Son of Frankenstein

Nature vs Nurture: Human vs Monster Written in a time of Romanticism, Mary Shelley brings to question the true defining factors of what it really means to be a human being. Shelley tells a story of a created being, not born of a mother, as he discovers the process of tabula rasa, or blank slate. The idea of tabula rasa is that every individual being starts out with nothing, like blank slate. As the being develops, the world impacts every aspect of his or her life: beliefs, behaviors,…

Mary Shelley portrays the emotional and psychological effects of childhood neglect in her classic novel, Frankenstein. The symbolism of relationships used in her story stretches beyond the pages and into her personal life problems and her argument against the conformative belief in God being the savior and heavenly father of the people. The accumulation of these symbols and passive messages suspect to be Shelley’s voice in speaking of her tragic life and the lack of a parental love to keep her…

According to infamous philosopher John Locke, the role of a parent figure is paramount in every child’s adolescent life. Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein experiences benevolent affection from both his parents in every way possible. However, when Victor obtains the chance to mimic this paternal role, he immediately abandons his creature and leaves it to fend for itself without any form of nurture. Not only does Victor mistreat his creature, but he also eliminates the need for…

Throughout the evolution of English writing there are often times when rival enemies unwittingly share striking connections between one another, a situation precisely analyzed between Victor and the Monster in Mary Shelley's captivating novel, Frankenstein. The striking similarities between the two tragic characters are driven by their dreary isolation from the hidden world, which refuses to accept those who are different from society, by hatred, and most importantly by the lack of maternal…

Matter by Kenzaburo Oe only a handicapped child born with a brain hernia is ever referred to as a monster. The novel’s main story is about the journey of the father of this monster child referred to only as Bird, and his attempt to kill off his newborn son and flee to Africa. Bird is fearful that the child will hinder his dream of one day going to Africa and will do nearly anything to protect his fantasy. Throughout the novel Bird’s baby is represented as an inhuman, monstrous, confinement that…

Frankenstein and Child Neglect A parent must always be there to care for their child and raise them properly. If not the child can grow up with major psychological deformities like loneliness and severe depression. Victor Frankenstein creates his monster but neglects it to the point of abandonment. The Monster grows with lack of social skills and lack of basic survival aspects and appearance which cause him to look frightening. The monster grows to resent Victor for what he has done to him and…

In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley portrays the idea that positive connections draw people to their better selves, by demonstrating that no companionship in a person’s life can lead to their downfall which limits the potential of being good. Connections can guide positive choices, which can ultimately uplift a person emotionally. Making good choices and having a good state of mind can lead to increasing a person’s health. Victor and Walton, the protagonists, lack companionship because they are…

Other prominent works of Gothic fiction are William Beckford’s romance novel Vathek (1786) and Charles Robert Maturin’s story of an Irish Faust, Melmoth the Wanderer (1820). The famous horror stories like Frankenstein (1818) written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Dracula (1897), by Bram Stoker, are known to carry out Gothic tradition but its main distinction was that it introduce the supernatural nature of humankind as its extravagent mystery and terror…

In Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein, there seems to be some issues with gender. While this novel was written during a predominantly patriarchal time for women, it is interesting how Mary Shelley, a female author, would submit to portraying female characters as powerless figures. As the daughter of the “first feminist,” Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin “a radical philosopher,” Mary Shelley seemingly misrepresents women in her novel. Additionally, Mary Shelley excludes females as a whole…

Matter by Kenzaburo Oe only a handicapped child born with a brain hernia is ever referred to as a monster. The novel’s main story is about the journey of the father of this monster child referred to only as Bird, and his attempt to kill off his newborn son and flee to Africa. Bird is fearful that the child will hinder his dream of one day going to Africa and will do nearly anything to protect his fantasy. Throughout the novel…