"The Literary Panorama Review of Frankenstein." Romantic Circles. University of Maryland, Mar.
1998. Web. 20 Mar. 2016.
The academic journal, “The Literary Panorama, and National Register”, explains to the reader how Frankenstein was based on displaying the ideas of imagination and fancy and demonstrating the knowledge of the human heart, to the reader. The overarching ideas that the novel was structured around, give the novel a very crude, ill-digested plan, filled many gross and obvious inconsistencies throughout. The novel begins with Robert Walton traveling to find the Northwest Passage, and along the way, Victor Frankenstein is brought on board after almost freezing to death, while he was in pursuit of a being that traveled ahead of him
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Discovering the power to put life into inanimate objects, Victor uses his dreaded ability, and exceeding his limits, creates a creature that is over eight feet tall. Since the horrible night of the creation, torture and fatalities affected Victor’s life, starting with the deaths of Victor’s closest friends and family. Victor’s mistake in his creation and later abandonment of the creature, led him to a life full of regret, and to end the pain he eventually took his own life on the boat at the end of the novel. As the author suggests, the insane path of the story leads to some frightening times and events in the novel, which frequently lead to consequences for Victor, and his eventual regret. Frankenstein, after creating the creature on that fateful night, ran away at the sight of the wretched monster, later to find the creature gone when Victor and Clerval soon go to Victor’s apartment. The abandonment of the creature on that night led to the creature having to fight for his own needs in life, and through the horrible events he went …show more content…
This source is not biased towards any specific character or idea in the novel, as throughout the academic journal, many details are given that support that the author went through hours upon hours of reading and analyzing of the novel. The author’s devotedness to their research and their effort put forth in their writing promotes multiple ideas throughout the novel, ranging from the plan of the novel and the complex events and images, to the reasons why Victor is left with regret after the creation of the monster. This source gives the least amount of detail out of any other source in my bibliography, but this journal is useful by the fact that it supports some of the ideas that are evident in my thesis statement, which will help me to make my research paper stronger, as these details will allow me to elaborate on my thesis statement throughout. The goal of this source is to promote to its reader the basis of the novel and the plan that it follows, along with an extensive elaboration of the gross and strange details throughout the novel, and in a very effective way, the author portrays all of these major goals, leading to their work being a primary source in my
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
There are not many horror works can withstand a long period of time. However, one of these fictions, the gothic story "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley, has existed for nearly two hundred years and is still popular among the modern society. In the book, there is an interesting character that can be easily ignored by readers but actually establishes the success for the Frankenstein. Robert Walton, as in this long lasting story, plays a role not only as a narrator, but also a parallel, or reflecting, character to Frankenstein and the creature, as well as a trait for romanticism.
As a tragic hero, Victor’s tragedies begin with his overly obsessive thirst for knowledge. Throughout his life, Victor has always been looking for new things to learn in the areas of science and philosophy. He goes so far with his knowledge that he ends up creating a living creature. Victor has extremely high expectations for his creation but is highly disappointed with the outcome. He says, “I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation; but now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart” (Shelley 35). Frankenstein neglects the creature because of his horrifying looks, which spark the beginning of numerous conflicts and tragedies. At this point, the creature becomes a monster because of Victor’s neglect and irresponsibility. The monster is forced to learn to survive on his own, without anyone or anything to guide him along the way. Plus, the monster’s ugly looks cause society to turn against him, ad...
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein: A Norton Critical Edition. Ed. J. Paul Hunter. New York: W. W.
This new side arouse from desperation and rejection, he was scared, and he could not stand the loneliness. Victor’s did not create a monster. Victor changed the character of the creature, the creature showed more humanity than his creator and now he act as though he looks, like a
Works Cited for: Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein: A Norton Critical Edition. ed. a. a. a. a. a J. Paul Hunter. New York: W. W. Norton, 1996.
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. Edited with an Introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle. Penguin books, 1992
Frankenstein chases the monster to the North Pole, in an attempt to kill it. Weakened by the cold and long chase, a dying Victor is taken aboard a ship, where he relates his tale to the captain and dies soon after. The next night the monster visits the ship and looks upon Victor's body, ashamed by all of the killing he has done the monster flees into the Arctic Ocean, never to be seen again. Frankenstein appears to be a novel about the evil ways of man, but it is truly about the human soul and how it needs friendship and love to survive.
Shelley, Mary. “Frankenstein.” In A Norton Critical Edition. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1996.
Smith, Johanna M. Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts. Frankenstein. By Mary Shelley. 2000. 2nd ed. Bedford/St.
Harold Bloom, a well-known American critic explores Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to find true meaning. Throughout his essay, he gives answers to the lingering question of who the real monster is. He also paints a clear picture of a major theme in the novel, the Romantic mythology of the self. Through reading his essay, it opens up new light to Mary Shelley's novel. It gives new meaning to the monster and his creator.
Victor himself is the most biased out of the three narrators based on the pure hatred he holds for the monster. Constantly, he is describing the monster in vivid detail of its grotesque nature, drawing light to its indescribable obscene features. One can only question whether or not he is exaggerating the atrocity of the monster with his own extreme disdain for the creature. “He approached; his countenance bespoke bitter anguish, combined with disdain and malignity, while its une...
Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus. Edited with an Introduction and notes by Maurice Hindle. Penguin books, 1992
Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein, presents the duality between creation and destruction. The theme of how creation leads to destruction is critical in this book because these two subjects shape the monster in the novel as well as the creator of the monster, Victor Frankenstein. Victor, the main character, creates a wretch in the hope to cure death, which is one of Victor’s biggest fears due to the death of his mother and his strong attachment to her as a child. However, when Victor creates the monster, the monster proceeds to strangle Victor’s youngest brother, best friend, and wife, which also leads to the execution of his family’s servant when the abortion, Victor’s creation, frames her for the homicide of his brother. In this piece,
Walter Scott’s critique in the 1818, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine Review of Frankenstein, is that Frankenstein is a novel of romantic fiction depicting a peculiar nature that narrates the real laws of nature and family values. This review explains that Mary Shelley manages the style of composition, and gives her characters an indirect importance to the reader as the laws of nature takes course in the novel. In addition, Walter Scott appreciates the numerous theme...