Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

Frankenstein by Mary Shelly

"Frankenstein" by Mary Shelly is about a man's desire to challenge

death and to create life but he finds that the thing he craves only

would bring him grief and he soon reconsiders what he had asked for.

At the start of the story Frankenstein thought that the monster he

creates would be helpful to mankind but after the monster had come to

life he talks about 2 years of his life with no rest o concern about

his health and al he could create was a body of nothing and that it

was a total disaster and a catastrophe.

When he was creating the monster he thought that he was creating a

thing of beauty because he thought he had used parts, which would have

made it beautiful, but after it was created he states "

Beautiful!!…Great god". This shows that he was being sarcastic and

shocked at the way the monster turned out and that it was the complete

opposite. It shows his anger and outrage at the monster's face, which

was all yellow with its veins sticking out and dried up cheeks.

The setting at the moment of creation is a dark place with the

equipment scattered every were and the rain shows that Mary Shelley

was trying to give the impression to the reader that something bad was

going to happen. So the whole scene openes with a dismal atmosphere.

Even an almost sexual feeling was introduced into this novel as after

creating the monster, Frankenstein was breathless and the way he was

acting when he was creating the monster also shows he was desiring the

monster like a man would desire a woman and it shows that he craved

the monster and really wanted it.

He is always calling the monster a "wretch" this s...

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...reason that she included this scene was to maybe give us another

viewpoint of the creature. She perhaps includes the scene with Walton

and the monster to validate the story.

In conclusion I think that Mary Shelly in this novel is trying to

emphasise the point that no person should mess with nature as the

consequences could be dear and that also we shouldn't try and play God

by creating life or making something that we have no idea about and

what the consequences there could be in actually creating it.

I think that for a modern audience the text would not be frightening

but it could actually make people believe not to mess with nature or

ever try and create anything as to play God however an audience at the

time it was written, time that scientific discoveries were being made,

would be greatly affected by the novel.