"All Human Kind Sinned Against Me": Frankenstein's Monster Talks Back

• 발행기관: 한국영미어문학회
• 저자명: Joohyun Park(박주현)
• 간행물 정보: 『영미어문학』영미어문학 제94호, 53~73쪽, 전체 21쪽
• 주제분류: 어문학 > 영어와문학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2010.03.30

영문 초록

In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley elaborates on how ‘monsters’ are made and examines how Frankenstein and the society at large coerce the unnamed creature to become a monster. Throughout the novel, Shelley deals with how an identity is given by the society. The creature himself is employed as the narrator who speaks against the arguments of his creator. While Frankenstein believes that innate evilness of his creation would only harm humankind, the creature counter argues by pointing out that his 'evil' conducts are merely consequential outcome of people's malicious attitude towards the Other. The creature’' s narrative exposes the injustice of the majority that excludes racial Others with different physicalities, and also encourages the readers to sympathize with the displaced Other. Although Frankenstein is reluctant t。 admit it, his violent reaction towards the creation he had once cherished derives from his fear of the Other's subjectivity. He finds the gaze of the creature terribly threatening, for the gaze forces him to recognize the creature's agency. Frankenstein's refusal to accept the creature as a subject leads him to abort the female mate he had been working on for the creature, and after this abortion, the devastated creature transforms into the ’monster' of Frankenstein’s nightmares

목차

I. Introduction

II. The Creature's Account: Rejection creates Monsters

III. The Master's Fear of the Creature's Subjectivity

IV. Conclusion

키워드

Frankenstein Mary Shelley Rejection Fear Master Monster