The work of Mary Shelly become a curse to the word 'Frankenstein' . In the modern literature it is associated with person who kills or torments his master.
For me, the theme of the book is not science fiction or about lack of gratitude of a being towards its creator. The real theme is loneliness and being rejected everywhere. Sounds boring but, a person who knows the actual difference between loneliness and solitude might enjoy this book.
The story which is explained using series nested letters from one another, gives us the glimpse of a scientist who is ambitious to defy god and later realized that nature has its way and humans should not mess with it. And it gives us the complete discourse of an animal which is better than human and wants to be a "social animal" like humans. When its master denied its request to create more creatures like it to socialize, it decided to show the taste of loneliness and not-being-loved. It starts killing each of his friends and family members in a fatal attempt to make him empathize its state. To save his loved ones from the it, the scientist chases it and both end up in north pole.
A sailor, whose ship was trapped in the ice of north pole, finds the scientist in a dying state, listens to his story and amazed by the creatures willingness to end its life on the funeral pyre of its master.
The dialogue "You are my creator, but I am your master. Obey!" of the creature lead to modern usage of the word Frankenstein.
For me, the theme of the book is not science fiction or about lack of gratitude of a being towards its creator. The real theme is loneliness and being rejected everywhere. Sounds boring but, a person who knows the actual difference between loneliness and solitude might enjoy this book.
The story which is explained using series nested letters from one another, gives us the glimpse of a scientist who is ambitious to defy god and later realized that nature has its way and humans should not mess with it. And it gives us the complete discourse of an animal which is better than human and wants to be a "social animal" like humans. When its master denied its request to create more creatures like it to socialize, it decided to show the taste of loneliness and not-being-loved. It starts killing each of his friends and family members in a fatal attempt to make him empathize its state. To save his loved ones from the it, the scientist chases it and both end up in north pole.
A sailor, whose ship was trapped in the ice of north pole, finds the scientist in a dying state, listens to his story and amazed by the creatures willingness to end its life on the funeral pyre of its master.
The dialogue "You are my creator, but I am your master. Obey!" of the creature lead to modern usage of the word Frankenstein.
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Well said!!!
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