ply interconnected and richly developed expedition within the novel. I feel that the greater part of this work is the speaking of one woman’s fears, and the fears of most parents. Mary Shelley asked if an un-mothered child who undergoes much pain, can ever mature into a moral, considerate member of society? Levine says, “ . . . the Frankenstein metaphor implies great ambiguity about where the burden of good and evil rests” (31). This signifies the importance of acceptance by society and that without love and affection we all could be acceptable to a violent nature. ...
