Harold Bloom, a well-known American critic explores Mary Shelley's Frankenstein to find true meaning. Throughout his essay, he gives answers to the lingering question of who the real monster is. He also paints a clear picture of a major theme in the novel, the Romantic mythology of the self. Through reading his essay, it opens up new light to Mary Shelley's novel. It gives new meaning to the monster and his creator.

Basically Harold Bloom begins his essay by explaining how "Frankenstein" to most of us is the name of the monster rather than his creator. He states that. "the common reader and the common viewer (referring to the movie) have worked together in their apparent confusion to create a myth soundly based on a central duality in Mary Shelley's novel. Through evidence, Bloom proves that the double or shadow is a recurrent image. He even goes as...