Frankenstein Flashcards
1
Q
Abject
A
A taboo part of the self we aim to reject
2
Q
Monstrosity as a symbol of the working class
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Marxist
Creature wants to live utopian life (like rebels in French Revolution)
Victor- allowed to get away with stuff because wealth
3
Q
Link between victor and marquis
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Marquis allowed to carry out fantasises, ‘gallery’ of dead women, and allowed to do so bc of status
4
Q
Monster as a political function
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Tiger as ‘la bestie’
View forced upon him
‘Uninhabited place’
5
Q
Tiger questioning moral institutions - tigers bride
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Asks to see ‘pretty young lady unclothed’
‘I will pull up my skirt to the waist’
Prostitues herself at him
He sheds a ‘tear’