Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly, is an allusion to the biblical stories in
the Genesis, but Frankenstein is also a warning to humanity that playing god
creates moral issues.
These moral issues include social disorder between
the creature's race and the creator's race. When Frankenstein's monster
asked Doctor Frankenstein for a mate, he referred to a companion to
keep him sane and happy in the human world. As the only creature of his race, the monster asks for a mate, but Frankenstein refuses to make another. As a method of retaliation, the monster killed members of Frankenstein's immediate family. This social disorder puts man and monster into a constant struggle that will never end until the monster is extinguished.
As I read that page, I
wondered if God created one man and one woman as stated in the Genesis
for the same reason.
All in all this classical novel is a great read
to understand how the other creature feels about creation. It has a
unbiased and two perspective viewpoint.
From my perspective, Frankenstein is a novel allowed the reader to gain insight into a strongly religious society. It also taught people about how to write in Proper English. For a while now, the English language has been dessicated in America by immigration and the media. As a result, many people speak in an ungrammatical way. This novel refreshes the mind about how people in the past spoke English and it allows people to preserve English's linguistic integrity.
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