Summary Of Frankenstein By Sharon Ruston

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Professor Sharon Ruston discusses in "the science of life and death in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein" the scientific basis of the novel, according to several studies. Her thesis is that resurrection is indeed possible.

The essay is wonderfully written and the thesis is stated in the short introductory paragraph: "that the boundary between life and death was imaginary and it might be breached" (Ruston, 2018).

In the next paragraph, professor Sharon Ruston goes on to provide evidence for her thesis. And so the author tells the story of two doctors who advocate for the idea that to resuscitate a body considered dead is indeed possible. This scientific basis provides enormous credibility to the thesis supported by Ruston. These two doctors set