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FRANKESTEIN - Coggle Diagram
FRANKESTEIN
central feature of his novel
monstrosity and social prejudice towards difference
The pursuit of knowledge that goes beyond man'limits leads to tragedy (Walton learns how destructive the pursuit for knowledge can be and abandons his polar mission.
it's considered the first work fiction
warning against the dangers of science and its applications
view of science linked to the idea of secrecy
structure
COMPLEX
At the beginnig is an epistolary novel (point of view of the captain)
two other narrators
dr. Frankestein (telling the story to Walton)
the monster himself (explaining the reasons for his behaviour)
or the Modern Prometheus
clear reference to the myth of the Greek giant Prometheus
who stoled the fire from the gods and gave the knowledge of fire to humanity. For that was punished: he was chained to a rock where his liver was eaten away every day only to be regenerated nightly due to his immortality
Victor, as a Modern Prometheus, seeks to give humanity the secret of life itself and, like Prometheus, he was punished.
The role of the nature
connected with all the characters' emotional status
nature is a source of consolation and an instrument for regeneration anfìd mental healing
Nature enhances the characters' emotional statrus by making their emotional torments visible and perceivable
human emotions are parts of the natural course of things
nature corresponds to the "edenic status" oh humankind
that Victor breaks using electricity to recreate life
plot
connecting to the myth of NOBLE SAVAGE (J.J. Rousseau)