In A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Mary Shelley’s mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, writes that “[a] great proportion of the misery, that wanders, in hideous forms, around the world, is allowed to rise from the negligence of parents.” How might this quotation relate to Shelley’s novel Frankenstein? e) Which conventions (or “topoi” or “tropes”) of the modern science fiction genre do we find present in Frankenstein? To what extent has Frankenstein shaped our expectations of that genre? In addition to science fiction literature, film, and television, you may wish to consider science fiction video and computer games. In addition to Mary Shelley’s novel, you may wish to consider James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein monster movie (here) as well. f) Which conventions (or “topoi” or “tropes”) of the modern horror genre do we find present in Frankenstein? To what extent has Frankenstein shaped our expectations of that genre? In addition to horror literature, film, and television, you may wish to consider horror video and computer games. In addition to Mary Shelley’s novel, you may wish to consider James Whale’s 1931 Frankenstein monster movie (here) as well. g) In Frankenstein, to what extent does Mary Shelley blur the line between humanity and monstrosity? How does she achieve this effect? What are her techniques?
In Frankenstein, to what extent does Mary Shelley blur the line between humanity and monstrosity?
