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A 6 page essay that argues that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein can be interpreted as a bildungsroman in regards to the Monster. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Frankenstein and the creature that he brings to life. Exploration of the novel reveals that the part of the narrative that recounts the Monsters development fits with the definition of
a bildungsroman, as Shelley focuses on his moral, cognitive and psychological development. Exploration of the novel from this perspective reveals a prominent theme in which Shelley emphasizes that Frankenstein
warped the psyche of the innocent life that he brought into being through his rejection of his creation, which can be understood as his total failure as a "father" to
the Monster, who is his technological "son." This is shown by Shelley through the description of the Monsters development, which mirrors normal childhood development and also through the Monsters own
evaluation of his relationship to Frankenstein. While Frankenstein gave his technological "son" the body of a full-grown man, his early cognitive development mirrors the development of any child. Jean
Piaget, Swiss child psychologist whose research has greatly influenced the way in which childhood development is understood, identified four distinct stages of cognitive maturation ("Jean Piaget" 43). In her novel,
Shelley condenses the stages that would normally take roughly two decades into period encompassed by the Monsters brief lifetime. The construction of Shelleys novel, which utilizes different narrators for
different chapters, allows both the Monster and Frankenstein to offer their accounts of the Monsters early existence. When Frankenstein recounts the Monsters creation/birth, he recalls how his eyes remained fixed
on him and that the Monster "muttered some inarticulate sounds, while a grin wrinkled his cheeks" (Shelly 44). When a baby coos and gurgles, responding to parents with smiles, this
behavior is cherished and considered precious. However, in the innocent life that Frankenstein has created, it strikes him as horrible, an abomination. In later section, the Monster is the
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