Her use of imagery and personification throughout the writing draws the reader into the sick mind of a young mother struggling to find herself again and broaches the issue of feminism. According to the Online Literature website, Charlotte Perkins Gilman was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1860. Her father, a librarian, abandoned the family early on and Charlotte was often looked after by her Great aunt and uncle, Harriet and Henry Beecher. Henry was a social reformer and Harriet was the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Due to the strong social and literary influences, Charlotte was drawn to literature and began writing at a young age.
Mammy, Laila’s mother, has the upper hand over her father, Babi, who just listens as he is getting “fussed” at. The two show that their marriage is no longer good and mammy shows he dislike for him. Laila is held at gunpoint. Chapter 17 The gun turns out to be a water gun. Laila describes the sometimey relationship she has with her mother; Laila expresses her emotions about Mammy and how she truly feels when it comes to living in the house and Mammy’s opinion of her.
The transient nature of humanity continually questions the ever-changing values and ethics in society. Although a contextual difference of 150 years, Mary Shelley’s gothic novel, Frankenstein and Ridley Scott’s science fiction film, Blade Runner focus on similar concerns and issues reflected by the zeitgeists of the people of their time. Blade Runner and Frankenstein illustrate the evolution of the role of women, the necessity of nature and parental responsibility through the manipulation of selective and skilful techniques. The women in Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein are conveyed as weak and helpless characters, a rigid dichotomy compared her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft’s A Vindication of the Rights of Women that fight for gender equality and criticized the "false system of education" provided for women. The debilitated women in Frankenstein imitate what was socially expected of women in her time, while the monster demonstrates the only alternative available that is self-education.
A major gothic theme is death, but the novel ‘Frankenstein’ is more about birth and creation. To what extent do you agree with this view? Frankenstein was written in 1818, which is before the gothic genre and themes existed. However, a major gothic theme is death, which is a theme apparent through the whole novel. Shelley, the author’s mother died 10 days after giving birth, which could influence her writing and decision to make Caroline die after child birth also.
The Reality and the Imagination “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelly To write a book , a writer should be influenced by something important for him/ her .It could be anything - a life , a motive , a person , a smile, an event. We realize that years of research have find out that it is not a coincidence that there are connections in Mary Shelly`s life and here novel masterpiece - Frankenstein .There are various references to her family members and she expresses situations and feelings of her life among pages of the book ,that makes her novel Frankenstein a puzzle in which she has secretly hidden pieces of he own life. There are a lot of examples for placing secrets in masterpieces, a lot of authors enjoy hide secrets in their works- for instance there is Leonardo Da Vinci`s painting “The Last Supper” – which is a great example for secrecy .To reveal the secret of the work , to expose every hidden part of it , to find the connections, to decipher it - makes every individual researcher replete with proud and satisfactions . Such is the case when studying the Mery Shelly`s life and her acknowledged book “Frankenstein”. A small hidden detail which can be considered as insignificant , can turn to be great hints and help to understand and reveal the feelings of the author.
So Victor does just that, but after it awakes, he is filled with disgust and hates his creation because in his eyes it is ugly. “But now that I had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filled my heart.” (Page 56) A true mother doesn’t care what their child looks like, they love it anyways. Next, the major theme of this novel is the women’s role in families. During Victor’s dream, he sees Elizabeth turn into the corps of his mother. This reinforces the idea that women are frail and weak.
When reading Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, one cannot help but notice that the women characters seem to have little substance compared to the male characters. This may have been caused by the time period in which she wrote: one in which females were considered inferior to males. This difference between the sexes can be looked at using a variety of different perspectives. Johanna M. Smith, a professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, discusses this issue using feminist eyes in her essay entitled "'Cooped up': Feminine Domesticity in Frankenstein." The main points in Professor Smith's essay are that the female characters are there only to reflect the male characters, and that the Frankenstein family has a weird style of living, which she describes as a "bookkeeping mentality" (Smith 279).
At a young age, Victor Frankenstein’s parents took into there home, a young girl named Elizabeth, to be raised as their daughter. In subsequent years, Victors mother would die in child birth; leaving behind her infant child, William. Victor Frankenstein vowed to gain the knowledge required to reanimate the dead. Hence creating life, this how the creature known as the Frankenstein monster, came in existence. Mary Shelley, the author of The Frankenstein, provides valid points to prove that the creation of Frankenstein was a victim of circumstances verse a monster.
“A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.” ― Stephen King. Not only has Mary Shelly remembered the scars of her life, she was able to reflect every painful memory through her book, Frankenstein. While there is beauty in novel, there is also an overall sense of sadness and futility that reflects on her life experiences. This book is an illustration of the destruction she experienced in her life, and her inability to control any of it, just as how Frankenstein and The Creature did not have any control over their tragedies.
Moreover, Pecola’s misery is forced upon her through the corruption of her family. The corruption of the Breedloves ultimately proves to be damaging to Pecola. Throughout the novel, Pecola is abused and violated. The most profound reason for this is her family. Initially, Morrison describes how the family is marred with corruption.