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Half Yearly Flashcards

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thesis

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Authors utilise literature to poignantly challenge audience’s preconceived notions of individualistic aspirations and the social repercussions that inevitably ensue during periods of upheaval.

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Thesis point 1

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Individualism and religion, science and institution

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Thesis point 1
Sub Thesis points

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Individualism, societal constructs imitating God

Science

Institutions

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1.1 Romanticism expressed…

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an extreme assertion of the self and the value of individual experience.” (Drabble, 2019) (1.1)

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theodicy text

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defends god against the vindication of his omnipotence

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Mock the…

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“Mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world.” (1.1)

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1.2 Science

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  • challenging romantic idealist views
  • mechanical developments of industrial period
  • science of enlightenment era
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Natural Philosophers…

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  • Period turned to ‘natural philosophers’ for answers
  • Galvani, volti, Newton referenced = admiration and aspiration
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victor to walton:

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“have you drunk also of the intoxicating draught?” (victor to Walton)

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‘Modern Prometheus’ allusion

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Symbolism of light (promethean fire) ambitious Frankenstein wishes to ‘pour a torrent of light our dark world’

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Biblical Allusion

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  • God creating light on the first day
  • parallels victor and creation
  • “in the midst of this darkness a sudden light broke in upon me”
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Viktor as usurper

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“a new species would bless me as its creator”
- high modality lexis shows direct intention

‘student of unhallowed arts’

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1.3 social constructs

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courts and governments imitating god, mans justice is not omnipotent

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“She was sustained by innocence”

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“The popular voice and the countenances of the judges had already condemned by unhappy victim”

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sub thesis 2

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isolation in frankenstein:

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2.1. overview

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  • ambition hurts and isolates
  • parallel plots
  • layered concentric narratives compare and contrast
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2.1

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different narratives

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Walton’s narrative

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  • physical isolation
  • exploration is his vice
  • “belief in the marvellous”
  • “to the wild sea and unvisited regions”
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frankensteins narrative

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  • self isolation
  • “i seemed to have lost all soul or sensation but for this one pursuit”
  • loses friends and relatives
  • post creature - “solitude was my only consolation - deep, dark, death like solitude”
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creatures narrative

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  • social isolation
  • “satan has his companions, fellow devils…but i am solitary and detested”
  • victim of others ambition
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3.

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family and community

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3.1.

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family destroyed by individualism.

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creatures first goal is solace

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  • rejected as ‘hideous phantasm’
  • “i longed to join them, but dared not”
  • “good spirit” and “wonderful”
  • contrasts “daemon” and “creature”
  • “who can describe their horror and consternation upon beholding me?”
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Creature vs Viktor and parents

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  • in introduction
  • “their child, the innocent and helpless creature … whom to bring up to good”
    vs
  • “you, my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature”
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Anne Mellor

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An unwillingness to confront the impact of his demands on those most dependant on him

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3.2.

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real world, cycles of abuse, childhood expectations

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Rousseau

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  • theory of childhood, inherent innocence and purity
  • “i was benevolent and good”
  • “misery made me a fiend”
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Viktors expectations

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No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as i should deserve theirs

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Expectation and disappointment in children

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viktors dissappointment

“The pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together”

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PB Shelley a defence of poetry 1921

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“The most glorious poetry is probably a feeble shadow of the original conceptions of the poet”

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final resolution

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“effecting no significant resolution among themselves” (drabble 2019)

ultimate challenge to romantic idealism - futility and absurdity

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