Despite these parallels, I do not feel it possible or necessary to sum up Mary Shelley’s persona by just one character or aspect of her novel. Any author is, after all, pouring their heart and life into each individual word. Every character, and every scene, is crafted by the writer. About halfway through the book, it seems as if Shelley begins to align herself more with the monster and his view of the world.
Frankenstein’s monster is a physical tragedy that exists in the world of the book. He is a physical and metaphorical representation of loss, and through his role as a tragic figure, Shelley may have viewed him as being similar to herself. The monster can be seen as a representation of mankind lashing out at God for his own shortcomings. God in this case is Frankenstein, and the monster (ironically enough) represents mankind. Shelley may have felt she was in a similar position to the monster, wanting to lash out at her creator for not giving her everything she needed to sustain life.
In the novel, Frankenstein and …show more content…
Each major character represents a part of who she is, or just offers a sample of an emotion she once felt. She does not have to represent just one or the other, for as the book suggests, things in life are not always black and white. Shelley, ultimately, is a bit of a patchwork monster herself (albeit not in the same sense that Frankenstein is a monster). Her characters and their lives each make up a part of the person that she was. Mary Shelley was the Frankenstein that lost the person she created. Mary Shelley was the monster that lashed out at the world for the unfairness of her misfortunes. Mary Shelley was a being who was forced to grow up in an imperfect world not made to her liking. And so, she made her own world, writing out each and every detail so that the world would know her
Frankenstein’s monster is a physical tragedy that exists in the world of the book. He is a physical and metaphorical representation of loss, and through his role as a tragic figure, Shelley may have viewed him as being similar to herself. The monster can be seen as a representation of mankind lashing out at God for his own shortcomings. God in this case is Frankenstein, and the monster (ironically enough) represents mankind. Shelley may have felt she was in a similar position to the monster, wanting to lash out at her creator for not giving her everything she needed to sustain life.
In the novel, Frankenstein and …show more content…
Each major character represents a part of who she is, or just offers a sample of an emotion she once felt. She does not have to represent just one or the other, for as the book suggests, things in life are not always black and white. Shelley, ultimately, is a bit of a patchwork monster herself (albeit not in the same sense that Frankenstein is a monster). Her characters and their lives each make up a part of the person that she was. Mary Shelley was the Frankenstein that lost the person she created. Mary Shelley was the monster that lashed out at the world for the unfairness of her misfortunes. Mary Shelley was a being who was forced to grow up in an imperfect world not made to her liking. And so, she made her own world, writing out each and every detail so that the world would know her