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FRANKENSTEIN (1818) (THEMES (Science and ethics, The origin of life: Man…
FRANKENSTEIN (1818)
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Genre
Romantic novel
Power of nature (electric impulse, storms)
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Intense feelings / passion (Frankenstein's obsession with his project, Monster's rage and desire of love)
Individual and freedom (Frankenstein doesn't care about others but only about his own ambition and success)
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Gothic novel
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Setting (dark lab, graveyards, storms)
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Mother: Mary Wollstonecraft (early feminist writer: "The vindication of the rights of women" - 1792) died soon after Mary's birth
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poets, philosophers and men of letters are often guests at her parents' home
Lover, then husband: Percy Bysse Shelley (romantic poet of radical views)
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Characters
Dr Victor Frankenstein
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Represents the terrible, unwanted consequence of 'playing God'
The Monster
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Originally good at heart, dreams of revenge
Represents the 'unacceptable' Other (deformity, difference)
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Circumstances of writing
'Trapped' inside by bad weather in a holiday house on lake Geneva with her husband, Lord Byron and Doctor Polidori.
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Percy Bysse Shelley writes a vampire story, starting the genre
After listening to a conversation about the origin of life, Mary has an 'awaken dream' about a scientist who gives life to a dead body
The first version is a short story. The final version also includes some parts written by her husband
modern themes
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has inspired countless films, theatrical adaptations, etc.
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