Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein': An In-Depth Analysis

Plot Summary I: Walton’s Introduction and Ship, Victor’s Childhood and Ingolstadt

Plot Summary II: Tragic Death For William and Justine and the Monster’s Perspective

Plot Summary III: Victor’s Promise of a Female Monster, Betrayal, Elizabeth’s Death and Return to Walton’s Ship

Character Analysis I: Victor Frankenstein and The Flawed ‘Hero’

Character Analysis II: The Monster, Villain or Victim?

Character Analysis III: Side Characters, Walton, Elizabeth and Henry Clerval

Themes in Frankenstein: Knowledge and Discover, Justice and Prejudice

Form: Romanticism and Gothic Literature in Frankenstein

Structure: Multiple Narrators, Embedded Narrative and Chronology

Language Choices: Motifs and Symbols, Allusions

Further Historical Influences: Galvanism, Mary Shelley’s Background and Personal Relationships