Frankenstein questions

1. 'The key to understanding the novel is to read it as a cautionary tale about the dangers of scientific research." How far do you agree?
2. To what extent do the characters in the novel benefit from the education they receive?
3. How far can the novel be interpreted as a study of parent-child relationships?
4. Discuss the view that the novel suffers from having too many narrative levels.
5. In an introduction to the novel Mary Shelley stated that she wished to “curdle the
blood and quicken the beatings of the heart”.
To what extent do you think she achieves her aims?
6. Some readers have seen the novel as an illustration of the fear of the power of science. To what extent do you agree with this view of the novel?
7. To what extent do you agree with the view that the humans in Frankenstein are more
monstrous than the “Monster”?