Post on 13-Dec-2015
Mary Shelley’s
Frankenstein’s Development
Symbols & Allusions
Chapter Summaries
Chapters 3-5
The Creature
Mary Shelley’s
Chapter SummariesLetters 1-4 and Chapters 1 & 2
Mary Shelley’s
Victor Frankenstein – Character Development
Letters 1-4 and Chapters 1 & 2
Victor Frankenstein:An Emotional Rollercoaster
CHAPTER 3•Grief due to loss of mother”These are the reflections of the first few days; but when the lapse of time proves reality of the evil, then the actual bitterness of grief commences”
•Motivated to learn all aspects of science”Thus ended a day memorable to me; it decided my future destiny”
CHAPTER 4•Curiosity/DeterminationDigging around in graveyards•ImaginativeFocusing on powers of life and death•InquisitiveWonders if he is doing the right thing•OppressedRemoves himself/shuns all fellow creatures
CHAPTER5•DisgustRealization that creature is wretched•TormentedWith thoughts of vileness of his actions/creation
IRONY: The more time Frankenstein spends creating life, the more he loses his own life
Mary Shelley’s
Symbols and AllusionsLetters 1-4 and Chapters 1 & 2
SYMBOLS
•Body parts•Light vs. Darkness•Mad Scientist•Recurring Dreams/Nightmares
ALLUSIONS
•Outdated sciences (i.e. Alchemy)•Pathetic fallacy / Use of seasons (i.e. “fall of a leaf”)•Dante’s Inferno•“Rime of the Ancient Mariner”•“The Vicar of Wakefield”
Mary Shelley’s
The CreatureLetters 1-4 and Chapters 1 & 2