Frankenstein Context Flashcards

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Justice system

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Criticism of justice systems within 1817- Justine

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2
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Gothic used to show..

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Gothic used to show dark side of humanity, the monstrous and transgression of boundaries

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3
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Class system

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Follow French Revolution- inner desires of society to act differently at the time

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4
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Setting Shelley wrote it in

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Swiss Alps

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5
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Shelley family

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Escaped her family by running away to France, Switzerland and Germany with Percy who was escaping his wife

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6
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Who edited the manuscript of Frankenstein

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Percy

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7
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How many of her children died in infancy

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3/4

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8
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Science

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Written at a time of scientific exploration

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9
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French Revolution

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Uprising was a result of common desires becoming exposed, threatening the previous state

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10
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Romantic movement

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Reflects the monstrous act of the state (punishment of Justine’
-human institutions were biased (emotion)

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