Category: Frankenstein

After finishing Shelley’s Frankenstein, I can fully appreciate the significance and foreshadow of the subtitle: The Modern Prometheus, as it parallels Victor’s story in many aspects. Prometheus breaks Zeus’s rules,...

Upon the conclusion of Frankenstein, a prevalent theme is that beings are born inherently good, but it is through experience that traits like evil and monstrosity are learned. In all...

Throughout the second volume of Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses irony and dictation to illustrate the extent to which physical appearance rules the human race. Frankenstein’s creature seems to bring out...

Shelley’s Frankenstein is commenting on the human condition, and exploring what exactly makes us human. Therefore many thematic ideas correspond with this exploration. In the first volume four prevalent themes...