Mary Shelly
Indicating Mary Shelley's Worldview through Frankenstein
Was Mary Shelley representing a Biblical worldview through her book Frankenstein? She didn't seem to have a clear worldview nor a Biblical worldview. Throughout the book Mary Shelley mentioned God, Man, and Nature. Whereas mentioning her view though the book was hard, for as the book was written about a madman who had created life into something that was lifeless. Since her worldview seems to be unclear, her view of God seems to be the same.
Mary Shelley's view of God seems to be very unclear. Although when the monster was telling Frankenstein about growing and learning from other humans—he had found books and read them. In one of these books the monster learned about our omnipotent God. He felt like Adam, from the Bible, and he him self had a lot in common. But that soon changed when he realized that his creator, Frankenstein, had no love for him as our God cares for us. Mary Shelley, through her books, shows her view of God as loving and how he cares for his creation. Frankenstein made the monster when he was not ready for the responsibility for his destruction.
"What could not be expected in the country of eternal light?" asks Walton. The Bible saying we need to be a light for the Lord. Although Mary Shelley most likely was talking about Walton and his love for science, but as a person of faith—the country of eternal light seems to be heaven. Man, as Mary Shelly pictured him, is being a light for what they love.
Genesis 6:6 says, "So the Lord was sorry He had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke His heart." God was disappointed He had ever made man. Mary Shelley shows that same disappointment when Frankenstein made his monster. Frankenstein showed love for this being he had made, and then the beauty he saw in his monster vanished when he realized that what he had made was bad. Frankenstein had said he was not mad, he proclaimed that he had discovered the cause of life—by
Was Mary Shelley representing a Biblical worldview through her book Frankenstein? She didn't seem to have a clear worldview nor a Biblical worldview. Throughout the book Mary Shelley mentioned God, Man, and Nature. Whereas mentioning her view though the book was hard, for as the book was written about a madman who had created life into something that was lifeless. Since her worldview seems to be unclear, her view of God seems to be the same.
Mary Shelley's view of God seems to be very unclear. Although when the monster was telling Frankenstein about growing and learning from other humans—he had found books and read them. In one of these books the monster learned about our omnipotent God. He felt like Adam, from the Bible, and he him self had a lot in common. But that soon changed when he realized that his creator, Frankenstein, had no love for him as our God cares for us. Mary Shelley, through her books, shows her view of God as loving and how he cares for his creation. Frankenstein made the monster when he was not ready for the responsibility for his destruction.
"What could not be expected in the country of eternal light?" asks Walton. The Bible saying we need to be a light for the Lord. Although Mary Shelley most likely was talking about Walton and his love for science, but as a person of faith—the country of eternal light seems to be heaven. Man, as Mary Shelly pictured him, is being a light for what they love.
Genesis 6:6 says, "So the Lord was sorry He had ever made them and put them on the earth. It broke His heart." God was disappointed He had ever made man. Mary Shelley shows that same disappointment when Frankenstein made his monster. Frankenstein showed love for this being he had made, and then the beauty he saw in his monster vanished when he realized that what he had made was bad. Frankenstein had said he was not mad, he proclaimed that he had discovered the cause of life—by