Frankenstein Context

Question 1

Shelley’s mother

Answer 1

Pioneer radical feminist who died shortly after birth from poisoning

Question 2

Shelley’s father

Answer 2

William Godwin political philosopher- radical friends including lord Byron and Thomas Paine

Question 3

The modern Prometheus

Answer 3

Myth illustrates the acquisition of knowledge and power can bring about tragedy and self destruction- Frankenstein’s original title

Question 4

Romanticism

Answer 4

Concerned with nature and human feelings
Revolt and self self expression- victor revolts against order of nature
Concern for outcasts

Question 5

Women at the time

Answer 5

Submissive
Lacked education
Domestic
Abuse of the female body- victor destroys female creature- chooses to make male first- influence of Adams and eve- paradise lost

Question 6

Class and justice

Answer 6

Prominent in the character of Justine

Question 7

Electro chemistry and re animation

Answer 7

Vermicelli pasta successfully animated

Galvani demonstrated that dead animal tissue could be re animated using electricity

Question 8

Shelley didn’t like radicalism

Answer 8

Percey is reflected in the text as a genius who is unable to see the flaws in his nature
French Revolution
Industrial revolution- brought the power of science to attention and questions religion

Question 9

Shelly resented society as it rejected outcasts

Answer 9

William Godwin outcast and called a monster for his love of science and rejection over religion
Shown with the representation of the creature

Question 10

Associations with creation and death

Answer 10

3/4 of Shelley’s childhood died- she dreamt she managed to rub one of them back to life- idea of re animation

Mary Wollstonecraft died from birth poisoning

Question 11

Revolution

Answer 11

French and industrial