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Frankenstein / Hawthorne and his market

Introduction : Frankenstein as a scientific novel, how it had influenced its particular age, where a monster is seen in different areas of field; a revolutionary birth, as a proletarian, natural philosophy-cyborg by concerning its political and scientific aspects. Which is also seen in respects of popular culture of film adaptations, stage etc. While seeing parallely 'Hawthorn and his market' it conveys that by being a classical writer, this writer has many difficulties, going on, forthcoming and already existing but he made his way and made his works to be published.

Reading Frankenstein As A Cultural Critic:

In cultural studies, Frankenstein can be read as both; with political and scientific concerns as well as yielding afternoon entertainment to generations.

In former part we can see in subtopics : Revolutionary births, the creature as proletarian,  a race of devils and how it transforms from natural philosophy to cyborg. While in latter part we see "the frankenpheme in popular culture, utilizing it with fiction, drama, film and television.

Subsequenty if we try to see Frankenstein with both the features, as it is just the invention by Mary Shelley in Romantic era, it has been considered as revolution, which is related with genetically engineered "Frankenfoods" like testtube babies and cloning.  The other "a creature as a proletarian, struggles between survival and social inacceptancy, as well as the difference and effect of radical and ideal knowledge. While parallely  "a race of devils" is something which narrates the constitution of Negro people, who are yellow in color, has much physical strength(cyborg) beyond human normal capacity, without senses(represented in the creature of Frankenstein) and the last one of the same category, interconnected with genetic engineering, biotechnology and cloning.

Furthermore we have also seen the concept of natural reduction and then the population. Luigi Galvani's theory of "muscle induction" which was utilized in imaginative manner by "Mary Shelley" to generate the monster and also prior to this "electricity impulse" where a freshly severed oxen was taken for experiment and when it was going on its ears and tongue remained shook, while its eyes were plainly open. Some assumptions that a human recreation also has its roots in 'pulmonary resucsiation'.

If we see the same aspect in today's time then we have digitized human, which will probably called as "digitized human" or "robot".

The novel Frankenstein in popular culture has regardance with films, adaptations, drama, fiction and television and how variously with different ideas the same thing is depicted by various means.

Thus in both the perspectives "Frankenstein" can be read from different angles, and by analyzing gradually, it can be reframed, based on different measures and with the time tendency prevailing, at any particular time.

Hawthorne_And_His_Market:

In Hawthorne and his market we see the Hawthorne had written hundred of the short stories and then he turned towards writing romances, one of which is "Scarlett Letter".

He at first found difficulty in finding publishers for his own book's publication in America, as the publishers were use to sell pirated book at cheap cost and also some influences was from the preceding puritan forbears(his ancestors) who were scorning the profession of writing and considering it as an idle work, and as they were such he had to fought against those hidden and internal fears, which may be proved to be responsible for the writer's own failure of the career.

Contemporary aspect of market

Seeing 'the concept of Hawthorne and his market' in contemporary times. Perhaps in present times a writer wouldn't suffer or grapple to find a publisher as he / she / hir may have digitized means like blog, Twitter, Facebook, to showcase their writing skills on public platform or one can share one's point of views, ideas, by accessing in 'writing extension' like 'wikipedia' and many more. But for this one need to be aware of or involved in that particular field, or else it won't happen for everyone. So as Hawthorne was to face the problem of 'finding publisher' can't happen in contemporary times, and there won't be any question of cheap or qualitative selling means / personalized, as financial means are also digitized, people will get reward as per their qualitative or appealment of work, concerning public taste.

Thus in this manner one has to fought for his own as well as his working proficiency survival.

Thankyou

Samiya Kagdi

A learner at PG center

Department of English 

MKBU

APPLIED SOURCES

https://dilipbarad.blogspot.com/2020/02/introduction-to-cultural-studies.html

Worksheet-Frankenstein-Mary Shelley

 while viewing movie:

Beginning and the ending of the movie:

 While viewing the beginning of the movie and as the movie is moved further through the storm, shown in the movie, where water is forcefully afflicted on ships, people, soil and everywhere around the scene. That gives a  slight thrilling and terrific effect but not in precise way. Beginning is also embarked with water, equally with its respective ending. In commencement of movie it seems as water is naturalised according to the law of nature, it has become a disaster, which perhaps swept away all the respective creatures from the Earth or situated at any other place. We see "fire&ice" in contradiction manner at the end. Where the Monster himself, by going through the water, reaching the funeral pyre of his father and immolate himself with her father, with a touch of a blazing wood and two of them are turned into ashes.

Can we assume here Victor as representing "fire" and Monster as representing "water". As we have seen in movie as well as in novel that: Victor's idea of evolution is very severe and which is only the reason of destroying everything and he himself come to that deserving end. While on the other side we see "Monster" as a form of water. He is originated with humanly form but he doesn't have that shape of emotions, culture and lifestyle as the humans have.

Thus we see here two contradictory effects in respect to movie's beginning and ending. 

Effect of horror in the movie:

Darkness and gloomy atmosphere itself is giving horrific effect. But particularly when his beloved/wife is killed by the Monster and Victor himself endeavors to create a new specimen of "Elizabeth" and when wroughting anatomy of "Justin" that isn't making literally effect on readers/audience, while precisely this act in itself is horrific, but when he tries to cut the "neck portion" of Elizabeth it gives more horrific effect as it makes one feel that how one can thrash his own dear ones, though the reason is anything but at times it seems to be only the act of selfishness, although this selfishness is interpreted as love for Elizabeth.

We may see many similarising scenes as this, but to have an idea of horror, one is at hand to see.

The character of the Monster: 

The character seems to be inferior as it isn't given the deserving identity, which perhaps readers are expecting from "Victor" to attribute. So it has to face many unknown/known challenges in his life and as his respective mind isn't shaped as human's minds are shaped. he succumbs to every difficulties and challenges coming in his  life.

For example: His situation when having food among the crowd of the people, he can't say anything in his own defense, and hurls himself to that particular situation, from which he hasn't any way out than to surrender and he does).

As tried often to obtain his identity but as refused from his creator, adds up to his inferiority and inferiority transforms into severe extremity and it turns into brutality and cruelty. At the end we can literally see his love/dependence for his identity from his father but when realized that till now for what he was striving , not gained and now there isn't any possibility so he altogether with his chemical (Galvanism)father burns himself.

Hence in brief the character can be evaluated in such a way.

The conversation between Victor &Monster:

The conversation seems to be "conditional one": When encountered with the emotions of the family, Monster himself realizes his loneliness and carve for a female partner. When read about his own evolution from chemical hands of Victor, he tries to meet him and set a condition(as we know he has already created anarchy in Victor's life, by killing some of his belonging ones) where he places a condition that: "If Victor won't generate/unable to generate female monster, he will kill Elizabeth". While concerning this, he says that he will generate a Female Monster as his companion, but he shouldn't leap/peep into library during ongoing process and if incase it is going to happen, he won't be able to and literally it all result into disaster.

Thus we see a glimpse of conversation, taking place between Monster and Victor.

The replacement and omission of some scenes in movie:

Some scenes are replaced and omitted in the movie as per the producer and the convenience of the movie's time, concerning the movie along with maintaining the balance among all its interconnected scenes.

Perhaps as per these aspects changes have been done.

The appropriate symbols in the movie:

There are many symbols in the movie such as "the contrasting picture of Victor and Christianity" that at one side shows darkness(but peace) particularly where the symbol is situated and at another side shows light(but the character himself as squeezed out from its own experiments). While "fire and water" is also used as symbols, where we may say Victor symbolizes "fire"(who has destroyed everything and also with the same fire, Elizabeth immolate herself at the end) also we see at last, though in Christianity they have "burial system" and Victor himself belongs to Christianity, but he is burnt out at last on a funeral pyre along with his son. While "water" as symbol can be related to fluidity/formless/distortion/continuance that is symbolized in accordance with "Male Monster".

Hence we have many but we are keep it till here and as it provides enough association to the movie, it can be considered as used with appropriation to the movie.

Thankyou!

Source:
Movie screening held in our department-Heenaba Zala Ma'am, and something based on my own understanding, which I have reflected in my answers.