Frankenstein Mary Shelley

In her novel Frankenstein, Mary Shelley analyzes the fragmented sense of self that presupposes contemporary male subjectivity under capitalism, thus anticipating a psychological condition that Freud only gave language to a century later. Freud’s...

In Frankenstein, the stated purpose of Victor Frankenstein is to end death by reanimating living flesh in a way that would mean that no one ever have to die again, or at very least stay that way. Yet, throughout the book, the fear of childbirth...

Gothic literature is defined as “a recognition of the insufficiency of reason or religious faith to explain and make comprehensible the complexities of life” (Hume 290); as a genre, it is similar and related to Romantic literature, but an element...

In the novel Frankenstein, Victor’s single-minded pursuit for knowledge drives him further into loneliness and solitude, leaving behind his family and the ones that love him like his adopted sister Elizabeth and his father. But in the Handmaid’s...

Good intentions with horrible consequences is a thread which ties the classical story of Prometheus, the Greek Titan, to Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus, a 19th century Romantic novel by Mary Shelley. The ancient story of Prometheus goes as...

Seconds after leaving the womb, babies start to take in the world around them. Although they may know little information about it or its inhabitants, they are taking the first steps on the road to becoming a human—being self-aware of existence. In...

Both Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Aeschylus’s ‘Prometheus Bound’ carry heavy themes of bondage, both physically and metaphorically. Indeed, the fact that Frankenstein is often titled Frankenstein: The Modern Prometheus demonstrates that the two...

Before it graced cinema screens in 1974, Richard O’Brien’s ‘the Rocky Horror Picture Show’ was originally a stage show titled ‘the Rocky Horror Show,’ which eventually spread from a small London theatre, to the West End, Broadway and theatres in...

Humans have acquired more and more power throughout history through scientific advancements, such as vaccines and cell phones. However, one thing that has proven never to be recreated is life. Both stories are about a scientific monstrosity going...