Frankenstein Flashcards
What is the device and analysis for Justines name?
Aptronym - similar to ‘justice,’ implying she embodies the downtrodden working class in the face of injustice
Who was the thinker behind The Sublime?
Edmund Burke - wrote ‘philosophical enquiries,’ believed the natural world evokes the deepest feelings of awe and terror
What book did Mary Wollstonecraft write?
‘a vindication on the rights of women’
What book did William Godwin write?
‘the political philosophies’
What is physiognomy?
Pseudo-science - Lombroso stated that “criminality was inherited and that criminals could be identified by physical attributes”
What is galvanism? name the creator behind this
Luigi Galvani - investigated the effect of electricity on dissected animals, believed they could be reanimated
When was the first blood transfusion?
1818
What experiments did Aldini perform?
Ran an electric current through George Foster (dead criminal) in 1803
When was the industrial revolution?
from 1760 to 1840
What did John Locke write?
Essay Concerning Human Understanding 1689
What are quotes to present Victor has learned his lesson by the end of the novel?
“learn from my miseries and do not seek to increase your own,” “seek happiness in tranquility and avoid ambition”
What are quotes to show that Walton has learnt from Victors story and will end his voyage?
“encompassed by peril,” “surrounded by mountains of ice,” “immured in ice,” “if we are lost, my mad schemes are the cause”
What are quotes to suggest that Walton/Victor have not fully learnt from their experience?
“I had rather die than return shamefully,” “my hopes are blasted by cowardice and indecision”
