Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus: a psychological study of unrepaired shame.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's modern Prometheus shows us the eternal punishment of unrepaired shame--eternal entrapment within the shame triangle of victim, perpetrator and rescuer. This paper describes how Shelley's insight--that lack of love creates a monster living in shame--is being confirmed by neuroscience and how this is exemplified in two characters--the creature and Victor Frankenstein. Additionally, it delineates how pastoral counselors can help those suffering from unrepaired shame
Sally K
SK
Severino
Nancy K
NK
Morrison
D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D002977:Clergy / Q000379:methods*; D030881:Disclosure; D005260:Female; D006379:Helping Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D012649:Self Concept; D012752:Shame