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Title: Frankenstein


1
Frankenstein
2
The Modern Prometheus
  • Greek god Prometheus gave the knowledge of fire
    to humanity

3
The Modern Prometheus
  • Zeus punished him for eternity
  • Victor is punished, but his gift to the world
    is kept secret

4
Romantic Character
  • love for the marvelous, a belief in the
    marvelous, pushes Robert Walton along the
    perilous lonely path he has chosen

5
Ghost Story
  • The novel is narrated by different characters
  • Makes the story into a classic ghost story by
    keying in on the importance of the
    narrator/storyteller
  • Wins the contest between the romantic authors for
    best ghost story

6
Passive Women
  • Only one strong woman
  • Caroline Beaufort
  • Justine
  • Almost created female monster
  • Elizabeth

7
Texts
  • Frankenstein is overflowing with texts
  • Victors story fits inside Waltons letters
  • The Monsters story fits inside Victors
  • The love story of Felix and Safie and references
    to Paradise Lost fit inside the monsters story
  • Narrative structure gives insight into the
    characters attitudes and emotions

8
Sublime Nature
  • The natural world is a strong source of feeling
    in Frankenstein
  • Victor heads to the mountains to renew his
    spirits after William and Justine are dead
  • The Monster feels his heart lighten as spring
    comes
  • Finally, nature in the artic desert, is a
    symbolic background to the hopelessness of the
    characters in the end
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