Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: A Narrative Fiction

It whispered and shook and was taller than her head… through the maze now… then there was something tall, dark, and skinny there, moving before her. At first she took it for a man… but she stood and listened, and it did not make a sound. It was as silent as a ghost… who be you the ghost of?... you scarecrow… the track crossed a swampy part… sleep on alligators… overhead the live-oaks met, and it was as dark as a cave… a black dog with a lolling tongue came up out of the weeds by the ditch… she only hit him a little with her cane. Over she went in the ditch. (1,2,3)

Mary Shelley’s cautionary horror tale, Frankenstein: A Modern Prometheus, portrays the deadly consequences of callous indifference to life. Throughout the novel, Shelley employs allusions to the Prometheus myth, Paradise Lost, and “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.” Through these allusions, Shelley illustrates the creature’s yearning for love and acceptance, and Victors lack of love and compassion which leads to his ultimate destruction.

A group of friends were walking in the woods in the dark so they couldn’t see anything, then they found a place to rest at. They fell asleep and something wake them up, so they took off running in different places, then one of them screamed really loud so the others took off toward the scream. One of them got over there and he seen something walking around him so he grabbed his friend and they run to somewhere that they thought they were safe but they saw the monster walking toward them so they held their breathe so it couldn’t heard them or see.

Each person reacts differently to a mirror. Some prefer to primp and tidy their face while others take a quick glance and carry on. However, there are others who continuously stare into the eyes of their alternate-self. These people wonder, “What do I see?” They are the kind of people who desperately seek answers for their existence, and will not rest until their questions are resolved. The alternate-self is the true being. Although it remains as a reflection of the physical body it is also who we see on the inside. What one sees in his or her reflection equals the truth of their nature. For some we see an innate good, but for others it is the innate evil and horror of humanity. Victor Frankenstein may claim to be such a

The obsessed search for knowledge, fame and fortune can often undervalue one’s life and become the main focus of their existence. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, she proves that obsession is a dangerous aspect of the human behavior, which always results in a negative outcome, this is mainly portrayed through the protagonist of the story Dr. Victor Frankenstein, because of Dr. Frankenstein’s obsessive personality he fails to recognize the affects of his scientific experiments which eventually lead to his and his family’s death.

Knowledge can cause a numerous amount of problems for those who choose to pursue it. That is if they decide to traverse on the more taboo sides of the sciences instead of staying inside the societal norms that have been set up. This is one of the more prevalent themes in Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein. Among the themes of loneliness and revenge you have the one out standing theme of knowledge being dangerous. The pursuit of knowledge has caused some of the greatest horrors in the world of man and this is an evident theme in Mary Shelley 's Frankenstein.

Reading “Frankenstein”, there are many characters and plot twists, all of which become relevant through the book. Mary Shelley did a great job evolving these characters, with the detail and intricate story line. There are two main characters, Victor Frankenstein and the creature. Many opinions can be given about the two main characters because different things have other meanings to different readers. Victor was a mean and selfish man, but he had the courage and the strength to go after the creature and face him. There are some mixed feelings that involve the creature; he is a good man that made bad choices due to his circumstances. Both Victor and the creature have flaws that help make this book so interesting and complex, nonetheless they also have their strengths.

Charlie,Lawson,Ron,and I are walking down the street the sun is starting to fade away.We walk up on this creepy house. We try to look in the windows but, there are vines and cobwebs every where there are even vines going up the house.Charley and Lawson are arguing about whether we should go inside or not,so we take a vote on it Ron,Lawson and I want to go in but, Charlie doesn't so we tell her to stay outside with the bats she runs up behind me and tells me to protect her. We open the door it creaks loudly.We walk in and the door slams with a loud “THUD”.There is so much dust Charlie and I start to sneezing.Everything was covered with white sheets.We start to walk forward every step we take is followed by a loud creaking noise.

Billy wanted the truth so he went to the railroad by the river and he knew if there was an answer he’d find it there. So him and a couple friends got into a train car on the train tracks and they set out to find it. They looked for hours and hours when finally they got to the end of the tracks there was a cave but it’s already dark and they didn’t bring flashlights so they went back to the beginning. They came back the next day but when they got to the end the cave wasn’t there but they saw the tracks continued. When they continued they found another cave so they walk in and it lights up. They continue to walk when out of nowhere it ends and they have to go back but when they got there the train tracks were gone and it was just water. It was

Billy said “This would easily win this years real life spooky contest. I will be on the front cover of the magazine of horror. October Spooktastic Edition 5. I love it!”

Billy looked around and saw many things he had never seen before. He was taking everything in and saw people giving him strange looks. It smelled of coffee, he looked and noticed the coffee was five pounds. Suddenly a group member of men in black suits arrived. They came out of a black SUV and walked towards the building. They approached him swiftly in a circle and pulled out a needle. He felt a sudden stinging in his neck, falling to the ground he blacked out.

Billy’s eyelids started to get heavy he tried his best, this time he saw two of everything he knew this was all the posion. He tried telling the young couple to call the police, he hoped for the best the next time somebody walks through that door they would already have a death sentence. His knees buckled and within a second he collapsed on the ground this was it for Billy he tried his

“Come here my dear!” she said in an unsettling voice. Billy felt very sick. Then he threw up and passed out. He opened his eyes moments later. He was chained down. He heard the sound of a saw turning on. That horrible scratching sound. The landlady began cutting him in half. She stuffed him and sat down next to her window and acted like nothing happened. She looked out her window for her next

After years of being bullied and misunderstood by many people BIlly has gotten very irritated and is wanting a change. One night Billy stays up very late making something that will put him in a deep sleep causing him to wake up a couple days later with a better happier family! That next morning Billy puts his recipe in his breakfast which makes him collapse. He is home alone and nobody knows anything has happened! It looks as if Billy's potion work but after a couple days he has not woken up woken up yet, and days turned into weeks and weeks turned into months and months turned into years! After 20 years out of know where Billy has woken from the potion created in this old broken down house that use to be called his home. A couple moments after he has woken a young lady riding around a curb on a tricycle and wonders why he has never seen her before because Billy knows everybody! Billy walks downtown where he would meet with a friend for some coffee every morning before school. BIlly does not seeing anything but a grown man that looks like the friend he

Billy was terrified. Is this really what he deserved for helping an old lady? Billy had to find a way out and he needed to figure it out now. So without hesitation Billy ran upstairs in a room and locked the door behind him. The landlady chased after him, but she was too late, she was locked out. Her only chance to kill Billy and she failed. Or so she thought.