ABSTRACT
Mary Shelley’s story of Frankenstein is explored as a visionary work in which, as Carl Jung notes, the spirit of the depths lingers within the spirit of the times when it was written. Although she finished her story in 1818, it is not done, and it is the creature in her story who carries its unfinished business. Created by Victor Frankenstein who never names his creation but only curses him as devil, demon, and monster, he is exiled to the margins of the conscious mind where he addresses us with his question, ‘Who is the Monster?’ Telling her story from his point of view, the consequences of his maker’s denial to take responsibility for his actions are explored in eight additional questions that the Monster poses to us from the margins. Questions one through six expose the prophetic consequences of Mary Shelley’s story, which continue to haunt us today. Questions seven and eight uncover how the Monster’s tale shows her original story to be a love story and a foundation for a new ethics that makes a place for those who have been exiled to the margins, whose voices have been silenced, whose tales are still not told.
