Mary Shelley's account of the novel's 'waking dream' origin at the Villa Diodati: 'I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together.' Debated for its retrospective framing.
Read in Books4Free →Destruction of the female creature: heavily debated in feminist criticism (Gilbert and Gubar, Anne K. Mellor) as a scene of gendered violence and reproductive anxiety.
Read in Books4Free →The Creature's final speech: is his remorse sincere, manipulative, or sublime? Critics remain divided on whether he is villain, victim, or both.
Read in Books4Free →Victor's contradictory final words to Walton, urging caution then encouraging ambition, are a famous interpretive crux.
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