In the Analysis that Marilyn Butler performs on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein she starts mentioning that the book Invites speculation due to the fact that the authors opens the podium for different interpretations, for example she was mentioning that Frankenstein could be interpreted as the Mad scientist, or a man who wants to have a baby without a women. After reading this book it’s seems that she is making a good point, the book does not exactly specify the entire reasons that drove the creator of Frankenstein. She also describes how the author was influenced by several other Writers. I believe the controversy that Mary Shelly created with her masterpiece kept this book alive for centuries, but also this masterpiece has been criticized by media. The 1818 Frankenstein, which had drawn nourishment, energy, importance from lectures and journals, had lived by the media, and after a year might well have died by the media due to the public controversy that it created. And in fact like Marilyn said this was not created by Marry Shelly’s ideas but by the assumptions and ideas that the readers had, that Frankenstein became a substantially different and less contentious novel when reissued in popular from in 1831.
We tend to acquire ideas and protocols from other people, and is like a natural manner. And in this case Butler was pointing out that the friendship of Shelly’s physician who was William Lawrence had a big influence in her writing accuracy instead of speculation in scientific matters. In fact Lawrence contributed for a portion and ideas that Shelly presented.
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