《弗兰肯斯坦》是一部经典的十九世纪英国小说，也是文学史上第一本科幻小说。本文从崇高这个美学概念的视角出发对这本经典小说的人物形象、主题内涵进行分析。崇高是美学上的一个概念，最早由古希腊批评家朗努吉斯提出，随后学者伯格和康德分别在各自的著作中完善了对这个概念的阐释。不同于优美带给人直接的感官享受，崇高意象通过体积的庞大、力量的无穷和未知的陌生感使人产生震撼和恐惧，从而间接触发美学的感受。在《弗兰肯斯坦》中许多关于自然景象的描绘具有崇高意象的特点，例如山中暴风雨、深夜的墓地、荒芜陡峭的山谷等等，这些崇高的自然景象一方面起到烘托气氛的作用，另一方面在主人公维克多·弗兰肯斯坦人生的不同阶段对他的情感和行为产生了不可忽视的影响。此外，本书中的另一个角色——怪人的刻画也体现了崇高的特点，例如惊悚的外貌、畸形的体态，可怕的力量，对于观察者的心理造车巨大的震颤，使其产生类似崇高的体验。作者玛丽雪莱通过对怪物的刻画、不同角色对于怪物的态度，表达了对这个怪物复杂的情感态度，这些情感倾向也在一定程度上为我们解读小说主旨提供了线索和素材。全文关于崇高意象的分析首先能丰富了对文学作品中崇高意象的功用的解读，其次对已有的对主旨的阐释进行补充。

Frankenstein is a classic novel in 19^th century, which is also known as the first science fiction in English literature. This thesis is going to analyze the characters and the theme of this novel from the perspective of the depictions of the sublime scenes. The sublime is an aesthetic concept originally proposed by ancient Creek critic Longinus and further elaborated by Edmund Burke and Immanuel Kant. Different from the concept of beauty which gives people direct enjoyment, the sublime arouses a sense of horror and admiration by great vastness, obscurity or unfamiliar power. There are many natural sublime settings in Frankenstein, such as the thunder storm in the mountains, the solemnly quiet cemetery, the precipitous escarpment. All of these natural settings not only intensify the environmental atmosphere but also impose profound effects on the main character Victor Frankenstein in his different stages of life. In the meantime, the depictions of the monster in this novel, including his ugly appearance, aberrant body and overwhelming power, also create various layers of sublime effects. From this perspective, this thesis interprets the author’s hidden intent in portraying Victor Frankenstein and the monster behind those passages of sublimity. The results of the analysis enrich the study of the function of the sublime in literary work.