Prophetic History in Frankenstein and The Last Man: Reading the Apocalyptic

Abstract

Focusing upon the dystopian vision of Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein and The Last Man manifests terror, horror, anatomical disturbance, medical destruction, private use of reason, overuse of power, superiority complex and natural decay. These things marginalize the modern society day by day and a dystopion society moves to the centre. In an enlightened utopian society people are full of expatriation, overuse of power and private use of reason i.e. selfish reason or reason for personal benefits, that brings destruction in the modern society. Shelley has seen that natural decay, overuse of power, anatomical disturbance and cold reason are going to destroy th dystopion society e modern society. She criticizes the modern society. She presents her dystopian vision in the utopian society. Human beings should use their knowledge for public use and benefit. In the society, they try to be God and they use their reason for personal benefits and to be supreme. This is regrettable.