Introduction

(hentet fra nettet)
A Summary of the plot

What is the novel about?

What kind of novel is Frankenstein?

Who is telling the story?

Is Victor Frankenstein a hero?

Is Victor Frankenstein a monster?

In what ways is Frankenstein's "miserable monster" monstrous?

In what ways is the monster Frankenstein's double?

In what ways is Frankenstein's monster virtuous?

Is the monster the novel's hero?

Is Frankenstein a feminist novel?

What makes Frankenstein such an extraordinary achievement?

NOTES
The many myths of Frankenstein
The sublime in Frankenstein
The myth of Prometheus
Frankenstein and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Science and the Shelleys
Frankenstein on film
Politics and Frankenstein
Ten Facts about Frankenstein
Frankenstein and Paradise Lost
A "horror story of maternity"
Education in the novel
Mary Shelley's family circle
What the critics say
A Short Chronology
Further Reading

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