Frankenstein
The novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley is unique and different in various ways from other horror novels. The story was written in a romantic tone and is not the modern day gory horror story. Her works can be compared to some of the great novels of H.G. Wells such as The Time Machine and Bram Stoker’s Dracula.
The most obvious link between the works of Shelley and Wells is that they both have a dominant theme of science fiction. Shelley stresses science fiction through the character of Victor Frankenstein and his invention of the intellectual monster. Frankenstein portrays the issues related to science and humanity. Wells portrays science fiction through the effects of a time machine. In Wells classic The Invisible Man, can also be described to be parallel to Frankenstein. The claims attributed to science in these novels seem extreme, but today are not too unheard of.
Stoker’s Dracula is a more of a horror story and in written in a Victorian tone. Mary Shelley wrote......
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