered the good in the story and Hyde would be considered the evil. This relates to Frankenstein, when Shelley wrote, “I saw at the window a figure the most hideous and abhorred. A grin was on the face of the monster; he seems to jeer, as with a fiendish finger he pointed towards the corpse of my wife,” (Shelley 145). This supposes that the creature has now become evil as he smiles and points towards the dead corpse. Not only was he smiling, but he…