Frankenstein

__Frankenstein__ by Mary Shelley



Biography of Mary Shelley

Some common Themes in __Frankenstein__


 * ||  || # Nature –
 * 1) Responsibility
 * 2) Guilt – who does and does not feel guilty
 * 3) Science and knowledge – uses and abuses / allows man to play God
 * 4) Importance of family relationships
 * 5) Alienation and isolation – a sense of not belonging
 * 6) Creation – who has the right / ability to create
 * 7) Fate - who controls our lives?
 * 8) Gender roles of the time
 * 9) Justice – what is it? Who controls it? Who suffers or is privileged by it?
 * 10) Beauty - what role does physical appearance play in the novel
 * 11) Truth – who tells it and who hides it?
 * 12) Nature vs. Nurture ||   ||
 * 1) Nature vs. Nurture ||   ||