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FRANKENSTEIN / NLMG Flashcards

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JACQUES LACAN

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THE MIRROR STAGE - IMPORTANT MILESTONE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDREN

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JOHN LOCKE

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TABULA RASA - HUMANS ARE BORN SIMILAR TO A BLANK SLATE, SOCIETIES TREATMENT OF A PERSON MOULDS A PERSON

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JEAN JACQUES ROUSSEAU

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HUMANS ARE BORN IN A STATE OF INNOCENCE, BUT HAVE THE INNATE CAPACITY FOR SELF PRESERVATION
‘MAN IS BORN FREE BUT LIVES FOREVER IN CHAINS’

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THOMAS HOBBES

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MAN IS BORN ‘NASTY AND BRUTISH’

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IMMANUEL KANT

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DUTY BASED ETHICS

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THE MODERN PROMETHEUS (F)

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GREEK MYTHOLOGY, LINKS TO OVERREACHING
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN IS AN OVERAMBITIOUS CREATOR

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GOETHE (F)

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FAUST - LIMITATIONS OF HUMAN EXPERIENCE - VICTOR FEELS LIMITED AS A HUMAN THEREFORE DEEMS IT ACCEPTABLE TO PLAY GOD

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PARADISE LOST (F)

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THE CREATURE IS AKIN TO A FALLEN ANGEL AND WARNS OF DESTRUCTION LIKE AN OLD TESTAMENT PROPHET

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MARCEL PROUST (NLMG)

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INVOLUNTARY MEMORY - MEMORIES ARE SPONTANEOUS AND DIFFICULT TO SUPPRESS

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THE UNCANNY VALLEY EFFECT (NLMG)

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ARTIFICIAL BEINGS THAT LOOK MOST LIKE REAL HUMANS AND LIFE LIKE

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SIGMUND FREUD (NLMG)

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THE UNCANNY IS THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE OF SOMETHING ALIEN BEING STRANGELY FAMILIAR (UNHEIMLICH)

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JEREMY BENTHAM (NLMG)

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THE GREATEST HAPPINESS FOR THE GREATEST NUMBER - IS THE OPPRESSION OF THE CLONES BENEFICIAL FOR THE GREATER SOCIETY ??

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ALESSANDRO VOLTA (F)

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PIONEER OF POWER AND ELECTRICITY, INVENTED THE BATTERY (1800)

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LUIGI GALVANI

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GALVANISM - ABILITY TO MAKE FROGS LEGS MOVE WITH ELECTRIC JOLTS - LINKS TO THE CREATION OF THE CREATURE

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ANDREW URE

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BODY SNATCHING - LINKS TO VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN

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MARY SHELLEY

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  • MOTHER DIED 3 WEEKS AFTER HER BIRTH
  • MARRIED PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY AT 16
  • IDEA FOR FRANKENSTEIN CAME IN A NIGHTMARE AND WAS WRITTEN DURING A RETREAT WITH OTHER WRITERS I.E. PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY AND LORD BYRON
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KAZUO ISHIGURO

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  • MAINLY USES FIRST PERSON NARRATIVES
  • INFLUENCED BY PROUST
  • LINKS TO THE EXISTENCE OF THE CLONES - NOT SURE WHETHER I BELONG IN JAPAN OR ENGLAND’
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EDMUND BURKE

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THE SUBLIME - POWERFUL FEELINGS FILL THE MIND TO THE EXCLUSION OF EVERYTHING

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