The Horrors of Frankenstein
Location
CSU 204
Start Date
5-4-2011 9:00 AM
End Date
5-4-2011 10:30 AM
Student's Major
English
Student's College
Arts and Humanities
Mentor's Name
Mary Susan Johnston
Mentor's Department
English
Mentor's College
Arts and Humanities
Description
Mary Shelley‘s literary masterpiece Frankenstein illustrates the consequences of creativity unchecked. The reader learns in shock about how these consequences affect Frankenstein‘s mind, his friends and family, and even the monster he creates. Frankenstein seeks to be worshipped as the creator of a new species. However, once he realizes with revulsion what he had done, it is too late. The monster is gone, and the downward spiral of Frankenstein‘s existence begins. My project will examine the negative consequences of Victor Frankenstein‘s creativity. Unlike modern movie adaptations which glorify Frankenstein for his genius, Mary Shelley‘s novel depicts the horrors that follow the creation of this grotesque being.
The Horrors of Frankenstein
CSU 204
Mary Shelley‘s literary masterpiece Frankenstein illustrates the consequences of creativity unchecked. The reader learns in shock about how these consequences affect Frankenstein‘s mind, his friends and family, and even the monster he creates. Frankenstein seeks to be worshipped as the creator of a new species. However, once he realizes with revulsion what he had done, it is too late. The monster is gone, and the downward spiral of Frankenstein‘s existence begins. My project will examine the negative consequences of Victor Frankenstein‘s creativity. Unlike modern movie adaptations which glorify Frankenstein for his genius, Mary Shelley‘s novel depicts the horrors that follow the creation of this grotesque being.
Recommended Citation
Wild, David. "The Horrors of Frankenstein." Undergraduate Research Symposium, Mankato, MN, April 5, 2011.
https://cornerstone.lib.mnsu.edu/urs/2011/oral-session-11/2
