Answer:
This complexity explains
the amazing abundance of
interpretations generated
by Mary Shelley’s narrative,
many of them as intriguing
and as provocative as the
novel itself. Some read
the book as a metaphor of
the writing/creative process
and its ethical implications;
for example, the novel
questions whether artistic creations can be monstrous.
Others read the story as an allegory of the reading act;
interpretation centers on the function of the “excellent” Margaret Saville, the ideal reader whose act of
reading makes the novel possible. Some discuss the
novel as a version of the Promethean myth, and others consider the novel a variant of the Faustian myth.
Some equate Victor’s laboratory with an artificial
womb, reading Mary Shelley’s narrative as a critique
of the attempt to deprive women of their power, as a
“maker of children”; others read the novel as a warning against the usurpation of God. Some believe that
the novel is a critique of a society based exclusively on
reason (a model supported by Mary Shelley’s parents
and by her husband), whereas others argue that the
story is a critique of the masculine model of knowledge. Some read it as an allegory of the colonial master-slave relationship; others, as an allegory of
revolution. Some interpret the novel in connection
with Edmund Burke’s reflections on the nature of the
sublime; others, in connection with the scientific theories of the time, especially the experiments with galvanic electricity. No matter what interpretation is
placed on it, Frankenstein remains a powerful and scary figure.
Explanation:
i read the book
