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Mary Shelley Brings Frankenstein to Life

HISTORY This Week

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The Unchecked Male Ambition of Frankenstein

A dystopian novel about a world without mothers and a world without strong women. Unchecked male ambition says Mary Shelley is going to wreak havoc on the world. All men hate the wretched. How then must I be hated who am miserable beyond all living things? Yet you, my creator, detest and spurn me?

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