This essay researches Frankenstein and how it applies to the scholarly conversation and either high culture or low culture. By high culture, I am referring to the books use for its scientific, ethical, and appeal to academia. When referring to low culture, I am referring to the books use simply for entertainment and horror purposes. I found numerous examples in both the novel and texts that discuss the novel to show its unparalleled scholarly value in both a scientific and philosophical sense. Elements of the book fall in line with both the scientific method and philosophy of the time. Though the novel is written in an academic sense and can appeal to high culture, popular culture today has focused on the story not for its academic value, but for it’s entertainment value. Based on my research, the reason for this is that though the plot is complex, it is easy to take only certain elements from the plot and apply it to pop-culture. The “mad-scientist” view of Victor subscribes to this view. In a sense pop-culture has robbed Mary Shelley of her original academic value within her work.
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