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Johnson refutes the idea that Frankenstein is based on Mary Shelley’s husband, listing the ways in which he is more similar to Mary than Shelley.
As a creature of id, the monster “kills those whom Frankenstein wants to kill. At a still deeper level, the monster’s actions express the emotional intention of the author herself.”
— Oct 01, 2025 12:00PM
As a creature of id, the monster “kills those whom Frankenstein wants to kill. At a still deeper level, the monster’s actions express the emotional intention of the author herself.”
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From the introduction by Diane Johnson:
The monster’s “own history, mirrors that of the progress from innocence to guilt of the whole human race. The structure implies that the monster’s (man’s) guilt is finally greatest, but the explicit moral terms specify that the greatest skill is the Creator’s Frankenstein’s).”
— Oct 01, 2025 11:34AM
The monster’s “own history, mirrors that of the progress from innocence to guilt of the whole human race. The structure implies that the monster’s (man’s) guilt is finally greatest, but the explicit moral terms specify that the greatest skill is the Creator’s Frankenstein’s).”
