TG1/TG4 Frankenstein Ted-Ed
Context of the creation of the novel
Victor's quest/Frankenstein
Subtitle : Frankenstein or the Modern Prometehus
Literary movements
Shelley's personal life
Challenge by Lord Byron, who received Mary and Percy in Switzerland
1815: erruption that plunged the world into darkness --> a year without a summer
The contest was writing the most chilling ghost story
Death of her children influenced the novel
3 pregnancies with only one who survived
Her mother died early
For her, birth is both creative and destructive
A god complex
Reference to the great myth of the titan Prometheus
Prometheus stole the sacred fire to give it to humanity, he was chained to a rock
It gave knowledge and power to men, so he tinkered with the status -quo
Similar to Victor, he played with life/sacredness
Romantic aspects: nature, emotion, purity of art
Gothic: unease, eerie settings, grotesque, fear of oblivion
1st sci-fi novel: first cautionnary tale: Artificial intelligence