Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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In this article, the writer introduces, discusses and analyzes the book "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus" by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. Specifically, the writer discusses the book's origins and landmark significance. The writer notes that "Frankenstein" is such a memorable book that it has been retold in film and myth time after time. The writer also points out that Shelley's novel lives on today in the many films, from comedy to horror, that have retold her story in one form or another. The writer maintains that Shelley's book is significant because it really helped bring the horror genre into world focus and attention, and because it has been retold so many times in so many different ways.

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"Frankenstein was not mad; he was simply possessed with a great and consuming desire to know everything about science and the creation of living matter. He becomes obsessed with his creation, and horrified to discover that he cannot control it or its violent tendencies.
"The book is also significant because of its exploration of science and knowledge, especially by a young woman, at the time it was written. It became an immediate success because the characters and their interests were so engaging, and it has never really stopped influencing other novels and films."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Goodall, Jane. "Frankenstein and the Reprobate's Conscience." Studies in the Novel 31.1 (1999): 19.
• Nitchie, Elizabeth. Mary Shelley: Author of "Frankenstein." Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1970. Questia.
• Picart, Caroline Joan (Kay) S., Frank Smoot, and Jayne Blodgett. The Frankenstein Film Sourcebook. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2001.
• Schor, Esther, ed. The Cambridge Companion to Mary Shelley. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
• Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft. Frankenstein Or, the Modern Prometheus. New York: Collier Books, 1961.

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