Ravji Jalondhara wrote a paper on various approaches in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for their MA English course at MKBU. The paper discusses the psychological approach to Victor Frankenstein's character and his refusal to create a female companion for the monster. It also analyzes the mythological approach, comparing Frankenstein's abandonment of his creation to the Greek myth of Prometheus, and discusses how the novel serves as a warning about unchecked scientific ambition leading to disastrous consequences.

1. PAPER:- 5
 Name: Ravji Jalondhara
 Roll No: 28
 M.A. sem: 2
 Enrollment No: 2069108420180024
 Batch: 2017-19
 Email Id: ravjijalandhara@gmail.com
 Paper No: 5 Romantic Literature
 Topic: Various approaches in Frankenstein
 Submitted To: Department of English MKBU

2. About Author
 Born in 1797. Somers
town, London England.
 Died in 1851.
 English novelist, short
story writer, dramatist,
essayist, biographer and
travel writer.
 Best known for her
Gothic novel
‘Frankenstein: or The
Modern Prometheus’.

3. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
 Frankenstein is a unique
novel in the canon of
English literature.
 Frankenstein; or The
Modern Prometheus is a
novel written in 1797-1851
the tells the story of Victor
Frankenstein.
 Shelley presents a unique
character in Victor
Frankenstein and his
creation, the monster.
 Horror Novel.

4. Approaches in Frankenstein
 Psychological Approaches
 Mythological Approaches

5. Psychological Approach
 Meaning of Psychology:
 It is the science of the mind, human mind
is the most complex machine of the earth.
 It is the source of all thought and behavior.
 Frankenstein is a novel that finds itself a
victim of psychological criticism.
 Victor Frankenstein had no plans to create
both male and female, but request for
female companion comes as sock to his
psychological nature.

6. Mythological Approach
 Myth is the word, which came to
existence in the mid 19th
century. Because earlier it was
known as Mythos. It is a Greek
word. Myth means story or word.
 Here, to be the part of the
tragedy Shelley describes is how
Frankenstein spends much of his
time running away from his
monster. This result is the
monster murdering members of
Frankenstein's family in
retaliation to the doctor’s lack of
pledge.

7. …
 The neglect of responsibility shows that Frankenstein
was not ready for the results of his ambition. Instead
of trying to help or destroy his creature, he keeps
fleeing, warding off his responsibilities,
 So does science today which quest to unveil nature’s
secret one after one leads to disaster. Genetically-
modified organisms and clones are the modern
Frankenstein monsters.