Frankenstein Context Flashcards
Justice system
Criticism of justice systems within 1817- Justine
Gothic used to show..
Gothic used to show dark side of humanity, the monstrous and transgression of boundaries
Class system
Follow French Revolution- inner desires of society to act differently at the time
Setting Shelley wrote it in
Swiss Alps
Shelley family
Escaped her family by running away to France, Switzerland and Germany with Percy who was escaping his wife
Who edited the manuscript of Frankenstein
Percy
How many of her children died in infancy
3/4
Science
Written at a time of scientific exploration
French Revolution
Uprising was a result of common desires becoming exposed, threatening the previous state
Romantic movement
Reflects the monstrous act of the state (punishment of Justine’
-human institutions were biased (emotion)