Frankenstein

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Frankenstein

• Mary Shelleys

Chapters 3-5
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Frankenstein

• Mary Shelleys

Letters 1-4 and Chapters 1 2
Chapter Summaries
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Frankenstein

• Mary Shelleys

Letters 1-4 and Chapters 1 2
Victor Frankenstein Character Development
Victor Frankenstein An Emotional Rollercoaster

• CHAPTER 3
• Grief due to loss of mother
• These are the reflections of the first few
  days but when the lapse of time proves reality
  of the evil, then the actual bitterness of grief
  commences
• Motivated to learn all aspects of science
• Thus ended a day memorable to me it decided my
  future destiny

• CHAPTER 4
• Curiosity/Determination
• Digging around in graveyards
• Imaginative
• Focusing on powers of life and death
• Inquisitive
• Wonders if he is doing the right thing
• Oppressed
• Removes himself/shuns all fellow creatures

• CHAPTER5
• Disgust
• Realization that creature is wretched
• Tormented
• With thoughts of vileness of his actions/creation

IRONY The more time Frankenstein spends creating
life, the more he loses his own life
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Frankenstein

• Mary Shelleys

Letters 1-4 and Chapters 1 2
Symbols and Allusions
SYMBOLS

• Body parts
• Light vs. Darkness
• Mad Scientist
• Recurring Dreams/Nightmares

ALLUSIONS

• Outdated sciences (i.e. Alchemy)
• Pathetic fallacy / Use of seasons (i.e. fall of
  a leaf)
• Dantes Inferno
• Rime of the Ancient Mariner
• The Vicar of Wakefield

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Frankenstein

• Mary Shelleys

Letters 1-4 and Chapters 1 2
The Creature