Frankenstein And Schizoprenia (My Teacher Loved This Paper)
Schizophrenia and Frankenstein
In a psychoanalytic view of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Robert Walton develops, during a "dreadfully severe" trip through the Arctic, a type of schizophrenia; this mental condition enables him to create a seemingly physical being representing each his superego and his id (9). In his mind, Walton creates Victor as his very own superego and the monster as his id. The superego and the id battle throughout the story to produce the final result: Walton, the ego.
Many of the qualities Walton develops during his trip are symptoms of schizophrenia. His letters exude an aura of depression, loneliness, In his second letter, Walton emphasizes an obsession with his aspiration to lose his loneliness. He "desires the company of a man who could sympathize with [him]" (Shelley 7). According to Merrell Dow,
PreoccupationsÂ…are fixed ideas, not necessarily false (like delusions) but overvalued. They take on extraordinary importance and take up an ordinate......
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