Mary Shelley + Frankenstein

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TO CREATE A HUMAN BEING BY JOINING PARTS FROM CORPSES •THE RESULT IS UGLY AND REVOLTING A MURDERER THE MONSTER BECOMES (in the end he destroys his creator) •THE STORY IS INTRODUCED TO US BY SERIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN BY WALTON TO HIS SISTER MARGARET A a young explorer on a voyage of expedition to the north Pole. THE CREATION OF THE MONSTER One stormy might, after months of labour, Doctor Victor Frankestein completed his creation, but when he brought it to life, he was terrified by its appearance: the monster And dill yellow eyes, it breathed hard. __and it convulsively agitated its limbs, Frankestein fhad selected his features as beautiful, such as his black fair + his white teeth, but these details were in a horrid contrast with his watery eyes, his shrivelled skin and straight beack lips. Frankestein dreamed long to infuse life into an inanimate body, and now this dream. vanished. He wushed of the rooms and taied to sleep, but he was troubled by nightmare about Elizabeth and his mother's corpse. He wake. up scated and he discovered the monster over his bed staring at him with a wankeed smile. So Flankestein wushed downstairs, LITERARY INFLUENCES THE MONSTER CAN BE CONSIDERED BOUSSEAU'S NATURAL MAN in a primitive state. ↓ NOT influenced by civilisation HE DISCOVERS THE LIMITATIONS OF THE STATE OF NATURE AND OF CIVILISATION Frankestein DIFFERS FROM THE GOTHIC TRADITION •NO DARK CASTLE NO SUPERNATURAL EVENTS ► MYTH OF PROMETHEUS Greek mythology HE CHALLENGED THE DININE AUTHORITY GANT WHO STOLE FIRE TO GIVE IT TO MAN Clear example of an Ovetreacher imbroglione Teike Dr Fronkestein NARRATIVE STRUCTURE DIFFERENT NARRATORS WALTON INFORM HIS SISTER →MARGARET SAVILLE FRANKESTEIN INFORMS WALTON, WHO INFORMS MARGARET THE MONSTER INFORMS FRANKESTEIN WHO INFORMS WALTON, WHO INFORMS MARGARET WALTON'S SISTER IS THE RECEIVER 3 DIFFERENT POINTS OF VIEW EPISTOLARY FORM THEMES perdute SEARCH FOR FORBINDEN KNOWLEDGE THE OVERREACHER (IN WALTON & DR. FRANK) THE DESIRE TO OVERCOME HUMAN LIMITS oupaglio WISH FOR LONELINESS AND PRIDE IN BEING DIFFERENT Frank, and the monster are complementary e - both suffer from a sense of isolation. -both begin with a desire to be good. both obsessed with hate and revenge ▷ THE PENETRATION OF NATURE'S SECRETS THE USURPATION OF FEMALE ROLE SOCIAL PREJUDICES