This document provides a cultural studies analysis of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein. It discusses how the novel has been adapted and referenced in numerous forms of fiction and non-fiction, stage plays, films, television, and more. It analyzes themes in the novel like the quest for knowledge and power, the creature as a representation of the proletarian class, and how the novel remains relevant to modern issues like genetic engineering. The conclusion emphasizes how the novel teaches the dangers of challenging God and analyzing the relationship between monstrosity and humanity.

1. Culture studies in practice:-
Frankenstein
presented by
BHUNGANI CHINTAVANKUMAR N.
M.A. (SEM -2)
Paper no:- 8- cultural studies
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Submitted To
Smt. S. B. GARDI DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
MAHARAJA KRUSHANAKUMARSINHJI
BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITY

2. Mary
Shelley’s
Novel has
morphed in to
Countless
Form
Fiction & Non-
fiction
Stage Plays
Film Television
Advertising Comic Book
Games cartoons
Academic Study
Food
(Frankenberry)

3. In below given quote we can see his hunger for
knowledge and to create a life through that knowledge
“The world was to me a secret which I desired to
divine. Curiosity earnest research to learn the
hidden laws of nature, gladness akin to rapture, as
they were earliest sensation I can remember”
Humanity which sees the moral or ethical consent of the novel and by this
I also want to prove my point that why Marry Shelley wants to create a male
monster? But by this regard I can say through observing all aspect the aspects
of novel and its study that I have, and naturally this clear when its shows the
power of men and in other hand the ugliness of the monster that she
wants to show and also we can say in cultural studies of this novel that,
“A message on the Irony and Danger in the Quest for power” cause the
generation is what that creates or challenge.

4. Age of Revolution Modern Consumer culture
Frankenstein is “a vital metaphor, peculiarly
appropriate to CULTURE dominated by a consumer
technology, neurotically obsessed with ‘getting in
touch’ with its authentic self and frightened at what it
is discovering.
- George Levine
From CNN descriptions of Saddam Hussein as an “American
Created Frankenstein” to magazine articles that warn of
genetically engineered “Franken-foods,” test-tube babies,
and cloning.

5. Monster like the
creature Paradoxical
Transgress against
“establishment”
Destroy monster by
society
Mary Shelley’s Creature is Political and Moral
paradox

6. Creature as Proletarian
 Percy Shelley was thought of as a dangerous
radical bent on labor reform and was spied
upon by the government.
 In Frankenstein, what Johanna M. Smith calls
the “ alternation between fear of vengeful
revolution and sympathy for the suffering
poor.” illuminates Mary Shelley’s own divisions
between fear of the masses.

7. From Natural Philosophy to Cyber:
• Today, in 21 century an age of
genetic engineering,
biotechnology, and cloning, the
most far-reaching industrialization
of life forms to date, Frankenstein
is more relevant than ever.
• Result of genetic engineering is
that like…. surrogate mother, test-
tube baby, Cloning,

8. A Race of Devils
 Frankenstein may analyzed in its
portrayal of different “Races”.
 Mary Shelley’s creature’s skin is
only described ‘YELLOW’.
 It has been constructed “out of a
cultural tradition of the
threatening ‘Other’- whether troll
or giant,gypsy or Negro from the
dark inner recesses of
Xenophobic fear and loathing.
• - H.L. Malchow

9. The Frankenpheme in Popular Culture:
• Fiction,Drama,Film,Television ,games,comic book
,magazine, act…
• Cultural sign in Frankenstein made to be a
Frankentheme and the heart of the novel irony. How
the Victor creates a way of live, and how the
Frankenstein throws any as a orphan and suffering
from society’s cruelness. Even Victor’s reliance upon
defensive idealization represents one the major
narcissistic feature of his. He repeatedly makes one
statement about his childhood that;
• “No human being could have childhood
passed a happier than me”

11.  The First Theatrical Presentation based on Frankenstein was
Presumption or The Fate of Frankenstein by Richard Brinsley Peake,
Performed at the English Opera House in London in the Summer of
1823.
In Drama Creature has generally
been made Horrific, and Victor has
been assigned less blame.
On 19th Century Stage, the Creature was
a composite of frightening makeup and
human qualities.

12. Films
 In Frankenstein Omnibus, reader can study the
screenplay for the 1931 by James Whale film
Frankenstein, the most famous of all adaption.

13. Conclusion
• Mary Shelley’s Sci-Fi adventure, thriller and
dramatize the novel in that one can do the thing
which challenging the God’s creation, the cultural
sign and its major aspects. In this novel we come
across with mythical story or we can say culture tale
like “Prometheus”, “Narcissus” and “Paradise lost”.
Mary Shelley has presented very fruitfully and with
appropriate facts. Her novel has morphed into
countless forms in both height brow and popular
culture. Her creation teaches us not to
underestimate the power of youth culture. It is truly
captivating powerful novel that
analyzes ‘Monstrosity’ with regard to ‘humanity’.
However without a sound understanding of the
context, in which the text was written one couldn’t
completely comprehend the themes, ideas and
references did not present nor can the apparent link
between monstrosity and humanity be completely