The developing relationship between Victor and his Monster in Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"

Abstract

This bachelor work is aimed at analysing the relationship of the two main protagonists of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. Initially, the work elaborates the Romantic period in terms of the most influential ideas that preceded and shaped it form. The focus is then transferred to the characters of Victor Frankenstein and his artificial progeny, the Monster. The tensions of their mutual relationship are structured into the thematic framework that provides a deeper insight into most aspects of their literary lives and, thus, analyses the ways in which both figures epitomise social, emotional and moral decline.