British Lit Frankenstein
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- What novels is Frankenstein compared to?
- Raging Bull: My Story- Jake LaMatta, Dracula- Bram Stoker, The Invisible Man- HG Wells, 2001 Odyssey- Arthur C. Clarke
- ..nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a _____ _______...
- Steady Purpose- Dr.
- You seek for ____ and _____, as I once did; and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a _____ ____ ____ ___, as mine has been.
- Knowledge, wisdom, serpent to sting you- Dr.
- ______ and ______ appeared to me ideal bounds, which I should first ______ ______, and pour a torrent of light into our dark world.
- Life, death, break through- Dr.
- ...the moon gazed on my _____ _____, while, with unrelaxed and _____ _____, I pursued nature to her hiding-places.
- Midnight labours, breathless eagerness- Dr.
- It was already one in the morning; the rain pattered dismally against the panes, and my _____ _____ _____ ____ ____, when, by the glimmer of the half-extinguished light, I saw the ____ _____ ____ of the ____ ____...
- Cand was nearly burnt out, dull yellow eye, creature open- Dr.
- "Man," I cried, "how ignorant art thou in thy _____ ____ _____!"
- Pride of wisdom- Dr.
- My spirits were ____ by the enchanting appearance of ___; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright _____ ___ ____ and ____ ___ ____.
- Elevated, nature, rays of hope, anticipations of joy- Monster
- The agony of my feelings allowed me no respite; no incident occurred from which my ____ ____ ____ could not extract its food...
- Rage and misery- Monster
- I am ____ ____ ____; man will not associate with me; but ___ ___ ____ and horrible as myself..
- Alone and miserable, one as deformed- Monster
- Be men, or be more than men. Be steadfast to your purpose and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your heart may be; ____________________, You if you say that is shall not.
- It is mutable and cannot withstand
- My heart was fashioned to be susceptible of ________, and when wrenched by misery to vice and hatred, it did not endure the violence of the change without torture..
- Love and sympathy
- What kind of novel and when written?
- Gothic in 1818
- What kind of setting?
- Frame, Walton's ship stranded in ice
- How is story told and how long does the monster's story cover?
- Walton's letters and two years from his creation.
- Who are the characters?
- Robert Walton- Arctic explorer, ambitious- Victor Frankenstein- Scientist, follows quest for the principle of life- The Monster- Frankenstein's creation- Elizabeth Lavenze- Frankenstein's sister and wife- Henry Clerval- Frankenstein's best friend and character foil
- Themes
- Over reaching ambition, Humans and Nature, Injustice, Friendship vs. Isolation, Education, Evil, Fate and destiny
- Main Symbols
- The journey, Enclosed, isolated places, books and reading, snow and ice, fire
- Narrators
- Walton, Frankenstein, Monster
- Language
- All use educated language
- Pathos
- That which evokes sympathy and pity
- Subtitle
- The Modern Prometheus