Mary shelley's frankenstein

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Title: What vision does “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein” offer of human nature in the novel?

As we already know Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a novel full of themes and ideas but it is also a witness of the 19th century’s society. Indeed, in her work, Mary Shelley offers various personal points of view, giving more realism in her philosophic novel which can be simply seen as a monstrous tale. Within those different personal views the central one is the description Mary Shelley gives of human nature. Therefore we will analyze the way in which the author describes the nature of human beings by looking at the different characters’ way of thinking and acts. In order to do so we will justify our opinions with close references to the text.

Through each character Mary Shelley wants to show at least one façade of the human beings. For instance, through Victor Frankenstein’s character, the author tries to highlight the bad sides of human beings. Indeed, in the novel, the central character is full of ambition and has a large ego. His project of creating a living creature out of dead pieces emphasizes this point of view because it shows that Victor Frankenstein is only looking for his own pride: “I will pioneer a new way, explore unknown powers and unfold to the world the deepest mysteries of creation”. Through this event, Mary Shelley also wants to point out the fact that human beings always need to push the limits of nature : “The world was to me a secret which I desired to divine” and God :“ It was the secret of heaven and earth that I desired to learn”. This episode can be interpreted differently because it can be seen as a progress for humanity to discover that we are able to create other living beings. But in the novel, it is obvious that Mary Shelley wishes to demonstrate that even if Victor has a

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