By understanding Locke’s theory that education is better received through experience rather than institution, we can better understand the characters in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Locke’s theory makes it easier for us to understand how the different types of education Frankenstein and Frankenstein’s monster received contributed to their overall knowledge of the world and their downfall.
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What’s good:
1-You have a clear literary and theory text.
2-You make a claim that puts them in conversation
3-You kind of make a “so what” attempt (we understand them better).
My concerns:
1- This thesis is way too broad. Understand the characters better? Compared to what? Are you saying we’d have no idea that education plays a part in Frankenstein’s downfall without reading Locke?
2-You get a bit more specific when you say that you will be looking at varying types of education Frankenstein and the monster receive, but it’s still really vague. What do you mean “their downfall.” I have no idea what part of the text you’d actually be looking at.
3- I’m a little concerned about your reading of Locke. Where in what we read does Locke talk about various types of education?