Themes of Frankenstein

1. Name: Asha Dodiya b
Semester: 2
Paper: 5 (Romantic literature)
Roll No: 12
Topic: Themes of Frankenstein
Email add.: ashadodiya15@gmail.com

2. About of Mary Shelley
1797 to 1851.
She is born in Somers Town,
London.
She was an English Novelist,
short-story writer, Dramatist,
Essayist, biographer and
travel writer. Frankenstein is
Gothic Novel.

3. Birth &
Creation
Alienation
The Family
& the
Domestic
Affection.
Three most
important
themes,

4. Birth and Creation
Mary Shelley does this trough the main character,
Victor (Frankenstein), who succeeds in creating a
“human” life form. In doing this, Frankenstein has
taken over the role of women and God.
Shelly discusses how Frankenstein has used his
laboratory as a kind of ‘womb’ as he has worked on his
creation. He also refers to his task as his labour,
suggesting that he has literary given birth to his
creation.

5. Alienation
Victor is one character who is alienated
from other. This is due to his desire for
knowledge, and the vast amount of time in
which he spends in completing his scientific
experiment. Victor choses to be alienated,
despite that fact that he insists many times
that the only reason he is isolated from other
is because of the Monster.

6. Alienation is also shown
through the creature which
Victor creates. The suffering of
the creature in the novel are
also the result of being
alienated, but unlike Victor, he
does not bring this upon
himself. Instead, others
isolated the Monster.

7. The Family and Domestic Affections
The Family and Domestic Affections is also
demonstrated in the novel Frankenstein. In the novel,
the family unit is something which is frequently
idealized. The home seems to be a paradise where the
woman is the presiding angel. In the case of the
Frankenstein home, Elizabeth is first adopted, as she
is described as being somewhat angelic .

8. Conclusion:
Mary Shelley discusses the themes of
birth and creation, alienation and the family and
the domestic affections. In her novel
Frankenstein. This themes represent incidents
which occurred in her own life, in those around
her, or debateable issues of the time.
The themes discussed show Shelley’s
thoughts and feelings on these issues, and
present the reader with interesting points to
think about and reflect upon their own lives.