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1、FrankensteinEssayExplorethewayMaryShelleypresentsthecharacteroftheMonsterin‘Frankenstein’Thegothicnovel‘Frankenstein’writtenbyMaryShelleyin1818showstwocomplexprotagonists,VictorFrankensteinandtheMonster.TodaytheMonsterisoneofthemostmemorablegothichorrorcharactersofallti

2、me;beingnamedtheMonsterpeoplewouldautomaticallypresumeitwouldbeanegativeandgrotesquecharacter.HoweverinthisnoveltheMonstercanbeperceivedintwodifferentways,anevilmurderingcreatureoravictimofaselfishexperiment.ThetruthistheMonsterisamixtureofthetwoperceptionsandthisiswhat

3、Shelleyshowsthroughoutthenovel.Thenovel‘Frankenstein’canbeseenasatypicalGothicnovel.Agothicnovelisagenreofliteraturethatcombinesbothhorrorandromance;theseelementsarebothevidentin‘Frankenstein’,fromthegruesomemurderstotherelationshipandmarriageofVictorandElizabethFranken

4、stein.Howeverthisnovelslightlydiffersfromothermurderanddarksexualityinfluencedgothicnovelsasthisgothicnovelwasinfluencedbythepowerofscience.TheMonsteristheresultofVictor’sobsessiveandcompulsiveviewofscience,andoflife;literallysewntogetherfromoldbodypartsVictorFrankenste

5、increatedalife,defyingalllawsandmorals,thestoryunfoldsfromascienceexperiment.Thenoveldealswithphysics,biologyandthefutureratherthanghostsandsupernaturaleventsofthepastwhichtraditionalgothicnovelsdo.BeforetheMonsterhaseventakenhisfirstbreathShelleypreparesthereaderforthe

6、Monster,togivethemaroughideaofwhatsheisabouttopresent:Icollectedbonesfromcharnelhouses;anddisturbed,withprofanefingers,thetremendoussecretsofthehumanframeVictorFrankensteinwenttohospitals,gravesandmorguesstealingbodypartsofthedeceasedtocreatetheMonster.Hewassodetermined

7、tocompleteitthathewaswillingtobreakthelawtogainhisresources.FrankensteinalreadyknewwhathewantedtheMonstertolooklikeinwhichShelleydescribesIresolved,contrarytomyfirstintention,tomakethebeingofagiganticstatured;thatistosayabouteightfeetinheightandproportionallylargeReader

8、swouldhavebeenshockedandhorrifiedbyShelley’sdescriptionoftheMonster.ThewaytheMonsterisdepictedbeforeheisevencr