The Horse and His Boy by C. S. Lewis

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Frankenstein Frankenstein Frankenstein

Frankenstein is regarded one of the best Gothic novels because it beautifully and artistically blends the natural philosophy , scientific spirit of 19th century , Mary Shelley 's own literary influences and her individual vision and literary craft . A close analysis of her (Mary Shelley 's ) subjective approach and critical evaluation of the text of novel reinforces the truth that Percy Shelley 's proclaimed of his wife 's writing . He says (Frankenstein is ) one of the most original and complete productions of the day . We debate with ourselves

in wonder , as we read it , what could have been the Series of thoughts what could have been the peculiar experiences that Awakened them which conduced , in the author 's mind , to the astonishing Combinations of motives and incidents and the startling catastrophe , which Compose this tale (Shelley 4

Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein offers a variety of thematic interpretations for example , marxist economics , radical feminism , green politics , and most recently genetics and biotechnology (Goulding , 2002 Furthermore , moral , sociological and creative implications of her story are also manifold that further broaden its scope . Shelley also takes into account the social and historical perspective and tries to interpret the social and psychological phenomenon in relation to contemporary historical factors

The two major characters of the novel , Victor Frankenstein and his monster , are conflation of each other . As the novel progresses Frankenstein and his monster vie for the role of protagonist . The monster that Frankenstein created manifests itself as an identification of the traits and qualities of his creator . Although no physical and social resemblance exists between them but their personality traits thought patterns and their intents toward humanity make them analogous Levine (1973 ) illustrates that the monster and Frankenstein are two sides of the same coin . He depicts that Frankenstein creates the monster and that , as they pursue their separate lives , they increasingly resemble and depend upon each other so that by the end Frankenstein pursues his own monster , their positions reversed , and the monster plants clues to keep Frankenstein in pursuit . As Frankenstein 's creation , the monster can be taken as an expression of an aspect of Frankenstein 's self : the monster is a sort of New Critical art object leading an apparently independent organic life of its own and yet irremediably and subtly tied to its creator , re- enacting in mildly disguised ways , his creator 's feelings and experiences (Levine . 1973

Benevolence is a substantial feature of Frankenstein and development of the story shows that monster also possesses such personality traits of kindness and humanity . Frankenstein friends admire him . The ship captain , Walton , who rescues him , had all praises for him . Captain Walton refers him as a fallen angel who is still graceful in his devastation and says "What a glorious creature must he have been in the days of his prosperity " again writes Walton "when he is thus noble and godlike in ruin (Shelley .

.210 . Frankenstein 's greatness lies in the fact that he is revered by his...