Specific Examples of Marxist Theory from Frankenstein
Workshop-The workshop is where Victor Frankenstein spends most of his time building his monster. It represents a Marxist view of a factory, where most production takes place under the command of the bourgeoisie society. The monster is Victor’s creation, where Victor represents the bourgeoisie, and describes Victor’s lab rather as a workshop, in which most production and creations take place.
Slavery-The terms slavery remotely describes the relationship between the bourgeoisie, Victor, and his creation, the monster. After Victor creates and designs the monster, it has to face numerous obstacles and hardships and is shun by most of society, representing the horrors a slave may sometimes encounter. As the monster is under the command of Victor, he is rather a slave, a product, towards the bourgeoisie class, thus representing the cruel relationship between the management and the laboring class.
Possessions-This word reflects the materialistic culture of the Marxist society. The monster is usually referred to not as Victor’s creation, but rather as his possession. As Victor craves to create something that is restricted to only those with high scientific education, he wants to increase his number of possessions, which reflected the typical bourgeois cravings during a Marxist time.
Profits of the chosen few-The chosen few represents the bourgeoisie in a Marxist society. Only they have the affluence to pursue their materialistic dreams, and an example of a profit for Victor is the monster, created out of his scientific thinking. As Marxism stressed materialistic culture coming from labor, Victor, or only the bourgeoisie, had the means of collecting profit and exploiting the work of laborers for their gains.
Property-The term reflects the common crave for material and the bourgeoisie's common goal of collecting profits and goods from the works of the laboring proletariats. Throughout the book, the monster is not referred to as a creation but rather a product, Victor’s property, thus reflecting the Marxist attitude towards it. It also well establishes the materialistic culture during the time, and Victor’s common pursuit for property, like the monster.
Slavery-The terms slavery remotely describes the relationship between the bourgeoisie, Victor, and his creation, the monster. After Victor creates and designs the monster, it has to face numerous obstacles and hardships and is shun by most of society, representing the horrors a slave may sometimes encounter. As the monster is under the command of Victor, he is rather a slave, a product, towards the bourgeoisie class, thus representing the cruel relationship between the management and the laboring class.
Possessions-This word reflects the materialistic culture of the Marxist society. The monster is usually referred to not as Victor’s creation, but rather as his possession. As Victor craves to create something that is restricted to only those with high scientific education, he wants to increase his number of possessions, which reflected the typical bourgeois cravings during a Marxist time.
Profits of the chosen few-The chosen few represents the bourgeoisie in a Marxist society. Only they have the affluence to pursue their materialistic dreams, and an example of a profit for Victor is the monster, created out of his scientific thinking. As Marxism stressed materialistic culture coming from labor, Victor, or only the bourgeoisie, had the means of collecting profit and exploiting the work of laborers for their gains.
Property-The term reflects the common crave for material and the bourgeoisie's common goal of collecting profits and goods from the works of the laboring proletariats. Throughout the book, the monster is not referred to as a creation but rather a product, Victor’s property, thus reflecting the Marxist attitude towards it. It also well establishes the materialistic culture during the time, and Victor’s common pursuit for property, like the monster.