Veidemanis, a High-School English Teacher Term Paper

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Second, it provides an excellent introduction "to a unit on the Romantic Era in English literature" with its spirit in line with Coleridge, Wordsworth, Lord Byron and Percy Shelley. Third, the novel is truly "the work of a gifted woman writer who merits study and recognition" (62). One aspect of Shelley's life which is quite extraordinary is that she heard Samuel Taylor Coleridge recite the "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" which clearly influenced Shelley's use of the supernatural in her novel.

Fourth, Veidemanis maintains that the novel's central theme, being "scientific aims pursued in reckless disregard of human consequences," has much significance in today's modern scientific age related to biological and genetic engineering and raises the question "Should limits be placed on scientific endeavor?" A reference to Victor Frankenstein and his "reckless disregard" for the possible consequences of his experiments with the dead and the creation of a human monster.

After a lengthy discussion of the novel's intricate plot and themes, Veidemanis concludes that the implications of Shelley's "ghost story" extends far beyond than she "or any of her circle" of friends like Lord Byron and her husband Percy Shelley "seem to have understood" when the novel was first published which incidentally has never been out-of-print.

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In the classroom, Veidemanis suggests that certain passages from the novel must be read out loud and truly "opens avenues to learning in any number of directions" (64) by instilling in students the desire to emulate and study one of the most important Gothic novels of the early 19th century. Personally, this essay supported by own interpretations of the novel, especially related to the literary parallels between Shelley's novel and Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" with Victor Frankenstein and the narrator from Coleridge's poem being "weighed with a similar albatross of guilt as a consequence of the failure of love... And human fellowship" (Veidemanis, 63)......

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