Ever since Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein society has obsessed over non-human intelligence, especially beings created by humans. ... The creator of Edward's story was much more merciful to Edward than Mary Shelly was to the Monster even though Edward's story was based on the Monster's. ...
In Mary Shelly's Frankenstein, families are a very important part of the structure of the novel. ... The existence of the De Lace's in the novel proves that Mary Shelly wanted to include the importance of a family and how being close in a family can make everyone happy. ...
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is filled with various underlying themes, the crux being the effect society has on The Creature's personality. ... However, if one were to correlate and contrast Shelly's masterpiece with another, the greatest work would be the creation story in Genesis. ... Mary Shelley used a deep, gothic theme to get several different points across, and made it interesting by paralleling the main characters with the characters of a well- known story....
Characters are a defining factor of any story. A novel with a unique and interesting plot can only be better developed with a set of characters that portray the emotional connection to real life, beckoning to the reader to imagine and believe. In Mary Shelly's novel, Frankenstein, both Victor and ...
