Frankenstein information Flashcards
1
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‘Blank Slate’
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Tabula Rasa
2
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Shelley’s short story that explores rebirth without a soul?
A
‘Valerius; the Reanimated Roman’
3
Q
Other Romantic literature that explores egocentricity?
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Alastor 1816 - Percy Shelley
4
Q
Name of 1823 theatre adaptations?
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Presumption or The Fate of Frankenstein
5
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What does Shelley suggest is Frankenstein’s main crime in the 1831 introduction?
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Displacing God
6
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Who compares the monster to a new born baby?
A
Moers
7
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Kenneth Branagh film adaptation importance for the idea of birth?
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Monster is formed in a tank of amniotic fluid.
8
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Shelley’s short story: ‘Transformation’. Significance for the Double?
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- Satanic dwarf exchanges identities with a vindictive and dissolute youth.
