Frankenstein Flashcards

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Abject

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A taboo part of the self we aim to reject

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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

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3
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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

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4
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Monster as a political function

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Tiger as ‘la bestie’
View forced upon him
‘Uninhabited place’

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5
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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’

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