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Frankenstein By Mary Shelley

Frankenstein By Mary Shelley. Created by Jamie Moore #14 . Themes of Frankenstein. Examine possible themes suggested by Mary Shelley and explore how they are supported by the novel. Dangerous Knowledge. The heart of Frankenstein, something that Frank think is dangerous or warning as dangerous

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Frankenstein By Mary Shelley

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  1. FrankensteinBy Mary Shelley Created by Jamie Moore #14

  2. Themes of Frankenstein • Examine possible themes suggested by Mary Shelley and explore how they are supported by the novel

  3. Dangerous Knowledge • The heart of Frankenstein, something that Frank think is dangerous or warning as dangerous • “Walton finds himself trapped between sheets of ice, whereas Victor’s obsessive hatred of the monster drives him to his death”

  4. Sublime Nature • Sublime means outstanding • Source of unrestrained emotional experience for the individual, initially offers characters the possibility of spiritual renewal • “Depression after the deaths of William and Justine, Victor goes to the mountains to lift his spirits”

  5. Monstrosity • The something that from a man-made that looked nasty, big, ugly • “Eight feet tall and hideously ugly, the monster is rejected by society”

  6. Secrecy • To make of science as a mystery to be to search into; its secrets, once discovered, must be jealously guarded • “Victor think carefully about M. Krempe a model scientist: ‘an uncouth man, but deeply imbued in the secrets of his science’”

  7. Texts • Letters, notes, journals, inscriptions, and books fill the novel, quoted. Texts are an important aspect of the narrative structure, as the various writings serve as concrete manifestations of characters’ attitudes and emotions • “The monster’s story fits inside Victor’s”

  8. Adversarial Relations • Adversarial means a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy. • Hatred, revenge, and the definition of one’s self by one’s opposite • “My daily vows rose for revenge -- a deep and deadly revenge”

  9. Alienation • A sense of not belonging, either to a community or to one’s own sense of self • “I was a poor, helpless, miserable wretch”

  10. The Beautiful • As an Enlightenment category of aesthetics, invoked in conjunction with or opposition to the sublime • “Beauties of nature”

  11. Slavery • Involving both the sense of one’s control by an external power and its social significance • “Doomed to waste his powers for ... few”

  12. Bibliography • http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/frankenstein/themes.html • http://www.english.upenn.edu/Projects/knarf/Themes/index.html

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