This paper is divided into three parts. The first part of the paper focuses on the analysis of sc... more This paper is divided into three parts. The first part of the paper focuses on the analysis of science as 'monstrous' and the monstrous enterprise taken by Frankenstein in order to give birth to the creature. The second part of the paper focuses on Mary Shelley's reinterpretation of the 'patriarchal myth'. Frankenstein is a commentary on Paradise Lost. It also focuses on the comparison of the creature to Adam and Satan. The final part of the paper focuses on the search of the 'monster' in the novel Frankenstein. It shows how the novel provides a critique of imperialism. It will focus on the circumstances because of which a physically hideous creature became the revengeful monster. Victor Frankenstein had to undertake a very monstrous enterprise in order to give birth to the creature. Frankenstein visited charnel houses for collecting the bones of the future body of the creature. He alienated himself both physically and emotionally by keeping his workshop in a " solitary chamber " (Shelley 37). David Punter in his essay " Gothic and Romanticism " says, Frankenstein considered himself as a " pure enquirer after truth " (Punter 277). Frankenstein is overconfident. He suffers from an overwhelming pride. But, still, there is a difference between
This paper is divided into three parts. The first part of the paper focuses on the analysis of sc... more This paper is divided into three parts. The first part of the paper focuses on the analysis of science as 'monstrous' and the monstrous enterprise taken by Frankenstein in order to give birth to the creature. The second part of the paper focuses on Mary Shelley's reinterpretation of the 'patriarchal myth'. Frankenstein is a commentary on Paradise Lost. It also focuses on the comparison of the creature to Adam and Satan. The final part of the paper focuses on the search of the 'monster' in the novel Frankenstein. It shows how the novel provides a critique of imperialism. It will focus on the circumstances because of which a physically hideous creature became the revengeful monster. Victor Frankenstein had to undertake a very monstrous enterprise in order to give birth to the creature. Frankenstein visited charnel houses for collecting the bones of the future body of the creature. He alienated himself both physically and emotionally by keeping his workshop in a " solitary chamber " (Shelley 37). David Punter in his essay " Gothic and Romanticism " says, Frankenstein considered himself as a " pure enquirer after truth " (Punter 277). Frankenstein is overconfident. He suffers from an overwhelming pride. But, still, there is a difference between
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