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This document is a paper submitted by Kailash Baraiya to the Department of English at M.K. Bhavnagar University about various approaches in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. It provides biographical information about Mary Shelley and background on Frankenstein. It then discusses two approaches taken in analyzing Frankenstein: the psychological approach, which views Victor Frankenstein's creation through a psychological lens, and the mythological approach, which examines how Shelley incorporated myths like Prometheus and Paradise Lost into her novel.
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- 2. Name: Kailash Baraiya Roll No: 10 Sem: 2, (2016-2018) Paper No: 5, Romantic Literature Topic: Various Approaches in Frankenstein Submitted To: Department of English, M.K. Bhavnagar University.
- 3. About Mary Shelley Born in 30 August,1797, Somers Town, London, England. Died in 01 February,1851. English Novelist, Short Story writer, dramatist, essayist, biographer, and travel writer. Best known for her Gothic novel ‘Frankenstein: the modern Prometheus’.
- 4. About Novel ‘Frankenstein: the modern Prometheus’ published anonymously in London- 1818. In 1831- second edition , Mary Shelley’s name appears on it. Horror Novel
- 5. Various Approaches in Frankenstein Psychological Approaches Mythological Approaches
- 6. Psychological Approach Simple meaning of Psychology: It is the Science of the mind, human mind is the most complex machine on the earth. It is the source of all thought and behavior. Frankenstein is a novel that finds itself a victim of psychological criticism. Victor Frankenstein had no plans to create both male and female, but request for female companion comes as a sock to his psychological nature.
- 7. Mythological Approach Mary Shelley incorporated a number of different sources in to her work. Promethean myth from Ovid John Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’ S.T Coleridge’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ Victor Frankenstein's innovative work of the Titan in creating humans as break rules of nature. The novel also uses subtitle ‘The Modern Prometheus’.