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SUBLIME, GOTHIC FICTION, MARY (GODWIN) SHELLEY - Coggle Diagram
SUBLIME
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LITERATURE:
INTEREST IN
- DARKNESS
- TERROR
- INTROSPECTION
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GOTHIC FICTION
CHARACTERS:
- SUPERNATURAL PEOPLE (MONSTERS, VAMPIRES, GHOSTS, WITCHES)
- OUTCASTS (SYMBLE OF ISOLATION)
HEROES:
- HERO: SENSITIVE, HONOURABLE
- HEROIN: PERSECUTED BY A VILLAIN
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SETTING:
CASTLES, ABBEYS, CONVENCTS
NIGHT
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FOR EXAMPLE:
HORACE WALPOLE -->THE CASTLE OF OTRANTO
MARY SHELLEY--> FRANKENSTEIN
... LATER IN AMERICA:
-EDGAR ALLAN POE--> THE BLACK CAT
OBJECTIVE:
ARISE FEAR IN THE RIDER
PROVOKE TERROR, HORROR, PAIN-->SUBLIME
MARY (GODWIN) SHELLEY
PLOT:
ROBERT WALTON (EXPLORER) ON EXPEDITION ON A SHIP.
A MAN IN BAD CONDITION TAKEN ABOARD: VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN TELLS HIS STORY:
- SWISS SCIENTIST
- INTEREST IN ELECTRICITY, CHEMISTRY
- CREATED A HUMAN BEING BY COMBINING PARTS OF CORPSES --> CREATED A HORRIBLE MONSTER
- MONSTER KILLS ELIZABETH (VICTOR LOVED HER)
- VICTOR HATES THE MONSTER
- VICTOR DIES ON THE SHIP
- MONSTER DISAPPEARS IN THE ARCTIC
INTELLECTUAL STIMULUS:
- HOUSE VISITED BY AUTHORS (SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE and PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY)
- MARY AND PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY LOVE EACH OTHER (HE IS MARRIED)
- HOLIDAY IN ITALY --> MEET LORD BYRON
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CHALLENGE: WRITE HORRIFIC STORY:
"FRANKENSTEIN, OR MODERN PROMETEUS"
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