James Whale

Frankenstein, a gothic novel by Mary Shelley. Frankenstein is a book that depicts a man named Victor Frankenstein creating life for the purpose of science and benefit of humankind. He later rejects the Creature and leaves it to fend for itself, causing the Creature in turn to have his benevolent nature replaced by the need for revenge on Victor when society rejects him time and time again. Knowledge is power, but depending on what you achieve with that skill, it can have deadly consequences.…

Mary Shelley in her book, Frankenstein, uses various images and detailed diction to introduce the perception that the creature is human, and expresses his humanity through eloquent speech, thoughts, and caring behavior to find his place among nature. In the beginning of the book he is depicted as a monster, a freak of nature, an abomination. Towards the middle, portrayed as a gentle giant, emotional, compassionate, knowledgeable, understanding. Towards the end, purposeless, like father like son…

In the story, Frankenstein - The Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley, several relevant and relatable themes are presented. Each theme demonstrates grave or horrific outcomes or backgrounds in meaning, which really helps aid the story in the horror genre. As said by Mary Shelley, everyone is born the same way, even monsters, but we’re just shaped by our experiences. The theme of creation and life is extremely prominent through the entire story, and with Mary’s ideology behind the theme, it’s no…

Frankenstein: A Feminist Critique of Science by Anne K. Mellor argues Mary Shelley’s 18th century story of Frankenstein is a feminist critique of science. As the basis of her argument, Mellor establishes Shelley’s credibility in the field of science. She does so by pointing to Shelley’s knowledge of various scientists of the time, especially Galvani. Galvani’s experiments with running electricity through the dead, causing the corpses to move, was the basis for Frankenstein. In addition, Shelley…

Have you read the book Frankenstein, watched the movie, or even heard of it? Frankenstein is written by Mary Shelley, it’s a book about how Robert Walton experiences an unusual encounter while he is in the Artic. He writes to his sister Margret and tells her how he saw a gigantic man being pulled by a dogsled, the next day he finds a man ill. Robert helps him back to health and that when the man tells him the story. The man ends up being Victor Frankenstein, he tells how he focused all his…

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…

“So God created man in his own image” (New International Version, Gen. 1:27). Much like God created man, in Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein the titular character, Victor Frankenstein, creates a living being. The plot relies heavily on acts of cruelty. In the novel, cruelty functions as a result of knowledge, a catalyst for character development, and a reflection of the perpetrator’s true sentiments and the victim’s true weaknesses. Throughout the novel, multiple characters feel an undeniable…

Hearing the named creature, a negative picture comes up in our psyche about it and the picture characterizes beast as a hazardous and nonhuman creature or it can be a monster with the state of the human. We were presented with Frankenstein's beast by the novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley. In Mary Shelley's exemplary story Frankenstein, the famous monster is escaping human view when he experiences a bag in the forested areas loaded with books and dress. The beast peruses Milton's Paradise Lost…

The Nuts and Bolts of Frankenstein (and The Monster) In Mary Shelley’s famous work ‘Frankenstein’, Victor Frankenstein brings to existence a novel species in hopes of being glorified as a genius and innovator. However, instead of conjuring a being of magnificence to be loved by all, he brings to the world an intelligent and superior who will be rejected from all of society for lack of beauty and normality. This creature finds that while he has potential to contribute to the world, he will never…

In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the two principle characters, Frankenstein and the animal are both looking for equity. This equity wouldn't have been important if not for the formation of the creature. The physical appearance of the beast is the fundamental driver of its own enormity and other individuals' disdain of it. Frankenstein's equity originates from the acknowledgment that the creature has executed the greater part of Victor's family. Different individuals from his family…