Critical opinions Flashcards
There is a distinct
“There is a distinct lack of closure to Frankenstein” - Ray Cluey NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE
Victor…an outside
“Victor…an outsider by choice, and thus so very different from the creature of his making” - Ray Cluey ISOLATION
Victor also embodies
Victor also embodies the romantic rebelliousness towards accepted modes of thought -Ray Cluey ROMANTICISM
Ray Cluley on isolation
“From the onset…it is clear that isolation and solitude are to be the main concerns of the novel” - Ray Cluey ISOLATION
an analysis
“…an analysis of the dangers attendant on an exclusively intellectual approach to society” - Dr Mike Rossington, SCIENCE(?)
It is the actions
“It is the actions done to it that drive it to destruction” - Dr Mike Rossington MONSTROSITY
Love is at
“Love is at the heart of the (creature’s) tale” - Dr Mike Rossington THE CREATURE
A manipulating intermediary
“A manipulating intermediary who is, perhaps, anxious to justify his own internal monstrosity” - Jane Bathard Smith NARRATIVE TECHNIQUE AND VICTOR
There is much
“There is much that is unmonstrous about the creature” - Jane Bathard Smith MONSTROSITY
The creature blames
“The creature blames his eventual internal monstrosity on his physical appearance, suggesting a powerful interplay between the two” - Jane Bathard Smith MONSTROSITY
The novel is
“The Novel is a critique: it explores passive, independent women who, like the creature, must then be rejected” -Kate Ellis FEMALES
Correspondence among the
…correspondence among the various narrators…which will support a sort of blind faith in the tale” - Mary A Favret on narrative unreliability
Victors vaunting ambition
“Victor’s vaunting ambition defies God as creator of man. His good intentions become clouded by his own vanity” - Jane Blumberg AMBITION
His ambition blocks
“His ambition blocks out his entire family” - Jane Blumberg AMBITION
The novel cam
The novel can be read as a critique of the family as much as a longing for one – Marie Mulvey Roberts FAMILY
Most debates about
Most debates about the cause of the creature’s destructive behaviour attribute it either to his isolation and maltreatment, or to his unnatural origin – Marie Mulvey Roberts CREATURE
Outrageous …
Outrageous improbability – Edinburgh Magazine 1818 NARRATIVE UNRELIABILITY
Gross and
“Gross and obvious inconsistencies” – Literary panorama and national register (1818) NARRATIVE UNRELIABILITY
As a result of
As a result of the framed narrative)…”He [the creature] is given a voice… this invites the reader to sympathise with the creature” – Monique R morgan FRAMED NARRATIVE
An illusory promise of
“[An] illusory promise of stable moral judgments is offered by the novel’s technique of embedded narratives” …”Victor’s reaction to the creature’s story is itself ambivalent, and hence fails to offer the reader a clear model (embedded narrative” (Monique R Morgan) Embedded narrative
