Outline

Outline
I. Thesis: The creation and consequence of a monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein demonstrates the creation and consequence of the Industrial Revolution.
II. In Mary Shelley’s book Frankenstein, it talks about a scientist who earns to create life through technology.
a. Victor Frankenstein dreams of banishing disease from humans and invulnerability to a violent death. (Shelley 34).
b. Victor creates a wretched creature on the night of November and the creature leaves the area (Shelley 55).
c. Victor returns home to Geneva to find his little brother murdered by the Frankenstein monster (Shelley 80-81)
d. Victor learns of the monsters lust for another, to love and be with (Shelley 177).
e. Victor learns how creating a bride for the monster would create another consequence so he destroys his work (Shelley 205).
f. The monster is aggravated and kills Victor’s wife (Shelley 241).
g. Victor is furious and begins a long pursuit to destroy his creation (Shelley 251)
h. Victor shares his remaining pieces of his story before he dies, the monster then weeps for his creator (Shelley 269-275)
III. The Industrial Revolution brought many positive effects such as an increase of production by factories but a consequence that followed was child labor.
a. Young child laborers working age 5-15
b. Children on the streets and orphanages
c. Abuse and working conditions of the factories
IV. As well as we had gained transportation such as cars and trains we have also distributed smog and pollution.
a. Cars produce smog and pollute the world
b. Factories provide pollution and increased smog
c. Death to the environment near factories
V. As technology grew people would migrate to certain cities and they would become over populated and creating urbanization.
a. Migration of people to one city
b. Over populated city
c. Problems due to urbanization
d. Life expectancy drop
VI. Conclusion: Although we have gained much from the Industrial Revolution our creations come with long term consequences.

Thesis Statement

Thesis:The creation and consequence of a monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein demonstrates the creation and consequence of the Industrial Revolution.

Updated Research Question: How did Dr. Frankenstein represent the scientists and inventors of the industrial revolution?

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Quote: "But it is true I am a wretch. I have murdered the lovely and the helpless; I have strangled the innocent as they slept,and grasped to death his throat who never injured me or any other living thing. I have devoted my creator, the select specimen of all that is worth thy love and admiration among men, to misery; I have pursued him even to that irremediable ruin. There he lies, white and cold in death. You hate me; but your abhorrence cannot equal that with which i regard myself. I look at the hands which executed the deed; i think on the heart in which the imagination of it was conceived, and long moment when they will meet my eyes, when it will haunt my thoughts, no more."

Question: All of a sudden why does he regret ever leading Victor Frankenstein on a journey of a wild goose chase? Why does he regret what he had seeked for all along, revenge?

Comment: It is a very dramatic change in the story now that the Frankenstein monster now received his revenge but is sorry. He is filled with guilt now that he had lead Victor Frankenstein to his death by provoking, and destroying Victors life. The climax has now change my thoughts about the Frankenstein monster and his nature towards others and his creator. I now know he has sympathy for his creator and is filled with guilt to the point of which he wishes to never had sought revenge.

Christian Cacho

van Agtmael, Antione. "Industrial Revolution 2.0." 40-46(2007):


This cite practically went over the cell phone revolution use. It also explained how some companies took complete control of some industries and what countries they were from. This was useful, they stated, "Emerging markets now control the bulk of the world's foreign exchage reserves & energy resources". It went form industrial revolutions to environmental revolutions thanks to the industries.
Antoine van Agtmael

Frankenstein by: Mary Shelly

The book that I am reading is Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. This book was about a scientist who went on a voyage to search the world. Then he meets an unlikely man when his ship was stuck in a frozen wasteland. The man he met was Dr. Victor Frankenstein. Then once meeting him and making him feel welcome Dr. Victor Frankenstein speaks about a story of his life. It was known that before he was in pursuit of another man who was far ahead. Then Dr. Victor Frankenstein goes into speaking of his story to the voyager. Then going into the story he creates a monster that comes to life and walks away. Thus creating a monster he finds out that his younger brother William had been murdered. Victor knew who had murdered his brother because he went to the murder site and during the night in the rain lighting struck to reveal that the monster was watching him. So then and their he knew it was his own creation was the one murderer. After pursuing him even more the monster came to him and began to speak about sympathy..........


Industrial Revolution: This is a revolution that is about the change in technology. It was a two part revolution that helped in advancement of technology. It was around the late 18th and 19th century. It included a major change in agriculture, manufacturing, production and transportation.

Research Question: What does the creation of life have to do with a revolution?