ANALYSIS ABOUT FRANKENSTEIN
I wrote a analysis about the novel Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley for Literature Class, it is big because it contains a lot of information like the plot of the novel, themes, spaces, etc.
Here you have some abstracts of it with the most interesting information.
Hope you enjoy it.
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The novel of
Frankenstein came about on a rainy gloomy day on Lake Geneva. They were a bunch
of Romantic poets stuck in a house. For entertained themselves they were
reading a book of ghost stories. By the time they were there, Lord Byron
suggested that they each should try to write their own horror story. Mary starts thinking of a good idea and she
wrote: “I busied myself
to think of a story, a story to rival those which has excited us to this task.
One which would speak to the mysterious fears of our nature, and awaken
thrilling horror. One to make the reader dream to look roads, to curdle the
bool, and quicken the beating of the heart”. That created
her most famous novel, “Frankenstein”. CHARACTERS
There
is not only an actor, but that Dr. Frankenstein and his monster are the basic
ones. there is no an rival because none of the characters is bad, but a few
changes on their personalities sometimes make them "bad" and
"good".
As
it is clear to see, Frankenstein is a fathered by Dr. Frankenstein.
There
are also a few more secondary characters like: “Clerval”, “Elisabeth”, “Dr.
Frankenstein’s Father” and “Justine”. The relationship between Dr. Frankenstein
and Clerval is friendly, but they are not considered brothers. Between the
doctor and Elisabeth exist a more love relationship that fraternal one. Between
Dr. Frankenstein and Justine relationship is very strong since kids.
PLOT
The story is contained to Europe and the waters around the North Pole. Robert Walton (A captain) rescues Victor Frankenstein. After many time of recovery, Victor Frankenstein tells to his savior his life story. He reveals the fact that he made a monster that has been causing trouble and misery in his life ever since. The monster has caused the death of five people in Frankenstein’s life. Before killing his last three victims, the monster requests someone to have company and feel good emotionally. Only after the destruction of his prospective partner does the monster cause the deaths of more people. The novel ends with the death of the doctor, the future suicide of the monster and the return of Walton to England.
Look this video, Frankenstein is alive.
THEMES
The
consequences of human ambition, the excesses of extreme scientific
experimentation, the need of communication, love and acceptance, the loneliness
that involves both a monster and a genius are some of the themes that are
demonstrated in this story. Mary Shelley
also talks about certain aspects that were or are unknown for example “The
Cloning”, the human right to exercise and take the role of creation from God.
She also wanted to speak about the responsibility of a father/mother care for,
maintain, and protect their children by the fact of having them brought to the
world.
“Permítanme que concluya insistiendo en una cuestión.
Frankenstein es ciertamente un clásico de terror que abre una línea de
argumento nuevo que la hace conectar entrañablemente con la ciencia-ficción.
Pero no es sólo eso. Es un experimento en cuya narración se tocan temas —ya
mencionados— que importan mucho a los hombres y mujeres del siglo XXI puesto
que nos encontramos en una situación mundial en la que se grita reivindicando
el derecho a la diferencia. El terrible grito de agonía de la criatura por su monstruosidad
recoge los lamentos de muchos. Las reflexiones de la criatura pueden ser puntos
de apoyo para comprendernos mejor a nosotros mismos. De hecho, a partir de
Frankenstein, el ser humano se está comprendiendo mejor y eso es lo que
precisamente hace que se convierta en un clásico: una obra de la que podemos
decir que habla a los hombres de ayer y de hoy y, en lo que se nos alcanza,
hablará a los hombres del futuro.” (Rodríguez,
F., 2011, p.484).
If you want to know more information about this analysis and novel you can click on the link below to this comment a you will find a Prezi presentation with more.
Rodríguez,
F. (2011). EL FRANKENSTEIN DE MARY SHELLEY. (1797-1851). Revista
de Filosofía, (44), 473-484. Retrieved
from: http://institucional.us.es/revistas/themata/44/29%20RodriguezValls.pdf
