Frankenstein: Fiction influenced by Personal Accounts
The evaluation of “Frankenstein” by several authors, may have merely focused on the themes and the settings of the story, when it is considered at face value. Sherry Ginn on the other hand, has perused the story, by taking into account, the personal life and events of the author, thus helping her come into a fair conclusion that “Frankenstein” might indeed be an autobiography, or as the effects of personal occurrences in Mary Shelley’s. As she is of the impression that the major themes of the story, are taken from life accounts of the author. Ginn accomplishes this by giving a clear portrayal of these themes, and what part of the authors life they seem to be adapted from. Sherry Ginn is amongst the faculty members of Wingate University in North Carolina,as an Assistant Professor of Psychology and the Director of Women’s studies Program. Ginn’s background in psychology makes her scrutiny on the psychosocial development of Mary Shelley somewhat
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This is because Victor after being terrified by the sight of the monster that he had created, abandons it, almost immediately after it is brought to life, thus causing it to have to fend for itself. The point that Ginn is trying to make while comparing the fictional character, and the author, is clearly made, as this relates with the claims that Ginn makes that Shelley’s father abandoned her by turning his back on her twice, as he first sent her away to live in Scotland with people that he had hardly known, and a second time, due to her marriage to Percy Shelley. Another author (Naomi Hetherington). who has evaluated the story confirms accounts personal rejection may have played a big role in the writing of the story; “Biographical and psychological critics point to ways in which the creature’s sense of rejection may reflect Mary’s own unsatisfactory early childhood experiences.” (Hetherington,