Scarica Frankenstein, . e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! The daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, both
The analysis of relations between servants and masters beliavers in the Enlightened power of reason.
She eloped to France with the Romantic poet Percy B. Shelley
Rousseau's conception of man as originally good Mary Shelley
. k; The writing of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus took
About the slavery issues Interpretation place at Villa Diodati on the banks of Lake Geneva.-> The initial
i inspiration burst into Mary's consciousness as a waking dream or
Social injustice a nightmare, as a result of the intellectual stimulus of Shelley and
. the Romantic poet Byron.
Allegory of the French Revolution È Pe =
Frankenstein, a Swiss scientist, creates a human being by
A modem interpretation of Prometheus joining parts selected from corpses.
The quest for forbidden knowledge (Walton and Dr Me O
Frankenstein) is related to the theme of the overreacher. Plot The Monster becomes a murderer.
The double (Dr Conan LE rendi ii At the end he destroys his creator.
7, 3; 7 Theme The story is introduced by a series af letters written by
The overcoming of natural and divine rules: the creation Walton, a young explorer on an expedition voyage to the
of a human being without the participation of a woman.
Social prejudices: the Monster as an outcast.
“Frankenstein.
Education and experience: the Monster's
intellectual and emotional development.
Both Captain Walton and Doctor Frankenstein tried to go
beyond human limits.
The Monster is complementary to his creator: they both
suffer from isolation and they both
begin with a desire to be good.
Main characters
Walton's narration to his sister Margaret Saville Influences
(chapters 1-10)
Epistolary novel
Frankenstein's narration to Walton
CI «
(chapters 11-17) =
Narrative structure
The Monster's narration to Frankenstein
(chapters 18-24)
North Pale, to his sister, Margaret Walton Saville.
Science: The latest scientific theories of chemistry and
electricity influenced Mary Shelle.->The protagonist of
Frankenstein is the first embodiment of the theme of science
and its responsibility to mankind.->He creates a human
being through the use of electricity and chemistry
The myth of Prometheus(titan who stole the fire from the
gods in order to give it to men): Frankenstein is an example
of overreacher.
Rousseau: The Monster is a noble savage, not influenced
by civilization. (However, he discovers the limitations both of
the state of nature and of civilization)
Locke: The Monster’s self-awareness and
his education by experience.
Gothic stories read by Mary and Percy B. Shelley.
(Frankenstein differs from Gothic tradition, since it is not set
in a dark castle and does not deal with supernatural event)
S. T. Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner. Both the
novel and the poem are stories of a crime against nature.
