The document discusses Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. It summarizes that the theme of creation is at the center of the novel, as Victor creates a monster and brings it to life after gaining scientific knowledge. However, Victor's ambition to create life fails as his creation is rejected. Mary Shelley was challenged by Byron to write a ghost story, which prompted her to develop the story around her nightmare. The most common causes of depression shown in the novel are abuse and conflict, which both Victor and the monster experience.

1. 1797-1851
Litetature of Romantics
Frankestine: Depression as 21st
century’s Monster
Nanditaba Chudasama
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S.B Gardi Department of English
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4. The theme of creation is at the center of the novel,
Frankenstein. The story shows how Victor creates a
monster and instills life in it after gaining scientific
knowledge of life at Ingolstadt. Victor plays God or
pretends to become one to create life. His ambition of
creating life and emulating his own creation fails.
Mary Shelley tells her readers that Byron challenged her,
Percy and Polidori each towrite a ghost story. Prompted
by Percy to further develop the story she created around
her nightmare, she could draw on material with the same
origin as the nightmare. ...
Why Mary Shelly write Frankestine?
What is the center of Frankestine

5. What Are the Main Causes of Depression?
•Abuse. Past physical, sexual, or
emotional abuse can increase the
vulnerability to clinical depression later in
life.
•Certain medications.
•Conflict.
•Death or a loss.
•Genetics.
•Major events.
•Other personal problems.
•Serious illnesses

6. Depression as 21st
century Monster
Unlike physical cuts and
bruises, mental illnesses
can’t be seen.
Nevertheless, we can
recognize the symptoms
and seek professional help
to battle them. This
requires education and
awareness as well as
frequent public discourse
around the subject of
mental health.

7. The most common causes
of depression are abuse and conflict
in life, which both Victor and the
monster suffer from.Victor was
deeply saddened by the murder of
his brother, and the monster was
thrown into depression after being
abandoned by Victor right after he
was created as well as right after
Victor died.
Depressed Monster
in Frankestine

8. Movie adaptation on
Frankestine :
Bride
of
Franke
stine
1935
(Japan)
Frankestine
1931 (USA)
Adaptation:
The Phantam
hour (2016)

9. Anthony Badalamenti ,et al .Springer Link .com
article 10 August 2006 why did Mary Shelly write
Frankestine?
Literarydevices.net.Theme in frankestine 6 october
2008 Example s and analysis literary.com
Akansha Agarwal ,storypick.com 8
september 2019 Health Artist Depicts
Mental Disorder As Monsters In Powerful
Series https://www.storypick.com
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