What Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein Suggests About Parenting

It is often said that all a person needs to get by in life is to be loved by someone. If this is true then nearly everybody in this world has everything they need because most people are lucky enough to be loved unconditionally by their parents. However, sometimes love and attention is all children get from their parents. Children also need discipline and moral lessons from their parents in order to be successful adults. …

…nature. Through this book, Mary Shelley seems to be implying that good parenting does not consist of merely love and acknowledgment of a child presence. Although both love and acknowledgement are necessities of parenting, guidance and direction are also necessities. The behavior of Victor and the creature illustrates this idea. Without guidance and direction from their parents, both Victor and the creature made severe, harmful decisions that harmed themselves and everyone around them. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**