Category: Frankenstein

Similarly to the society we live in, characters in a literary text belong to different social status, and their social status contributes to the development of characterization. For example, Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein written in 1817 and John Milton’s Paradise Lost, an epic poem written in 1667 involves characters that are in a high social…

Victor Frankenstein was a man who revealed knowledge, however, because of their eagerness to seek knowledge and want to create life, had as a consequence sacrificing the most important thing for him, his family. He had to accept living the rest of his life in solitude, looking for just one thing, revenge and kill his…

Isolation can damage both our physical and mental health. As humans, we are hardwired to interact with others. When one is isolated from others, the brain begins to act in strange ways to preserve its sanity. The author of ‘Frankenstein’, Mary Shelley, uses the monster to develop the themes of the destructive nature of isolation,…

‘Grendel’ was written by John Gardner and in the novel, unlike the creature Grendel lives at home with his mother who occasionally lacks interaction with him. Because of this Grendel isn’t too pleased with his mother most of the time. For most mothers in today’s society, they communicate with us every day however that was…

Traditionally Gothic writing deals with supernatural issues set in isolated regions. However, imbalanced human emotion is at the central cusp of horrific and terrifying events. The key focus in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of The Ancient Mariner is that both critically explore moral and social issues within humanity. These authors…

According to the renowned philosopher Plato, “Human behaviour flows from three main sources: desire, emotion and knowledge.” Yet what does it really mean to be human? Is it determined by your attitudes, values, beliefs or emotions? The definition of a human being is constantly questioned in modern society, defining the ways cultural assumptions, attitudes, values…

It’s true for any writer that there will be influence occurring from the world around them in their work. This is especially true for Mary Shelley when she wrote her novel, Frankenstien. Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s The Rime of the Ancient Mariner can easily be paralleled to much of the work of Shelley’s novel. This parallel…

What makes a monster? Many would argue that a monster is something that is cruel, inhumane, and abnormal. In our current society, there are many examples of monsters shown through movies, television, and literature. These examples usually depict these monsters as physically ugly beings with a lack of human qualities like emotion. In the very…

Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, is a timeless classic. It is an iconic work of literature that has been widely analyzed and discussed for nearly 200 years. In it, she tells the story of Victor Frankenstein and his creation, the monster. The distinction between Victor and his creation is often blurred as readers debate who is…

A response to the scientific breakthroughs and technological advancements of the Industrial Revolution, the British Romantic period was a literary movement that revived an appreciation of the arts, stressing intense emotion in its works. In particular, Gothic fiction, a genre of Romantic literature that centered around dark, macabre elements, gained popularity throughout Europe and the…