Comparison of

‘Frankenstein’ & ‘Dr. Faustus’

• Paper: The Romantic Literature• Presented By: Poojaba Jadeja• Roll No. 22• Year: 2014, Semester 2• Submitted to: S. B. Guardy

Department of English, Maharaja Krishnkumarsinhji Bhavnagar University

Comparison of ‘ ‘Frankenstein’ and ‘Dr.

Faustus’

‘Frankenstein’ & ‘Dr. Faustus’

•Genre•As a Tragedy•Supernatural horror•Narrative style

• Quest for knowledge

• Knowledge became destroyer

• Absence of female characters

• Tragic heroes

‘Frankenstein’ & ‘Dr. Faustus’• Journey• Symbols• Book

Victor Frankenstein & Dr. Faustus

Passion for knowledge

Comparison of characters

• Rejection of ordinary life• Ignore social beliefs• Beyond bounds• Effect of their ‘Act’• Consolation from woman

Feeling of Remorse

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