Frankenstein Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, by Mary Shelley is a horror story. However, its ghoulishness involves the way that we treat each other and how self-centered we can be when chasing our ambitions. The novel teaches the powerful lesson that passion intemperate by moral responsibility leads to destruction. The novel opens in the desolate Alps with Dr. Victor Frankenstein telling his horrid tale to Walton, an explorer on a voyage to search for the …showed first 75 words of 618 total…

…showed last 75 words of 618 total…creator. I would recommend this novel to anyone. It is a great love story but with the chilling suspense of a horror. It also teaches a great lesson how people get so caught up in their dreams and goals that they cannot see what is happening to them and their family. As Victor Frankenstein said it himself, “Seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent one.” ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**