FRANKENSTEIN storiaa, Appunti di Inglese

Scarica FRANKENSTEIN storiaa e più Appunti in PDF di Inglese solo su Docsity! Frankenstein A scene taken from the film version of Frankenstein directed by James Whale in 1931, starring Boris Karloff. • The daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin, both believers in the Enlightened power of reason. • She eloped to France with the Romantic poet Percy B. Shelley. • The writing of Frankenstein took place at Villa Diodati on the banks of Lake Geneva. Only Connect ... New Directions 1. Mary Shelley’s life Frankenstein Mary Shelley The protagonist of Frankenstein is the first embodiment of the theme of science Only Connect ... New Directions The latest scientific theories of chemistry and electricity influenced Mary Shelley He creates a human being through the use of electricity and chemistry Frankenstein 3. The influence of science • The myth of Prometheus  Frankenstein is an example of overreacher. • Rousseau  The Monster is a noble savage. • Locke  The Monster’s self-awareness and his education. Only Connect ... New Directions Frankenstein 4. Influences: from Prometheus to Frankenstein Only Connect ... New Directions Frankenstein 4. Influences: from Prometheus to Frankenstein • Gothic stories read by Mary and Percy B. Shelley. • S. T. Coleridge’s Rime of the Ancient Mariner  Both the novel and the poem are stories of a crime against nature. • The quest for forbidden knowledge (Walton and Dr Frankenstein) is related to the theme of the overreacher. • The double (Dr Frankenstein and the Monster). Only Connect ... New Directions Frankenstein 7. Themes Only Connect ... New Directions • The overcoming of natural and divine rules  the creation of a human being without the participation of a woman. • Social prejudices  the Monster as an outcast. • Education and experience  the Monster’s intellectual and emotional development. Frankenstein 7. Themes Only Connect ... New Directions A being created by man Boris Karloff in Frankenstein by James Whale, 1931 Robert De Niro in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein by Kenneth Branagh, 1994 Frankenstein 8. Frankenstein on the screen