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Author: Mary Shelley
By: Akash Swami
Sarah Haidremota
Jonny Byrne
Symbols
The Author
Light/Darkness: Good vs. Evil
Knowledge, Discovery, Enlightenment
"A country of eternal light"
"A new light seemed to dawn upon my mind"
Frankenstein- the "father" of the monster he creates
Monster- heightened qualities of an abandoned/unloved child
Walton- opens and closes story with his letters
Fire: Gift that can be dangerous
Frankenstein the Modern Prometheus
Gives life but burns the Monster
Motifs
Female Death:
- Caroline Beaufort
- Justine
- Elizabeth
- The Female Monster
Abortion
"I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I had so thoughtlessly made.”
"I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on.”
Themes
Dangerous knowledge:
-Victor/Robert Walton
Alienation
Important Devices
Biblical Allusions: "I was alone. I remembered Adam's supplication to his Creator. But where was mine?"
Plot Summary Con't
Imagery: "The blue lake and snow-clad mountains..."
"I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on."
"One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for he dominion I sought, and transmit over the elemental foes of our race."
Metaphor: "When you read their writings,life appears to consist in a warm sun and a garden of roses,in the smiles and frowns of a fair enemy"
-Victor Frankenstein realizes that The Monster feels very lonely and in order to combat that he decides to create a female monster
-However the Female Monster is killed in the process of creating her, and this angers the monster even more, causing him to go on a rampage which results in the murder of Victors wife.
-This angers Victor even more and begins his quest to find the monster which results in them ending up in the North Pole where Victor finds Captain Walton.
- Victor eventually dies, and Captain Walton abandons his journey
Opening/Closing Scene
Opening Scene: Letters from Walton to his sister
- parallel of another character
Closing Scene: Death of Victor before the monster could apologize.
- suffering
AP Questions
- Choose a novel in which a certain character plays a significant role and how that character's alienation reveals about society's views and morals.
- Choose a novel in which woman play a significant role in the plot, and discuss the view and perception of women throughout the novel.
- Choose a novel where the suffering of a certain character adds to the tragic vision of the novel and explain how.