MONSTER'S HOVEL

Question 1

quotes on animal imagery in the hovel

Answer 1

my kennel/ pigsty/ carpeted with clean straw

I crept /retreated

Question 2

quotes on the monster’s acceptance of the hovel

Answer 2

low hovel/ quite bare

all the light that came through the hovel was sufficient for me

agreeable asylum

Question 3

quotes on the monster’s warped perception on humanity

Answer 3

palaces I beheld in the village

enchanting appearance of nature

Question 4

analyse I crept/ retreated

Answer 4

the monster is physically lowering himself as he attempts to hide himself from human society - reminiscent of his taboo creation in the workshop- which in turn denies him of human dignity

Question 5

analyse pigsty/ carpeted with clean straw/ my kennel

Answer 5

the use of animal imagery shows how the monster his relegated himself to a lower position in society and rather finds comfort and belonging in it. The use of the possessive pronoun reflects how he understands his powerlessness and othered status

Question 6

analyse agreeable asylum

Answer 6

Conveys and reinforces a recurring theme whereby othered beings will tragically accept their mistreatment in society which emphasises the monster’s warped perception as he accepts substandard conditions

Question 7

analyse low hovel/ quite bare

Answer 7

monster accepts the bare minimum and is quite literally pushed to the margins of society - restrained and lacks any freedom over his fate and entitlements in society

Question 8

analyse all the light that came through the hovel was sufficient for me

Answer 8

the monster’s glad acceptance of the little hope he perceives in the Hovel contradicts with Victor’s neverending ambition

Question 9

analyse the enchanting appearance of nature

Answer 9

The glorified description of the greenery surrounding the delacey’s cottage reveals the monster’s warped perception as he views human society as being superior and paradise-like - reminder of how he is excluded from human society which he desires

Question 10

analyse the palaces I beheld in the village

Answer 10

monster’s warped perception as he views human society as being superior and luxurious

Question 11

why is the monster’s hovel adjacent to the delacey’s cottage?

Answer 11

the contrast between setting reflects the disparity between the two as the monster is actively rejected from human society- he is close to it but can never actually join them