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A 4 page paper discussing the Mary Shelley novel 'Frankenstein' and how it serves as an illustration of the 'other-ness' which is hidden within every person and contains the elements of destruction, ostracism, and lonely solitude. Bibliography lists three sources and provides a 1 page outline of the report.
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one primary and enduring factor, regardless of the context in which the story is re-invented and re-told. That single factor is the wholesale rejection of the "other." The "other"
meaning the creature which each person is capable of creating and bringing to life that is ugly beyond description and rejected by ones own community. The monster of the "other,"
the shadow side, the hidden self, is a key component of much of literature, whether that literature was created in ancient times or modern. In numerous ways, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
ensured that, working from the readers own experience or historical position, he or she can read into Shelleys text meanings that appear to belong to every individual. Not surprisingly,
most critical attention of "Frankenstein" has been concentrated on literary issues, not the least of which is whether or not Frankenstein should be regarded as an example of science
fiction or historical allegory. (Most often, the debate has settled on the side of science fiction.) Some of the contextual criticism that literary historians have had the tendency
to dismiss provide insights that allow "Frankenstein" to serve as a meaningful document for the chronicles of scientific development. Mary Shelley uses many elements of the natural philosophy and chemistry
of her time in her story. Her novel accordingly makes interesting reading as non- expert testimony to the philosophical and scientific ideas of its time. Such "testimony" was rare in
any literary aspect of the time. The lack of comment or criticism is all the more curious in that Mary Shelley lived in intellectually interesting times and was personally acquainted
with many of the scientists and philosophers who made her times particularly unique (James and Field 47). Despite the questions raised by theoretical questions relating to scientific inquiry, the far
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