Frankenstein's context and monstrosity

Bearing in mind the historical context and allegory of the industrial revolution.

Electricity was another monumental scientific discovery of the time, one that many viewed with awe and wonder. The Creature saw characteristics of himself in both Adam and Satan. Just as human’s industrialized England, it was a human that created the monster. Victor Frankenstein can be seen as the modern Prometheus. Again, with greater knowledge of the context, the “spark of being”(electricity) is further clarified, Shelley ideally represents electricity as the modern “heav’nly fire”. The main influence on Frankenstein Ovid had been through the presentation of the Promethean Legend. The individual and his quest can be interpreted as Frankenstein or the Creature’s journey to achieve revenge.

With regard to the text’s historical context, often Frankenstein is interpreted as allegorical of the industrial revolution.

Hence, from the knowledge of the novels scientific context one experiences a greater understanding of firstly where the text’s predominant idea had its origin, and also elucidates the objective of finer details of the Creatures creation. As it was human influence that converted the Creature into an ‘evil’ being, can the creature’s negative aspects be seen as monstrous if they resulted from humans?

From the texts scientific context one can see that Victor Frankenstein’s achievement was the objective for many scientists of that time. References to Milton’s Paradise Lost reoccur throughout the novel, with sound knowledge of Paradise Lost one is able to identify the parallels between Paradise Lost and Frankenstein. However, while Prometheus was punished by the Gods Frankenstein was punished by his own creation.