Frankenstien
Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein was a landmark novel that shook the world. It caused a sensation when it was first published and the sensation still lives on. The book tells us of a young natural philosopher, who, obsessed with the prevention of death and the birth of life, commits hubris, and so, sins against God. Unfortunately, he disowns the creation; this develops grave consequences, not only for Frankenstein, but his family and friends also. I believe this book is for the more intellectual adult. Some people have reason to believe the monster is a vague reflection on Mary Shelly’s life, on levels it tells you about her self-sense of abandonment and self-hatred. Mary Shelly’s parents, David Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft were known as radical thinkers and maybe they influenced her life; the way she ran off with a married man and took alcohol and drugs. She also had waking nightmares, that made her have a very vivid imagination, but we cannot know for sure what we can believe......
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