Chapter 4 of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Chapter 4 of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

In 1816 the famous gothic novel ‘Frankenstein’ was begun, Frankenstein

was largely successful because it was the first sci-fi novel that

anyone had ever seen. The Gothicism that this genre is meant to expose

is very good because it really is written to evoke terror in readers

and show the dark side of human nature, and of course another reason

the novel was a success, was because the author Mary Shelley had a

first hand experience of the death that this book precedes. Mary began

the novel in Italy after staying with Lord Byron and after a

discussion about science they challenged each other to a ghost writing

competition, Mary’s mother died soon after Mary was born. Mary had two

children that died and one was called William, these experiences of

death were mirrored in Mary’s novel. Also reading journals from her

husbands early life, he wanted to be a surgeon, and after talking with

him and the family doctor where she thought up the idea of using

electricity to bring corpses to life. In this essay I will be writing

the about atmosphere of the chapter, the facial contrasts of the

creature, Frankenstein’s dream, the creatures intentions, the

creatures special request, the prejudice against the creature and the

destruction of Frankenstein. Frankenstein hysterical reaction towards

his creation, I will show you is prejudice and unjust.

At the beginning of the chapter 4 Mary Shelley starts off by setting

the scene of Frankenstein’s workshop, the aura created around the

scene was shown as sinister and dreary, I comprehend from the text

that it was a rainy night by the following quotes,

“It was on a dreary night of November.”

“The rain pattered dismally against the...

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...re children how they should

be looked after or else the child will grow up the same way he was

brought up in a non-caring way, and also that everyone in society has

responsibility to the helpless and needy, because they too want to be

helped and accepted by others or they too will feel unable to manage

with the life that was brought on to them. It also shows that no

matter what, there will be prejudice found in your lifetime and they

will be prejudice towards you, but in this novel Frankenstein’s

creation was called The Monster, but he is only misunderstood the real

monster in this novel is Victor Frankenstein himself, and all the

torture he went through he brought upon himself. In conclusion, you

have a responsibility towards everyone else, and your actions you hold

may be brought against you if you cannot bring yourself to show the

correct moral ethics.