Frankenstein Annotated Bibliography

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Merriam Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature highlights Frankenstein as the work of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, published in 1818, and it brought into the Western world one of its best known monsters. Elements of gothic romance and science fiction help in telling the story of young Swiss scientist Victor Frankenstein, as he creates a horrible monster by putting together limbs and veins, leading to destruction and his later regret. The creature is left alone in the world, even by his own creator, for his hideous appearance, and through watching humans he learns their ways of living. Haunting Victor due to his loneliness, he forcefully makes Victor agree to make him a female companion, but Victor’s regret and misery enables him to tear up his …show more content…

In comparisons to the three other sources in my annotated bibliography, this source is the least useful as the details are not in much depth, but the details that are provided cover the whole premise of the gothic novel. As the author of this particular academic journal is Merriam Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature, the journal is not biased towards any specific detail or character, giving a clear explanation of the novel. Merriam Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature provides a great explanation of the novel as a whole, and through the hours of research that is visible through their journal on Frankenstein, their information is very reliable. The goal of this particular source is to give the reader the foundation for the gothic novel Frankenstein, and to begin to explore that Victor’s horrible decisions are a major cause of tragic events in the book, and Merriam Webster’s Encyclopedia of Literature does a great job of getting their goal across to the

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