Frankenstein analysis

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        I feel that Mary Shelley could possibly have embedded many subliminal messages in the novel, Frankenstein, and that there could have been other reasons for the creation of the novel. I think that beneath the novel being a scary story, written because of a competition, there could have been other motives for her to write it. The novel was apparently written, because Mary Shelley and her husband were visiting their friend Lord Byron in Switzerland, and one night, by the fire, they decided to have a competition, who could write the best horror story? One night, when Mary Shelley was thinking of ideas, she heard her husband and Lord Byron talking about Galvanism (running electric currents through dead muscles), and thought of the idea of bringing someone back to life. The novel is about playing with life and death, and what can happen to you if you become obsessed with being able to play god. It is about a man who loses his mother, and swears he will find a way to bring her back. He creates life, however abandons his creation, simply because it is ugly on the outside, and this is the worst mistake of his life. The competition may have been one of her motives, however, could have lead to others, and the competition may have been an excuse to stop people thinking she was mad.  I think her main motive was that she could have wanted to bring her mother back to life, and she was just writing her dreams, and that she may have thought it was possible to bring her mother back to life someday. As well as this, she could have been hinting to any doctors or scientists who read her book, to try and bring people back to life, so that one day, maybe she could have her mother back, on the other hand, she back have been saying that people should stop trying to bring people back to life, as only god should have the power over life and death. People could interpret the subliminal message in different ways, some would try harder to create life, and some would stop, and realize the possible consequences of what they were trying to do. She also had many influences to write the novel to portray a message, as her mother was a famous feminist, and she spoke her mind in books. Also, in Mary Shelley’s she encountered lots of death, and she may have unconsciously shown it in her novel.          

        I feel that chapter five is one of the most important parts of the novel; this is for two main reasons. Firstly, because Frankenstein realizes he can bring things back to life, and secondly, his monster is born, and leading on from this, he leaves his “son,” just because he isn’t beautiful. These two events set the scene for the rest of the story, as the monster is born, but mainly, because Frankenstein abandons him. This shows that Frankenstein is a very shallow person, and can’t see past the surface of things. Also, Frankenstein abandoning his creation is what causes the rest of the book, and eventually, his death. This could be another of Mary Shelley’s subliminal messages, and she is showing that you shouldn’t judge someone, or even something, because of the way it looks. Frankenstein abandoning his monster is what sparks the monsters hated of Frankenstein, which is what the rest of the book is based on.

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        Chapter five shows a lot about the character of Dr Frankenstein, as I have already said, the fact that he abandons his “son,” shows he is an extremely shallow person, who cannot see past the surface of something. Just because his monster is ugly, he calls him a “hideous guest,” and says “I beheld the wretch.” This has all come before he even knows what the monster is like inside. He is the sort of person who judges a book by its cover. Also, he fails to notice the positive aspects of something, and always focuses on the negative, noticing ...

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