Frakenstein
(Mary Shelley)
Mary Shelley's tale: a creature, made of dead parts, animated. This is one of the first books of the genre gothic horror/science fiction. It is a book that shows the feelings of the creator(Frakenstein) and the creaturer. The narratives of the scientist and of the monster show us that misunderstanding between the characters has a tragic result. The wretched monster, understanding that no human can look behind his appearance and see that he is benevolent, becomes enraged, seeks revenge from his creator and kills some of Frankensteins's closest friends (closest friend, cousin/wife(just married), brother, and causes the premature death of his father) .The scientist, created alone, by his own ambition, the monster. It starts with the letters of an explorer to the north pole, that encounters a man travelling(frankenstein). The explorer sees an admirable man in frankenstein and sees that possibly he could be his only great friend in the solitude of the journey.Then frankenstein tells him his story. The explorer then is used for a prologue and an epilogue, a techinque used a few times, before frankenstein. Often it describes beautiful places and shows nature as a great agent to happiness(the swiss alps, scotland), that conforts the scientist when he is desperate. An easy read, that will probably clear some misconceptions of the reader who only knows the movies or other popular views of this book. Subtitled 'The Modern Prometheus' because of the two prometheus myths,this book draws influences for some books that the creature actually reads in the story, that help him to understand the world (most notably Milton's Paradisse lost). Other influences can be the vision of the philosopher John Locke, gnostic religion(the creature is the fallen angel), Byron's poetry, and the books of Shelley's own father, also a writer, with innovative political views..A visionary concept for the time - the dangers of self-interested science, and that science can create living beings.
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