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“By degrees, I made a discovery of still greater moment. I found that these people possessed a method of communicating their experiences and feeling to one another by articulate sounds. I perceived that the words they spoke sometimes produced pleasure or pain, smiles or sadness, in the minds and countenances of the hearers. This was indeed a godlike science and acquainted with it. -Frankenstein
Introduction :
Book Name: Franskenstein
Author Name: Mary Shelly.
Genre: A gothic novel, horror fiction.
Language: English
About the Author:
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley known as Mary Shelley was an English novelist who wrote this gothic novel, Frankenstein which is considered an early example of science fiction. Also, Shelley promoted the work of her husband who was the romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Her father was the political philosopher William Godwin and her mother was the philosopher and feminist activist Mary Wollstonecraft. Mary Shelley was born in London in 1797 and died at the age of 53 in February 1851 at Chester Square, London.
She implemented the techniques of many different novelists. she used autobiographical elements in her novels with the rising literary feminist criticism in the 1970s, Marry Shelley’s Frankstein began to get much more attention.
About the Book:
We all know the story so I thought! But it is nothing like it has been portrayed and nothing as I expected. Frankenstein is the Scientist and his creation is “the monster”. The monster learns to read and speak. He reads books and observes humans. He wants to be able to express himself and be a part of the people around him.
She implemented the techniques of many different novelists. she used autobiographical elements in her novels with the rising literary feminist criticism in the 1970s, Marry Shelley’s Frankstein began to get much more attention.
About the Book:
We all know the story so I thought! But it is nothing like it has been portrayed and nothing as I expected. Frankenstein is the Scientist and his creation is “the monster”. The monster learns to read and speak. He reads books and observes humans. He wants to be able to express himself and be a part of the people around him.
He feels alone and one day approaches cottagers to ask that he stay with them. Because of his “hideous” appearance they run and scream away from him. The monster question his existence. The more he learns about humanity the more he feels alienated. He possesses nothing like the people around him.
“Was I, then, a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled and whom all men disowned? I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me: I tried to dispel them, but sorrow only increased with knowledge.”pg108
The monster fights with his emotions and his mind. He fights with nature and the elements around him. He feels so alone. He has no family, friends, or loved ones. He has no recollection of being held by a mother and a father.
“But where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days, no mother has blessed me with smiles and caresses;”pg.109
The book is written from different perspectives. One from the monster’s perspective and then from Frankenstein’s perspective. we also get dialogues from loved ones and other characters. Frankenstein feels sickened that he has created such a creature. The monster’s self-hatred increases and he seeks to find Frankenstein to ask him to create a woman for him.
“Was I, then, a monster, a blot upon the earth, from which all men fled and whom all men disowned? I cannot describe to you the agony that these reflections inflicted upon me: I tried to dispel them, but sorrow only increased with knowledge.”pg108
The monster fights with his emotions and his mind. He fights with nature and the elements around him. He feels so alone. He has no family, friends, or loved ones. He has no recollection of being held by a mother and a father.
“But where were my friends and relations? No father had watched my infant days, no mother has blessed me with smiles and caresses;”pg.109
The book is written from different perspectives. One from the monster’s perspective and then from Frankenstein’s perspective. we also get dialogues from loved ones and other characters. Frankenstein feels sickened that he has created such a creature. The monster’s self-hatred increases and he seeks to find Frankenstein to ask him to create a woman for him.
Frankenstein’s discussion with the monster made me feel like I’m listening to their conversation and made me question who sides I’m on. On one side I feel that creating yet another monster will not be a good idea and on the other hand, the monster is so alone and empty inside and needs company.
Frankenstein then describes how the monster is so evil and he fears that if he creates another like him it might be double the trouble. He also says that the female monster might find the original monster just as hideous and ugly.
Then the monster threatens Frankenstein. Frankenstein starts the second monster creation but stops. The monster intimidates Frankenstein and tells him that he will be there on his wedding day. Frankenstein feels that this is his doom. A destiny that can’t be avoided because he is the creator of this horrible creature.
By this point, I dislike the creature because he has murdered people and now threatens Frankenstein. But then a part of me still feels bad for him because it is not his fault for looking the way he does or even for his existence. Should Frankstein go through this torture from this monster?
Then the monster threatens Frankenstein. Frankenstein starts the second monster creation but stops. The monster intimidates Frankenstein and tells him that he will be there on his wedding day. Frankenstein feels that this is his doom. A destiny that can’t be avoided because he is the creator of this horrible creature.
By this point, I dislike the creature because he has murdered people and now threatens Frankenstein. But then a part of me still feels bad for him because it is not his fault for looking the way he does or even for his existence. Should Frankstein go through this torture from this monster?
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They both have their reasons and make decisions that challenge each other and their feelings and words create this dual fiction the monster says that his agony is superior to Frankenstein’s agony.
The book allows the readers to see incidents from the perspective of the monster itself. I liked the part of the story narrated by the monster because I felt sympathized with the loneliness he was feeling. Victor was also a very rude arrogant and selfish person.
The writing is rich with so much emotion and has so much depth. It is beautifully written and it captivated me with the tragic storyline and language. It takes you on a journey. You must read this book. It made it very enjoyable.
My rating for the book: 5/5
The book allows the readers to see incidents from the perspective of the monster itself. I liked the part of the story narrated by the monster because I felt sympathized with the loneliness he was feeling. Victor was also a very rude arrogant and selfish person.
The writing is rich with so much emotion and has so much depth. It is beautifully written and it captivated me with the tragic storyline and language. It takes you on a journey. You must read this book. It made it very enjoyable.
My rating for the book: 5/5
You can buy this book easily from Amazon: Frankenstein
Written By – Prachi Mann.
Edited By - Anamika Malik
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