Frankenstein is a gothic science fiction novel from the 1800s. The novel shows how important it is that scientists are careful when they do experiments, and how easily it can become a full-blown disaster if they are not. In this essay I am going to analyze and interpret Frankenstein, and discuss the view that is presented about the responsibilities of a scientist through the novel.
The protagonist in Frankenstein is the scientist, Victor Frankenstein. He put together body parts from corpses in his lab until he has created a complete body, whereupon he brings the body to life. The creature can think and is actually pretty clever, but looks hideous. Victor Frankenstein is/becomes scared of his own creation, and runs away. The creature feels abandon by his creator, and seeks revenge by killing all the people that Frankenstein love. Victor Frankenstein pursues the creature to the North Pole, where he meets Robert Walton. Walton is an Artic seafarer, and he nurses Frankenstein back to health. While doing this, Frankenstein tells Walton his story – and Walton then retells it in this novel. Furthermore, Walton writes letters to his sister, Mrs Saville, describing his meeting with Frankenstein and the Creature. These are the letters that opens and closes the story. Frankenstein is an epistolary novel.
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