key techniques and things to know

Question 1

the creation of the monster is only one _____

and uses language such as ____

Answer 1

short paragraph

‘catastrophe’ ‘wretch’

Question 2

why is there irony in victors refusal to make the monster a mate?

Answer 2

he scared they might reproduce and make a whole new race - when in fact this is exactly what he has done

Question 3

a lot of the novel is a battle of speech between the monster and victor - both use eloquent language to abuse each other, compare the differences in language used

Answer 3

v about creature ‘rage’ ‘horror’ ‘contempt’
monster ‘ye you my creator, detest and spurn me, thy creature to whom you art bound by ties only dissoluble by the annihilation of one of us’

binaries break down and monster becomes the voice of reason