Text 1: Critic Ahmed argues that Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is best understood as a critique of Romantic ambition. Victor Frankenstein represents the Promethean overreacher whose pursuit of glory leads to catastrophe. The novel warns of the dangers when individual genius operates without ethical restraint or community.
Text 2: Critic Lin offers a feminist reading. Frankenstein, she argues, is also about reproductive anxiety: a man who tries to create life without women, only to be destroyed by his refusal to care for what he has made. Both readings, Lin suggests, are valid; the novel sustains multiple frames at once.
Both authors would most likely agree that
- A
the novel has only one valid interpretation.
- B
Victor Frankenstein is presented as a heroic figure.
- C
Mary Shelley did not intend any social commentary.
- Dcheck_circle
Frankenstein critiques uncontrolled ambition or its consequences.
Explanation
Both readings frame the novel as a critique tied to Victor's pursuits and failures of care. A is shared ground. B, C, and D contradict both critics.