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Research Paper | English Language and Literature | India | Volume 12 Issue 12, December 2023

Violence, Politics and Sexuality in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

Mintu Patra

Abstract: A common theme emerges as the novel moves from worries about personal relationships to distress over more significant social issues, from Walton and Victor Frankenstein to the idea that humanity may be in danger of extinction. The relationships and language in Shelley's book highlight how problematic nineteenth - century discussions of race and family were. There is a problematic relationship between sexuality and procreation at play in both the domestic and international arenas. Four relational trajectories-familial, homosocial, sexual, and racial-are identified by incorporating allusions to modern criticism of Frankenstein, indicating that Shelley was acutely aware of the social and political tensions surrounding these issues. Anyone seeking knowledge is bound to come across sex at some point. When sex was forbidden in the early nineteenth century, fiction writers developed a taste for the unknown. Mary Shelley's Frankenstein has become a standard bearer for the Gothic genre due to its inclusion of the abnormal and slightly supernatural. Victor Frankenstein makes a fatal mistake in his attempt to do God's work. He deserts Adam, who returns to plague and destroy his life.

Keywords: Sexuality, Self - representations, Superhuman, Relationship, Homosexuality

Edition: Volume 12 Issue 12, December 2023,

Pages: 1048 - 1050