Frankensetin A02 Techniques Flashcards
“I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel”
ALLEGORY-work that conveys a hidden meaning
Victor Frankensteins creation of the monster is an allegory for the creation story from the book of genesis in which god creates Adam
“Frankenstein; or, the modern Prometheus”
The novels full title
ALLUSION-unexplained reference to something outside the text
This is an allusion to the mythical figure in Greek mythology who was responsible for creating man and giving knowledge of fire to humanity
Epigraph-from John Milton’s epic poem Paradise Lost
ALLUSION-an unexplained reference to something outside the text
This reference alludes to Genesis in the bible. In paradise lost Adam speaks these words to God and curses him for creating him just like the monster eventually curses Victor for making him
“Sir Isaac Newton is said to have avowed that he felt like a child picking up shells beside the great and unexplored ocean of truth”
SIMILE
METAPHOR
ALLUSION-Sir Isaac Newton was a noted physio and mathematician of the 17th and 18th century represented the powers of scientific knowledge in particular man’s pursuit of it
“Arabian”
ALLUSION-alludes to the hero sinbad from The Arabian Nights who has many miraculous voyages. Sinbad looses his wife but sees a small spot of light which eventually allows him to escape the cave, therefore light represents freedom. Light to victor represents the secret to life but also is blinding to him as he abandons his responsibilities in pursuit
“Felt the never-dying worm”
METAPHOR- the “worm” represents a knowledge that is active and restless. This metaphor expresses victor’s psychological state one of extreme remorse and suffering and from which he can never gain relief.
ALLUSION-bible “worm that dies” as an expression of the unending torments of hell.
“For all the kindness which her beauty might otherwise have excited was obliterated in the minds of the spectators by the imagination of the enormity she was supposed to have committed”
DRAMATIC IRONY-Justine claiming she’s guilty although the reader knows she’s not
The novel emphasis this contradiction further by highlighting victor vs the spectators opposite perceptions of Justine. Justine’s calm appearance ironically seems to confirm her. Victor on the other hand, looks at Justine and sees her innocence in her solemnly beautiful expression
