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Frankenstein Through the Len: The mind of a monster unveiled.
by Jacob Merritt
Monster Podcasts cracks open Mary Shelley's Frankenstein like never before. Using Deconstruction and Psychoanalytic theory, we examine Victor and his Creature—not just as characters, but as fractured reflections of obsession, repression, and identity. Each episode unravels the novel’s hidden fears, contradictions, and philosophical tensions: What does the Creature reveal about the human psyche? Is Victor haunted more by his creation or himself? This is Frankenstein through the eyes of critical theory—monstrous, tragic, and deeply human.
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🎙️ Monster Podcasts – Episode Three: The Brain Under the Text
Welcome back to monster podcasts, where today we aren't looking inside the minds of characters, but instead, the author. By dissecting the pages of the story we find out the whys behind the whats.
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🎙️ Monster Podcasts – Episode Two: Dissecting the mind of Creator and Creation.
Join us in cutting open the mind of Frankenstein and his monster using the Psychoanalytic lens.
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🎙️ Monster Podcasts – Episode One: The Monster and His Maker
In this premiere episode of Monster Podcasts, Our Host -- Jacob -- dives deep into Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein through the lenses of Psychoanalysis and Deconstruction. What if the real monster isn’t the Creature, but Victor’s own haunted mind? What happens when the line between creator and creation begins to crumble?We explore how guilt, and the unconscious shape Victor’s choices, and how language and identity unravel when we try to label someone as purely “monster” or “man.” By the end, you’ll see Shelley’s gothic masterpiece not as a story of science gone wrong, but as a mirror reflecting our most terrifying inner truths.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Monster Podcasts cracks open Mary Shelley's Frankenstein like never before. Using Deconstruction and Psychoanalytic theory, we examine Victor and his Creature—not just as characters, but as fractured reflections of obsession, repression, and identity. Each episode unravels the novel’s hidden fears, contradictions, and philosophical tensions: What does the Creature reveal about the human psyche? Is Victor haunted more by his creation or himself? This is Frankenstein through the eyes of critical theory—monstrous, tragic, and deeply human.
HOSTED BY
Jacob Merritt
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