![]() In order to ask these questions, King also resurrects the spirit of Mary Shelley, taking from Frankenstein the theme of reanimation of the dead. First, it elaborates on the recurring theme in King of existentialist angst precipitated by the death of a child or loved one, which King uses to question God's benevolence or existence. Beyond this, Revival plays with its title in two more senses. ![]() It is also, however, about religious revivals, both in the specific sense of the religious gatherings held by minister and main antagonist Charles Jacobs, and in the more general sense of attempting to find something in which to place one's faith in a world where accidents can claim the lives of loved ones. It is first a familiar Frankenstein-esque narrative about a mad scientist who seeks to revive the dead. Stephen King's 2014 novel, Revival, plays with its title in several respects. ![]()
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