Chris Mckellar 19309 5155
Focussing on chapter 5, discuss the central themes of fatherhood and the way the creature is judged by its appearance in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
The novel Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley in 1818. Mary Shelley was born in 1797 her parents were William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft her mother died 10 days after childbirth due to complications of childbirth. Shelley’s first wife committed suicide and Mary and Shelley married. In 1818 Percy Bysshe married Shelley and drowned in a tragic boat accident. Mary Shelley began to write her novel Frankenstein.
Victor obsessed with science decides to create a monster using dead peoples body parts. Victor horrified by what he has created does not want to know it. The creature feeling rejected runs away. Victor finds out his brother William has been killed Victor suspects the creature killed his brother. Victor goes to look for the creature in the mountains and finds the creature and the creature tells him to create a female companion. Victor creates the female then destroys it the creature says he will be with victor on his wedding night. Victor marries Elizabeth the creature kills Elizabeth and runs away. Victor vows to devote the rest of his life to finding the creature. He finds the creature then becomes ill and dies the creature dies over victor this would not have happened if Victor had been a good father to the creature.
When the book was being written scientists were discussing the possibility of bringing back the dead to life Luigi Galavani brought some dead tissue of a frog back to life using electricity people were concerned that scientists were playing god. Today people are still concerned about scientists taking things too far such as cloning
