The story of Frankenstein as the story of deconstruction

This thesis examines the novel ,Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, covering one particular aspect, which is deconstruction. This idea can be found on different levels of the work. I will focus on two of them: the first is revealing the story of Frankenstein as a story of anti-creation, while the second is revealing that this particular piece of Romantic writing is concerned with the destruction of the Romantic dream. In the first part, I will demonstrate that the novel can be brought into contrast with the Bible; while the latter one is interpreted as a story of construction, the first one is about deconstruction. Then I will prove that we can interpret Frankenstein, the scientist as a métáphol for the Romantic poet. I will argue that in his attempt to deliver life in full and forever, he delivers a humanist dream, associated as much with poetic as with scientific imagination.