ABSTRACT

\Frankenstein was originally written by a British poet Shelley’s wife Mary Shelley in 1818, which was considered the world's first real science fiction. This paper will analyze the main character Frankenstein created a terrifying, ugly monster after numerous research based on the “Frustration-aggression Hypothesis” to show how the monster changed from a kind new born to a cold blood killer. This paper will also introduce the original monster’s characteristics and the reasons why he changed his behaviors based on the "Frustration-aggression Hypothesis”. It will analyze how the environment change the people by the example of Ma Jiajue event based on the “Frustration-aggression Hypothesis” as well as suggest the ways of controlling aggressions and call up people to treat everyone in society evenly.

Key words: “Frustration-aggression Hypothesis”  Tragedy  Revenge                  

摘  要

《弗兰肯斯坦》原是英国诗人雪莱的妻子玛丽•雪莱在1818年创作的小说，被认为是世界第一部真正意义上的科幻小说。本文将根据多拉德和米勒提出的 “挫折--侵犯理论”，分析由主人公弗兰肯斯坦通过无数次的探索，最终创造出的一个面目可憎，奇丑无比的怪物如何由开始时的秉性善良，对人充满了善意和感恩之情，但在当他处处受到他的创造者和人们的嫌恶和歧视时后，非常痛苦，最后憎恨一切，想毁灭一切，成了一个冷血杀手的演变过程。本文将介绍怪物原本的性格特点并根据多拉德和米勒提出的“挫折--侵犯理论”说明导致他行为变化的原因。本文也将联系马加爵事件，分析“挫 折--侵犯理论”下环境如何对人的行为产生影响。同时建议如何控制侵犯行为以及呼吁全社会平等对待每一个人。

关键词：“挫折—侵犯理论”  复仇  悲剧

Chapter One    Introduction            
1.1 Brief Introduction about Gothic Fiction, “Frustration-aggression Hypothesis” and Frankenstein
The book of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein belongs to Gothic fiction, which is a genre or mode of literature that combines fiction, horror and Romanticism. The name Gothic refers to the medieval buildings in which many of such kind of stories take place. Frankenstein was begun in Switzerland, 1816, and later finished in London, 1817. It was first published on January 1, 1818, which tells the story of a young Swiss student named Victor Frankenstein, who discovered the secret of re-animating lifeless body by assembling the body parts of various people. Unfortunately he creates a monster that vows revenge on his creator after being rejected from society. For a long time, the severity of the monster’s behavior has caused the readers of the book to wonder: What was the real cause of this tragedy? Did it result from Victor’s fanatical pursuit of science? Or was it because of the common people and their unfair treatment of the monster? Although the tragedy was caused by many reasons, this paper will emphasize that the latter reason was the strongest catalyst.