Frankenstein Lecture Presentation

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Frankenstein Lecture Presentation

• Ms.Arcos

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As Catholics

• How are human beings created?
• God created human beings

• Bible Creation Story of Adam and Eve
• What happens in the Creation Story when Adam and
  Eve take a bite of the apple?

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Now consider the following

• Turning to the person beside you answer the
  following questions
• What would you do if you learned humans could
  create life?

• If we could create human life, what would our
  ideal human being look like?

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Like this

• Angelina?

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Or

• Taylor?

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Dare we say

• Latoya Jackson?

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What is our fascination with creation?

• In vitro fertilization
• The Human Genome Project
• Full Face Transplants

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Face Transplant
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Lets not forget

• Cloning
• Dolly the sheep

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What risk does creation pose?

• With creation comes responsibility
• The creator and the responsibility of their
  actions
• Tampering with nature and life
• What is the price of ambition?
• Is there a desire for perfection?

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Creation and Frankenstein

• Human fascination with creation is not a new
  trend.
• Frankenstein author Mary Shelley developed her
  idea from
• The myth of Prometheus
• Ghost stories and a nightmare

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Prometheus Myth

• Piero di Cosimo

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Prometheus Myth and the Novel

• The myth is like the novel
• Tampers with nature (God is distant)
• Monster and scientist have a relationship not
  found in myth
• Wealth and power
• Relationship between monster Frankenstein
• Cannot be dissolved
• Cannot abandon creation
• Creation will always be with him

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Frankenstein Background Info

• Novel first published in 1818
• One of the 1st science fiction novels
• 1st novel to use galvanism within its plot

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Not this

• George W. Bush

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But this

• Shock to bring life

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Origin of Word

• Luigi Galvani

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Introduction to Gothic Form

• The gothic novel or gothic stories have nothing
  to do with

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But ratherthe following terms

• Gothic stories imitate desire or desires gone
  wrong
• Horror is subjective, feeling of revulsion
• Sublime awe, majestic, filled with wonder,
  grandeur
• Ex. First time seeing a mountain

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Terminology continued

• Double outer/inner part two different halves of
  a personality
• Ex Frankenstein and his monster
• Marginal edge not accepted within society or a
  place
• Ex Frankenstein works in a lab (marginalized
  from society)

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Self and Identity in Frankenstein

• Novel represents problems with self and identity
• Monster characteristics
• Strange/abnormal/freak
• Represents fear
• Defies laws of nature
• Represents unconscious desire