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3.86 AVERAGE
3.86 AVERAGE
reflective
sad
medium-paced
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Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
the monster is so cute he just wants friends :((
Revisiting "Frankenstein" for the first time since youth. I forgot how textured the sadness is in the book — particularly with the titular character, who realizes his desire and immediately regrets it but finds no way out. The relationship between him and his creation evokes that of God and Adam, where the Creature eats the fruit (literacy) and realizes the folly of his existence. Unlike Adam who gets into reality, our creation here finds no salvation or release.
We have a capacity to possess power greater than our ability to understand them. That's existence — a sea of emotions that we don't know how to swim in. Letting it flood will destroy it all. Can find echoes of "Frankenstein" in countless works over the subsequent centuries.
We have a capacity to possess power greater than our ability to understand them. That's existence — a sea of emotions that we don't know how to swim in. Letting it flood will destroy it all. Can find echoes of "Frankenstein" in countless works over the subsequent centuries.
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Frankenstein geschreven door Mary Shelley in 1818. Een klassiek horror verhaal dat een veel emotionelere en dieperliggende boodschap had dan ik in eerste instantie had verwacht. Mary Shelley's boek is na 200 jaar nog zeker zeer accuraat, in haar boek gaat zij met veel diepgang en verdriet in op het concept eenzaamheid. Victor Frankenstein, een van de twee hoofdpersonages van dit boek, is de jonge intelligente en ambitieuze wetenschapper die zijn eigen Adam probeert te creëren. Het monster dat hier uiteindelijk uitkomt weigert hij te erkennen en hij vlucht er van weg. Het verhaal dat dan volgt is er een van eenzaamheid, onbegrip, verdriet en pijn. Dit monster dat puur liefde en acceptatie zoekt word keer na keer verworpen en uitgestoten door de samenleving terwijl zijn maker hem verdoemd. Als dit monster uiteindelijk het broertje van Victor Frankenstein dood ontstaan er een strijd wat eindigt met de dood van beide. Dit boek raakte mij meer dan ik ooit had verwacht en is in mijn optiek niet zozeer een horror verhaal als een regelrechte tranentrekker. Ik heb van dit boek genoten en hoop dat enkele van jullie het boek ook zullen lezen!
Hier is de volledige analyse; https://youtu.be/Ln6DT0lbl-A
Hier is de volledige analyse; https://youtu.be/Ln6DT0lbl-A
I really enjoyed this. Mary Shelly is absolutely incomprehensibly talented for writing this timeless classic in her teenage years. Frankenstein, while largely a critique on burgeoning industrialism, is also a critique of mankind itself and our tendency to believe ourselves greater than nature. It’s a beautifully written (surprisingly, to me, as I expected it to feel significantly more antiquated just because of when it was written) and both Frankenstein and the monster have beautiful sections of prose attached to them. Peak of Romanticism in my eyes.
dark
emotional
informative
mysterious
sad
In my humble opinion Frankenstein is a haunting exploration of human ambition, isolation, and the devastating consequences of rejection, where neither Victor nor the Creature can be labeled a true villain. Both characters are deeply flawed, and their tragic decisions stem from pain rather than malice. Victor's obsession with creating life blinds him to the responsibilities of parenthood and compassion, leading him to abandon his creation in horror — an act that sows the first seeds of suffering. Yet, the Creature, though initially innocent and eager for love, responds to relentless rejection with violence, believing vengeance is the only way to make Victor feel the torment he endures. Their intertwined fates reveal how emotional neglect, loneliness, and unchecked ambition can drive even the most well-meaning individuals to darkness. In the end, Shelley presents a story not of good versus evil, but of two broken beings consumed by a cycle of pain that neither fully chose nor fully understood.