The Monstrous Parent: Fatherhood and Responsibility in Mary Shelleys Frankenstein
This 4-page graduate essay describes and explains Victor's father/son relationship with his creature in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. This paper explores Victor’s responsibility with his family, science and friends and includes references to metaphors. This paper uses three scholarly articles and the primary text to argue that Victor approaches fatherhood through the modern idea of science, and thus enters into his parenthood role selfishly, wishing to create but not wishing to embrace the difficult aspects of fatherhood. Victor fails in his duties both as father and as person, since fatherhood and citizenship and humanity are shown to be connected in Shelley’s text. In using science to create an overly controlling, monstrously maternal version of fatherhood, Victor absconds his duties as a person and a father by refusing to take responsibility for his child. Thus, this essay argues that Frankenstein is a cautionary tale concerning the impact of lack of responsibility on kinship networks.
Pages: 4
Bibliography: 4 source(s) listed
Filename: 21636
Price: 35.80
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