Frankenstein

In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, she uses introduces us to a new trope in horror novels. The idea that the monster in the story is the victim of humans. When Frankensteins monster is looking for revenge because Frankenstein himself refused to make him a wife, in the arctic when we come upon the monster, Mary did an amazing thing by humanizing the monster so the reader can relate and even sympathize with it. I feel like with an iconic piece of literature its really hard to think of things to change or do differently is really hard. Frankenstein is definitely a huge building block of the horror genera. She honestly in my opinion did wonderfully pushing the drama in the story, not just relying on the monster to drive the story. She gives him emotions, thoughts, and a growing personality. Also making the monster psychologically smart.   Think about it, the monster kills the doctor’s newly wedded wife who was also his dearest friend. Instead of killing the doctor, he too now must wonder the earth alone.    

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