ABOUT FRANKENSTEIN

There is a story (maybe still another) encapsulated, contained in "Frankenstein". The plot takes us
undeniably to the book of Genesis, when approaching a so-called Creature that rebels against its
Creator and mentioning that this creature reads parts of "Paradise Lost ”, by John Milton. The
connection with the religious theme is strong, even obvious. There is a recreation, a revival of the
biblical passage from the Old Testament, about the Fallen Angel, in the repulsion that the Creator
feels for his Creature and thus the illusion of Paradise is broken. In an allusion to the primordial
man, Adam, the Creature was initially herbivorous, feeding on fruits and vegetables, being
therefore peaceful. Later there is mention that he later learned to use fire, language, writing (this
would be a mention of the evolutionary scale of humanity). Note that the Creature is heavily
involved in the representation of Evil, personifying the Shadow archetype, reaping many lives. And
he does it out of hatred, jealousy, all base motives, direct reference to the Ruin, The Fall of the
Angel whose name is now Lucifer. The erasure of the female figure is quite significant when the
author kills Victor's mother and the Creature kills Elisabeth, Victor's adoptive sister out of jealousy;
relegating to both, mother and sister adopt, the minimum status of types, and cannot even be
considered characters. There is no minimum female performance that allows a deep re-reading of
the representativeness of the two. It is necessary to emphasize that Victor Frankenstein, the
Creator, has a strange first name chosen by Mary Shelley for this character, since in the end, he
loses the battle against the fury of his Creature.

Edna Grassi

12.06.21