Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein, stems directly from the unconscious perspective of Shelley herself. As Sigmund Freud preached, literary texts display the unconscious desires of the author who constructed them. Therefore, the characters Mary Shelley assembled such as: Frankenstein and Frankenstein’s monster, are to be interpreted as her own inner thoughts and feelings of herself. Focusing first on the characteristics of Frankenstein, the reader can gather that Mary Shelley feels ashamed of being cowardly when the position of being courageous presented itself throughout her life. Originally, the reader is lead to believe Frankenstein possesses immense intellectual ability due to his passion of a perspective rejected by most. He …show more content…
Here Frankenstein receives everything he wanted, but because the strength and valor needed to further achieve this great expedition of science proves to be much too daunting, he turns his nose up and his back away from his dreams. Mary Shelley likely regrets a time when she could have attained personal success, but turned away due to her lack of courage and determination, and now curses this character with the same cowardice in order to teach herself the importance of bravery. Not only does Shelley’s subconscious insecurities present themselves through the eyes of Frankenstein, but his monster as well. From the very moment the monster opened his yellow eyes, he faced hatred and abandonment. His own creator wished for his demise and ran, terrified from his side, leaving him alone in a completely new world. Generally, the reader would be safe to assume the monster would retaliate by terrorizing the whole town, as Hollywood portrays. However, instead the monster disappears into the woods with the intention of discovering himself and his purpose and contribution to