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SUMMARY OF THE WORK

First, the letters of Robert Walton, the captain of a ship bound for the North Pole, written to his sister
back in England. Walton encounters Victor Frankenstein, who has been traveling by dog-drawn sledge
across the ice and is weakened by the cold. He helps nurse him back to health, and hears the fantastic
tale of the monster that Frankenstein created. Then, Victor first describes his early life in Geneva, where
he studied natural philosophy and chemistry at the university of Ingolstadt. In Frankenstein, Victor
Frankenstein creates a monster out of old body parts in his apartment in Ingolstadt, Germany. Sickened
by his horrific deed, Victor prepares to return to Geneva, to his family, and to health. However, he
receives a letter informing him that his youngest brother, William, has been murdered. The monster
begs Victor to create a mate for him, a monster equally grotesque to serve as his sole companion.
Horrified by the possible consequences of his work, Victor destroys his new creation. Victor
Frankenstein's monster warns him that he will be murdered if he fails to kill two creatures. After his
friend Henry Clerval's death, he discovers the mark of the monster on his neck. The narrative catches up
to the time of Walton's fourth letter to his sister. Victor tracks the monster ever northward into the ice.
In a dogsled chase, Victor almost catches up with the monster, but the sea beneath them swells and the
ice breaks.

INTERPRETATION & EVALUATION

The tragic fictional story of Victor Frankenstein, a gifted young scientist, is told in Mary Shelley's Gothic
horror book Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus (1818). Victor's arrogant and obsessional
curiosity drove him too far, tempting him to play God, a venture that resulted in a monster and
ultimately led to its creator's demise.

Victor Frankenstein was enticed to play God by reanimating an assembly created from dead people's
body parts. He was supported by information drawn from modern science, the occult, and alchemy.
Instead of his scientific discoveries advancing humanity, Frankenstein instead produced a monster that
tormented him, killed his loved ones and friends, and posed a threat to all of us before he was finally
destroyed. The idea in Mary Shelley's book is that not all knowledge and science lead to advancement.

The love novel "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley uses an epistolary format. Captain Walton addresses the
letter to Mrs. Saville, his sister who resides in England. Walton is more of a fanatic, much like the evil Dr.
Frankenstein, who tries to reclaim the creature he made. After being saved by Walton and regaining his
physical strength, Frankenstein tells Walton his story. Numerous writers have examined Mary's story in
an effort to judge it in various ways. This essay reviews the critical analyses put out by these various
authors.

DISCUSSION OF THE WORK’S STYLE & ORGANIZATION

Different characters at various points in the book narrate Frankenstein in the first person (using
pronouns like "I," "my," etc.). The novel's major theme of considering what may be hidden beneath
appearances is reflected in the narrator changes and changing points of view. Captain Walton, who is
writing a string of letters to his sister Margaret at the start of the book, provides narration. Victor
Frankenstein then assumes the perspective and tells Walton about his life and how he ended up
wandering the Arctic. Walton first questions Victor's mental state owing to his erratic demeanor and
dire situation. Walton learns to respect Victor's experiences via listening to his story.

When Victor reaches the point in his story where he describes meeting with monster, the point of view
switches yet again, this time to the monster, who narrates in the first person, describing his experiences.
Both Victor and the reader are set up to expect the monster to be coarse, barbaric, violent, and
inhuman, but his narrative shows him to be intelligent, sensitive, and capable of feeling profound human
emotions like empathy and love. After that, the point of view returns to Victor, who continues his story.
The novel ends with a return to Walton’s point of view and first person narration.

ANALYSIS OF THE TOPIC

Victor's failure to comprehend that his acts have consequences is at the center of Frankenstein's main
struggle. Victor ignores the potential effects of his actions on other people in favor of concentrating only
on his own objectives. Victor's failure to accept responsibility for his acts in disobeying nature's laws is
starkly demonstrated by the monster. The tension first surfaces when Victor neglects his family and
fiancée in favor of his studies at the University of Ingolstadt. After "discovering the cause of creation and
life," Victor gets fixated with creating a monster, which exacerbates the conflict. He is unconcerned by
the possibility that the experiences of that monster were similar to his own, nor is he perturbed by the
fact that he neglects his family in order to further his career. His obsession with achieving his goals
prevents him from considering anything else. After animating the monster, he responds with shock and
disgust and flees the room, signaling the culmination of his reckless quest to give life. This occurrence
serves as an example of Victor's battle with moral responsibility because he created the monster and
gave him life, yet he rejects the outcome when he doesn't like it.

EXAMINATION OF THE WORK’S EFFECTIVENESS & APPEAL TO THE AUDIENCE

According to the story, the creature cannot be acknowledged as a human since he is a unique entity who
cannot belong to a group. There is no other being identical to Victor since he created the beast. He is
unique in both his appearance and the method he was created. Without Frankenstein, many of the
great stories we have today, like those by H.G. Wells and other authors, would not exist because Shelley
invented the catalyst for the science fiction genre. The Time Machine by H. G. Well and Dune by Frank
Herbert. Similar to Frankenstein, these stories rely on science as a literary device to advance the plot.