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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