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Analysis Of Mary Shelley 's ' Frankenstein '

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“Frankenstein”
1. Explain a character 's problem and then offer your character advice on how to solve his/her problem.
Victor Frankenstein’s problem is that he is obsessed with preventing and reversing death. Though he succeeds in animating a body assembled from random pieces of various human beings, he is living in a fantasy world. From the very beginning of the monsters “life” death looms over Frankenstein as he witnesses’ person after person be killed at his creations hands. My advice is Frankenstein is to accept life while it lasts because once we are born there is only one thing we are assured and that is death.
2. Pick one character and explain why you would/would not like to have him/her as a friend. One character I would like …show more content…

4. Describe and explain why you would/would not like to have lived in the time or place of the story.
I think modern times are the only times where women and minorities have a chance to be more than just inferior beings. Even the author Mary Shelley initially did not include her name on the work of Frankenstein because she did not believe a book written by a woman would sell well. I prefer to live in a time where my intelligence is measured and respected regardless of my race, gender, and appearance. The way people who were different were treated not just in stories but in reality continues to appall me.
5. Explain how a character is acting and why you think the character is acting that way.
The monster is acting irrationally. That is understandable considering the monster was “just born” and has no recollection of the norms or memories of the person whose brain it now holds inside its head. The monster behaves very much like a child, causing it to kill Frankenstein’s youngest brother William out of fear the young boy will tell his master on him. Having no one and having a master who refuses to tell people about it, the monster develops and learns in isolation making it even more volatile and prone to violence.
6. Why do you think the author wrote this story?
Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein after meeting with friends to tell ghost stories. Three famous fictional monsters were

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