Abstract

     Frankenstein is written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly in 1818. It is regarded as the most outstanding Gothic novel and the first science fiction in the world by Western literary circle. The story is about the revenge that the monster took on his creator Frankenstein. This paper makes an analysis of the monster's internal transformation from his seeking for self-identity to the final revenge and self-destruction. Then it reveals the causes of his degeneration. Since the monster and the clone man share many features in common, implications of the clone man issue are also discussed in this paper.

Key words:  the monster, self-identity, psychoanalysis, human cloning

摘 要

《Frankenstein》是英国诗人雪莱的妻子玛丽•雪莱在1818年创作的小说，被西方文学界誉为最杰出的哥特式小说，世界上第一部科幻小说。 本文通过分析怪物由发掘自我到后来复仇人类酿成惨剧的几个阶段，揭示了造成其堕落的原因。文中怪物这一角色与现代的克隆人有着许多相似性，因而通过分析我们也得到了对克隆人问题的启示。

关键词： 怪物；自我认同；精神分析法；克隆人

Introduction
Frankenstein is written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in 1818, whose husband was Britain's famous Romantic poet,Percy Bysshe Shelley. It is regarded as the most outstanding Gothic novel and the first science fiction in the world by Western literary circle. Her novel not only has romantic atmosphere, but also shows great concern about human nature. It even has thrilling horror factor, thus it is also known as one of the greatest spine-chillers in history.
Victor Frankenstein researched into the origin of life with incredible enthusiasm, and he finally mastered the key method to create the creature. He wanted to create a new species of human who was perfect in every aspect, but it turned out that the creature was of great stature and with a ferocious look. Frankenstein could not accept the fact that he had created such an ugly monster, so he left the monster alone and ran away. The monster went to a small village and hid into a hut. His neighbour were the De Laceys, including the father, the little sister, the son and his wife. They were descended from a good family in France.When the son taught his wife French, the monster followed them to learn French, culture and knowledge. After having learned human knowledge, the monster felt even more eager to integrate into the human society, to be recognized by people and to live just like an ordinary human being. However,people regarded him as a monster because of his horrible appearance and no one dared to approach him. The desperate monster started to take revenge on his creator and destroyed his family.