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I propose that Victor Frankenstein’s rejection of his alter ego, embodied in the creature which he created, resulted in his own demise. In abandoning his creation, he also abandoned all hope for personal progression and instead was diminished to a … Continue reading →

In Frankenstein, Shelley highlights the characters’ physicality in order to create tension around typical conceptions of life and human-ness. Underscoring the monster’s emotional and intellectual advancements, Shelley also focuses on his physical state in portraying his superhuman vitality – she … Continue reading →

One thing that I saw as a potential link between Asimov’s Robot Dreams and Shelley’s Frankenstein was the startling reluctance, or even fear, to confront the weighty mantle of responsibility that comes with creation. With Robot Dreams, the scientists were … Continue reading →

Our author, Mary Shelley, and her mother Mary Wollstonecraft—best known for publishing one of the first feminist treatises, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman—lived during a period of incredible political transformation and thought, as some of Europe’s most powerful … Continue reading →

As Frankenstein focused on the attractive nature of his creature’s appearance when he was forming him, the creature adopted the ideal of perfection in physical appearance when he noticed that others were repulsed by his physical being. Frankenstein’s own vanity … Continue reading →

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein delves into the dichotomies between human vs. non-human, and between man vs. beast, and underscores the instability of these binaries. As far as aesthetics are concerned, Frankenstein represents the human side of these dichotomies, while his creation … Continue reading →