Critics

Question 1

Christy Knorr

Answer 1

believes that the monster is a product of the self-fulfilling prophecy

Question 2

Peter Brooks (oppositions)

Answer 2

says the central issues of the novel are joined in the opposition of sight and speech

Question 3

Anne K. Mellor

Answer 3

notes that nature in the novel is presented as female, and Victor’s scientific penetration and exploitation of it, symbolises the destruction of the female

Question 4

Betty Bennett

Answer 4

says Shelley used science as a metaphor for any kind of irresponsible action

Question 5

Daniel Cottom

Answer 5

claims the montrosity of Frankenstein’s experiements stems from the corruption of sexual reproduction

Question 6

Kate Ellis

Answer 6

argues that the domestic affections in the novel are an attack on the institution of the family rather than a celebration of it.

Question 7

a number of critics

Answer 7

have noted that the window in ‘Frankenstein’ functions like a mirror, showing the demonic double of the self.

Question 8

Donna Heiland

Answer 8

argued that Gothic plots are not merely transgressive but also plots of gender anxiety.

Question 9

Ellen Moers (feminist critic)

Answer 9

reads Frankenstein as a birth myth, revealing the fears of the natural processed of birth, echoing shelleys own troubles.