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Due to his creation being one of man, rather than one of God, this message could be taken in two separate ways. Firstly it could be literal as though his creator was taking him apart and playing with his internal structure, however the word 'palpable' is one that makes it slightly different because it seems more like the fates are trying to pull him apart and remove the fabric of his being. This is a rather tragic sentence as Frankenstein would have worked incredibly hard on his creation and, despite it's natural origin, we still see the monster as a living being none the less.
Despite the fact that Frankenstein intends to do good by creating life and by creating a companion for his monster, he can easily be seen as a Promethean hero as he creates life in the attempt to benefit others and himself, however by doing this there are certainly horrific consequences as his monster brings about the death of many people and causes him to go against nature more than once.
By going against nature in such a way, he overreached his human power and ended up doing something so rebellious it upset the balance of nature and caused him to actually be doing something that was thought to be incredibly wrong to achieve his goals. This could link to Macbeth as Frankenstein does something perverse to achieve his goal in creating a monster and Macbeth does something perverse to become king by committing regicide.
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The way in which this is spoken seems to reference the idea of the fates shown in Greek mythology. The fates were said to hold every person’s fates and they could undo them chord by chord if they chose to and they could therefore cut the life from whoever they chose. despite the link, the fates were mythological and the creator of the monster edited his mind, not his being, giving him a sole purpose. There is a point here where we see Frankenstein (not the monster) looking into his monsters potential and the idea that he can unfold the mysteries of creation and potentially take over the role of God by creating such monsters as he had done. During his creation of the second monster, he panics and destroys it, however as it says here ‘treading in the steps already marked’ is shows that he knows what he is doing.
Feeling lost
Feeling that he has no control over the course of events in his life
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Today Charlotte and I will be analysing two extracts to help you become aware of the features of the gothic male protagonist. Afterwards, there will be a quiz. The person with the highest score will get a ( edible) prize! So keep sharp!
Such were the professor's words - rather let me say the words of the fate - enounced to destroy me"
Percy pigs
There is an element of the supernatural
The male protagonist seems disturbed
It seems like the world, as well as the supernatural, are against him.