Isabel Velazquez Professor Potter ENGL 1302 10 April 2015 The Psychology Behind Frankenstein Written in 1818, during the period of romanticism in literature, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein was bound to challenge the conventions of the society of the day. Unlike many ideal stories of that period, Frankenstein is a story of horror mixed with personal and external tragedy. The main character, Victor Frankenstein, manages to create a creature that turns out to be a monster that haunts his creator and is
Mirroring Demise The subtitle of Frankenstein, The Modern Prometheus, alludes to Greek mythology in which Mary Shelley compares and contrasts the traits of Frankenstein with those of Prometheus and displays the outcome of creation, defiance, and the value of life. According to Greek mythology, the story begins with Prometheus, who was a titan god who did not participate in the War with the Olympians. As a reward for doing so and remaining neutral, Prometheus was spared from imprisonment and was
In the novel Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley, Victor Frankenstein is seen as being vastly similar in his identification with Prometheus and lives up to this documentation. Both Victor Frankenstein and Prometheus make vital mistakes which in turn causes a life of eternal misery for each of them. Prometheus is the ancient Greek mythological figure who is said to have produced many skirmishes between mankind and the gods. Without receiving the consent of Zeus, Prometheus brings fire down to
In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses the recurring theme of “the pursuit of knowledge” to reveal that the danger of knowledge is not the knowledge itself, but instead the possibility of corruption of the knowledge by human society. Mary Shelley’s uses the pursuit of knowledge to put a heavy concern on the responsibility of the creator’s use of knowledge, in regards to creations and discoveries. She has a heavy underlying focus on the responsibilities of scientists to take responsibility and provide
Mary Shelley’s famous and most notable novel, Frankenstein , tells a gripping tale that expands on the aspects of life, education, compassion, and human nature. Throughout the story, Frankenstein explains the story of a young scientist, Victor Frankenstein, and his relationship with his creation, a powerful, haggard, tall, visceral, yet sensitive being. After studying at the University of Inglostadt, Frankenstein pursues to reanimate a corpse which he regrets later on. His attainment of knowledge
intelligence is the thought that well-crafted computers can be mainly made to do useful work and other things that normally needs human smartness. The artificial intelligence is often seen in many wellknown movies and stories these days, such as Frankenstein by Mary Shelley or I, Robot and the Terminater series. It is mostly shown in the times ahead of us in two ways: either to tellingly better our lives or turn against mankind or to rule the Earth with their smartness. However, most folks often do not
good has a tendency to be kind or have a reliable attitude; an evil person is someone who receives pride from the suffering of others, but they are not necessarily born that way. Good and evil cannot be based on external actions, but instead on one’s interior motives. During this time, Mary Shelley was writing this book during Romanticism. She uses good and evil in her book Frankenstein to show her readers that a person should not fool with God’s creations because God will turn against people which
Texts express didactic messages which can transcend the confines of space and time. The capability of texts to achieve this is manifest in Mary Shelly’s Gothic fiction novel “Frankenstein” and Ridley Scott's “Blade Runner”. Shelly condemns her society's hubris as they attempt to exploit the world through scientific advancements and attempt to “play God”. Scott further typifies this as he demonstrates the resulting chaos that ensues from humanities folly, but shifts his criticism towards corporate
disabilities (“Stop Ableism”). People who suffer from mental, physical, and emotional disabilities are often denied the basic rights of inclusion in society and can face extreme discrimination in finding housing and jobs. Similarly, in Mary Shelley’s 1831 novel, Frankenstein, Dr. Frankenstein’s creature faces societal prejudice due to his outward physical appearance. Both people with disabilities and the creature suffer from preconceived prejudices towards their appearances, but their responses to these
advance, it is necessary to refer back to Mary Shelley’s work, Frankenstein, written for the Industrial Revolution. This novel carries valuable information on the effects of one of Frankenstein’s largest motifs: knowledge. Through her groundbreaking novel Frankenstein, Shelley cautions readers of the emotional destruction that is a byproduct of knowledge as shown in her Romantic imagery and allusions to classic literature. From the beginning of Frankenstein, Shelley demonstrates her weariness over