Frankenstein is a Disappointment.
Though Frankenstein is taught in many college level literature classes, it does not adequately entertain the reader. Mary Shelley beautifully integrates many of her real life experiences into her famous novel “Frankenstein”, yet her novel fails to fully retain the narrators interest throughout the novel. First, Frankenstein's unwillingness to think outside the box in every troubling decision he encounters with the monster becomes extremely frustrated. Being intelligent enough to create a living creature from awake from the dead, people can assume he is intelligent enough to work with the monster to solve both of their problems. Similarly, Knights Quarterly claims Shelley’s main character Frankenstein to “not [have] one flash of imagination, not one spark of passion”(Knights Quarterly). After his passion drives the creation of his monstrous creation, it would seem he loses all passion towards his friends and family. Not only does he let all of his family die, but he lets them all die in the same way, by the monster. If Frankenstein were to step back and asses the creatures methods in damaging his life, he would surely soon come up with a solution based on his intellect.
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Through his painful encounters with humans, we can forgive the monsters wrongdoings at first. However, once the beast begins to read, speak, and learn about god, his continuous cruelty towards man befuddles the reader. If Frankenstein was a group of poems, it would be alot better book. Contrary to previous declarations, Mary Shelley beautifully incorporates her life story throughout this novel. For example, when describing his mother and her death Frankenstein