The Myth of Creation in Mary Sheley’s Frankenstein

Contents

Argument………………………………………………….............3

Introduction to the novel…………………………………………..4

Mary Shelley’s life………………………………………………...7


Chapter I
Principal characteristics of the novel……………………………...9

1.1. Plot summary………………………………………………..…9

1.2. The techniques and themes used……………………………..13

1.3. Controversial themes in the novel……………………………15


Chapter II

2.1. The Modern Prometheus……………………………………….21

2.2. The author as a creator…………………………………………24


Chapter III
The role of playing God and its consequences……………………………27

3.1. Analysis………...……………………………………………..27

3.2. Characters development…………...………………………….46

Chapter IV
4.1. The Creator’s Faults in the Creation…………………………54
4.2. What Mary Shelley has to say about Frankenstein………...….57
Conclusion………………………………………………………………..60
Mary Shelley’s sources……………………………………………...……..62
Bibliography…………………………………………………………..63