Frankenstein

Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, is considered one of the first and most exciting horror stories of all time. It has however not met my expectations. The scene when life is given to the creature created by Victor is one of the most famous scenes. It would be expected that this would be a scene full of excitement and fear. Instead, Mary Shelley simply says, "I saw the dull yellow eye of the creature open"(43). This could have been the most exciting scene ever because nothing like this had been done before but instead, it was a barely exciting section of the story. Mary Shelly was a very talented writer but the novel Frankenstein has disappointed me.