Essays about: "frankenstein"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 25 essays containing the word frankenstein.

  1. 21. Frankenstein, or the Voice of Chaos - A Psychoanalytical Reading of Mary Shelley's Journey Into the Subconscious of a Gifted Mind

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Filip V Svensson; [2013-06-27]
    Keywords : Frankenstein; Mary Shelley; Sigmund Freud; Abraham Maslow; David Hume; James T. Webb; psychoanalysis; implied author; giftedness;

    Abstract : The aim of this essay is to trace "Frankenstein" back to its origin in an attempt to revisit the creative "chaos" behind Shelley's gothic horror story, in order to unveil a hitherto undiscovered latent meaning that lurks behind the narrative structure. By subjecting Shelley's "Frankenstein" to a psychoanalysis that draws on Freud in focusing on the "dream" as wish fulfillment, while showing how a formalist approach can be a part of psychoanalysis by the introduction of Maslowian theory, along with the incorporation of a proposed cognitive disposition of the implied author into the analysis - this essay, in a sense, seeks not only to offer an original reading of Mary Shelley's "hideous progeny", but also to revive the (in the wake of New Criticism) somewhat forgotten author herself. READ MORE

  3. 22. "Oh, Praise the Eternal Justice of Man!" A Feminist Reading of the Monster in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Lotta Svensson; [2013-06-26]
    Keywords : Mary Shelley; Frankenstein; feminism; Mary Wollstonecraft; the other; Simone de Beauvoir;

    Abstract : This essay studies the monster of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein from a feminist point of view and sheds a new light on the meaning behind the monster. The aim is to show that the monster - in his development from uninformed to liberated - is in fact a feminist heroine figure that strives to attain equality through fighting patriarchy, which in this essay is represented by his creator, Victor Frankenstein. READ MORE

  4. 23. Who is the Monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein? : A Psychoanalytic Reading of the Double Nature of Victor Frankenstein.

    University essay from Sektionen för humaniora (HUM)

    Author : Liselott Nidesjö; [2012]
    Keywords : Frankenstein; Litterature; Psychoanalysis; Mary Shelley; Sigmund Freud; narcissism;

    Abstract : This essay challanges one of the worlds most famous horror story, Mary Shelley'sFrankenstein.Who is the monster in this novel? People know the story but they often tend to blend the two head characters, Victor Frankenstein and his creature. READ MORE

  5. 24. Good and Evil in Man: The Double Nature of Victor in "Frankenstein"

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Sara Marklund; [2010-10-15]
    Keywords : Frankenstein; the Modern Prometheus; Mary Shelley;

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  6. 25. The Changing Role of Science in Frankenstein, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Dracula

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Lisa Jacobsson; [2010]
    Keywords : The gothic; science; scientific progress; morality; transgressor; Frankenstein; Dr Jekyll; Mr Hyde; Dracula; Van Helsing; Skräck; vetenskap; moral; vetenskapliga framsteg; överträdare; Frankenstein; Dr Jekyll; Mr Hyde; Dracula; Van Helsing;

    Abstract : This essay has examined the role of science in the three classic horror stories Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and Dracula. The argument stated that the role of science in these works is changeable and constitutes both a friend and an enemy, depending on the protagonists’ motives. READ MORE