he novel Frankenstein and the play Pygmalion both tell stories of a person that is socially undesirable in one way or another who tries to become happy with the assistance of someone else. In different ways, the two stories look at similar ideas of personal transformations that a person may go through and the search for love and happiness in a person’s life. Even though the genres, main characters, and overall themes may seem very different at first glance, both stories examine the relationships
The way people become who they are has been argued for many years through the Nature vs. Nurture debate. Both sides have their merits, but in the end, it all comes down to your beliefs. In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the theme of Nature vs. Nurture and how people learn important life lessons is very prominent all throughout the novel. She believes that who we are is learned from our environment, For example the learning process the Creature goes through, from a mere “child”, unable to speak and
Horace Walpole was the “father of Gothic horror novels”. He composed the first Gothic novel, “The Castle of Otranto”, in 1754, thus beginning the Gothic age. In 1818, a young girl named Marry Shelley jumped onto the Gothic train. She composed “Frankenstein” when she as around nineteen to twenty years old. Shelley successfully created a novel that incorporates mystery, suspense, and the supernatural, and high emotion into an unforgettable story. In order for a piece of literature to be referred