“And what was I? Of my creation and creator I was absolutely ignorant, but I knew that I possessed no money, no friends, no kind of property. I was not even of the same nature as man,” said the Creature, a mere by-product of Victor Frankenstein’s bona fide interest in the realm of human anatomy. The quote above depicts the plight of the Creature and how he gradually developed his unique, somewhat rich, personality through his encounters in the “real world”, laden with momentous literary pieces. All in all, in the novel Frankenstein, Volney’s Ruins of Empires, Milton’s Paradise Lost, Plutarch’s Plutarch’s Lives, and von Goethe’s Sorrows of Werter all fuse with one another, in order to yield the amalgam of abandonment, isolation, and impulsivity that define the Creature, thus underscoring the conspicuous need for bibliotherapy. …show more content…
To add to this, it furthermore reflects upon how the course of human history was infused with Roman conflicts, Native American abuses, and the collapses of massive empires: sullen realities that lead the Creature to question whether or not he is indeed a mere “blot upon the earth” (Shelley). Peale’s The Power of Positive Thinking, which, in turn, revolve around the goal of curing depression through the means of therapeutic spirituality and self-help, would indisputably prove to be beneficial in this situation. Further complementing this posed notion, one ought to elucidate upon how Volney’s Ruins of Empires accurately underscores the injustice, inequalities, and unfortunate circumstances that inundate the realm of modern society: a plot that fuels the Creature’s numerous murders. All in all, Peale’s steadfast dedication to the diffusion of positive thinking and self-help accounts for the proposed substitution at