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Title: Frankenstein, Seminar week 11 notes
Description: These notes are from the Romantic Writings Module, especially on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Description: These notes are from the Romantic Writings Module, especially on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
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Hannah Wilson-Bettis
Tuesday, 03 May 2016
Romantic Writings week 11
Also see the handout
Influences
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The sublime as an element in Shelley’s novel, the image of Mont Blanc
Humphrey Davies’ writings on science
Stylistically influenced by letters, journal entries
‘Pygmalion and Galatea’ – creating life from a statue, about change, education
Tabula rasa – not born good or evil, you absorb what you have
Structure
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Gothic novels often have a frame narrative
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Links to other texts
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Links to Dr
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Quotation from paradise lost at the start
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All people suffer, it is part of the human condition that none of us know the reason we
are here
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o ‘often did my human nature turn with loathing from my occupation,’1
Shelley, Mary, Frankenstein pp
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o ‘my eyes were insensible to the charms of nature’2
Shows the danger of desperation
o ‘I am fearless and therefore powerful’
We all learn from our experiences and education; we are not born as we are when we a
grown
o ‘Paradise Lost excited different and far deeper emotions
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Feels unfair that Adam had been created perfect whereas he had not,
starts the envy and bitterness that the creature subsequently carries
with him
In this text Satan is the original ‘over-reacher’
The creature speaks the language of Satan, a fallen angel even though
created like Adam
o Feminist theories liken the monster here to women as a whole in that their
education is spotty, make sense from little snippets that are given
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o On the other hand, Victor was irresponsible in making the monster a large and
ugly and thus gives the monster no chance for humans to relate to him
Victors familial irresponsibility is parallel to his social responsibility
o The creature assesses Victor as a hypocrite, as he is mad at the creature for
being a murderer but he is willing to kill the creature
The creature adopts the characteristics of any ‘other’ in society
o ‘you my creator abhor me’ – bitter from the rejection
o The repetition of the word ‘listen’ shows that the creature is desperate to be
treated fairly, to be heard
The sublime is evident throughout
o When Frankenstein is walking around Mont Blanc
o The size of the monster in relation to the landscape
Funny words
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2
Chimera: a monster from Greek mythology that breathes fire and has a lion's head, a
goat's body, and a snake's tail
: something that exists only in the imagination and is not possible in reality
Cabalism: often capitalized: esoteric doctrine or interpretation according to the Jewish
cabala
2: adherence to some traditional theological interpretation or tenets
the nature of the Biblical material — J
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Charnel house – places where they burn bodies
Shelley, Mary, Frankenstein pp
Title: Frankenstein, Seminar week 11 notes
Description: These notes are from the Romantic Writings Module, especially on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Description: These notes are from the Romantic Writings Module, especially on Frankenstein by Mary Shelley