Why Mary Shelley Wants You to Read Her Book
" The rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my candle was nearly burnt out, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open; it breathed hard, and a convulsive motion agitated its limbs” states Victor Frankenstein in a moment when his two-year long experiment of insanity ends with success, and he unknowingly takes his first step into a world of abject misery, from which he will never be able to run away (Shelley 58). Written by Mary Shelley in 1818, Frankenstein paints the life of Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who conducts a self-driven, unorthodox experiment with one sole goal: bringing an inanimate creature into life. Through the footsteps of Frankenstein and his abhorred creature (ironically referred to as Frankenstein in the modern days), Shelley brings to our mind the inescapable weight and responsibility trailing behind the Creator, and the impact following a lack of parental care and social support on a y...