Do you know what a metaphor is?
http://www.literarydevices.net/metaphor
What the assignment is asking you to do is to see the Frankenstein monster and zombies as metaphors for science that goes bad and creates something unintended -- or science being misused for evil purposes.
Help, Please!
I don't quite understand what is asking in this assignment (Essay)
Task: Write an essay that compares Frankenstein and his creation to a modern zombie story with the focus on how a monster might be used as a metaphor for science or scientific advances and/or how such a metaphor could be considered social commentary about science.
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Okay, but each one of them: 1 Frankenstein 2 Zombie, will have its own body paragraph or not?
I think you need to discuss how Ms. Shelley's "Frankenstein monster" and zombies are similar, and different. The Frankenstein monster is a creation of a man; zombies are the "undead" and beyond the control of mankind, but both are anomalies that are quite impossible in the real world, and both frightening BECAUSE they are not subject to normal societal control.