i recently finished reading the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and started a research paper on whether Frankenstein is relevant today. i need opinions, factual books, and/or journals that you have heard of that can be used to help me. Right now i have that the novel teaches you lessons, such as, humans should think before acting, people should consider other's feelings, and people should respect higher authority. I need this pleaseeeee by Febuary 5th.
2007-01-30 03:43:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
If you have until February 5th...why are you asking here instead of searching at the library? You have plenty of time to gather and read your own resources. If you have access to academic databases, they will give you more than enough material to sort through. I would suggest the MLA International database. Not to mention the fact that there are probably books of essays published on Frankenstein that you could check out of the library.
Frankenstein (Norton Critical Editions) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Paul J. Hunter (Paperback - April 1996)
The Essential Frankenstein: The Definitive, Annotated Edition of Mary Shelley's Classic Novel (Essentials) by Mary Shelley and Leonard Wolf (Paperback - Oct 1, 1993)
The Endurance of Frankenstein: Essays on Mary Shelley's Novel by George Levine and U. C. Knoepflmacher (Paperback - May 19, 1982)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (Routledge Literary Sourcebooks) by Timothy Morton (Paperback - Sep 20, 2002)
Frankenstein: Complete, Authoritative Text With Biographical and Historical Contexts, Critical History, and Essays from Five Contemporary Critical Perspectives (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Johanna M. Smith (Hardcover - May 1992)
Frankenstein (Bloom's Major Literary Characters) by Harold Bloom (Hardcover - Mar 2004)
Frankenstein, Creation and Monstrosity (Reaktion Books - Critical Views) by Stephen Bann (Paperback - Jul 1, 1997)
In Frankenstein's Shadow: Myth, Monstrosity, and Nineteenth-Century Writing by Chris Baldick (Paperback - Aug 9, 1990)
Understanding Great Literature - Understanding Frankenstein (Understanding Great Literature) by Don Nardo
The Monster in the Mirror: Gender and the Sentimental/Gothic Myth in Frankenstein (Studies in Speculative Fiction, No 14) by Mary K. Patterson Thornburg (Hardcover - April 1987)
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: Tracing the Myth. by Christopher Small (Hardcover - Feb 1974)
The Monsters: Mary Shelley and the Curse of Frankenstein by Dorothy Hoobler and Thomas Hoobler (Hardcover - May 22, 2006)
Mary Shelley and Frankenstein: The Fate of Androgyny by William Veeder (Paperback - Nov 1988)
2007-01-30 05:01:02 · answer #1 · answered by laney_po 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course! Yes, you could talk about science and cloning, etc, but I love this book because of the human aspect. It's a novel about loneliness and isolation. The monster, although not human, still has these emotions. Frankenstein also alienates himself from his family and friends to eventually wind up alone. This novel is found very relevant to minorities or people who just don't "fit in."
2007-01-30 08:07:00 · answer #2 · answered by Fantene 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on the arriving up existence ingredient: stem cellular study, cloning, determining on the gender of an unborn fetus are cutting-part-day examples. Arguments could be made that each physique of those are an attempt by humankind to "play God" and are unethical (as, Mary Shelley argues, substitute into Victor Frankenstein's advent of a human existence sort). on the leaving at the back of existence without nurture: toddler abuse, toddler forget, and fogeys who walk on the youngsters they have delivered into this international are parallel to Victor Frankenstein's leaving his advent. lots of the youngsters who advance up in this way of atmosphere tend to alter into delinquent or violent (merely like the "monster" in Shelley's novel.) desire this helps!
2016-10-16 07:26:02 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding? With the advent of all this genetics and medical technology it's more relevant than it was when Shelley wrote it!
It is the most poigniant of times to ask the question: just because we CAN create life, Should we?
2007-01-30 04:30:14 · answer #4 · answered by Year of the Monkey 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋