ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How is the work of Frankenstein influenced in the literary genre of romanticism?
A
Showing the creation of frankenstein
B
for the revolutionary way of expressing himself in the work
C
because it is based on some real situation
D
for some kind of pain what is seen in the play
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Victor Frankenstein represents Romanticism because he is a warning against scientific pursuit without thought. Romanticism was a reaction to the Industrial Revolution, and Victor created something without considering the consequences of his actions.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frankenstein explored the ancient themes of literature: anguished dread of mortality, the consequences of obsession-inevitably hubris and its consequent ate-and the divine retribution that in mythology always follows overweening pride.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mary Shelley lived among the practitioners of these concepts and used many of these principles in her novel Frankenstein. The monster is a Romantic hero because of the rejection he must bear from normal society. Wherever he goes, the monster is chased away because of his hideous appearance and his huge size.

Detailed explanation-4: -Lord Byron’s suggestion of a ghost story competition to while away their Swiss holiday not only inspired Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, but also Polidori’s short prose The Vampyre (1819) which later became a source of inspiration for Bram Stoker’s seminal work, Dracula (1897).

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