In Need of Parents: Frankenstein, A Novel of Attachment and Loss

Gyuris, Annamária (2006) In Need of Parents: Frankenstein, A Novel of Attachment and Loss. Masters, Szegedi Tudományegyetem.

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Abstract

This thesis examines the question of parental duties in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. I will prove that in the novel, the Monster is not the first identifiable victim of rejection. Victor Frankenstein himself could not have a really good upbringing. He is very likely to have suffered from being neglected. Shelley's parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft, too, might have caused pain to Mary: she with their flagrant ideas and lifestyle and Godwin with his cold attitude toward her. Using Shelley's biographies and her parents' writings, I will demonstrate that the novel remarkably mirrors the author's own troubled life and Wollstonecraft's views on parental duties.

Institution

Szegedi Tudományegyetem

Faculty

Gyula Juhász Teacher Training College

Department

Angol Tanszék

Discipline

Teacher Training

Specialization

angol

Supervisor(s)

Item Type:	Thesis (Masters)
Subjects:	05. Social sciences > 05.03. Educational sciences
Depositing User:	Szerkesztő JGYPK
Date Deposited:	2019. Apr. 11. 07:40
Last Modified:	2019. May. 30. 07:59
URI:	https://diploma.bibl.u-szeged.hu/id/eprint/72937

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