Morro Flashcards
Realism
- A theme where some part of the known world and experience is included
- or a known experience in an unknown world/circumstance
Narrative
new ideas (ways to tell stories) are considered corrupt or dangerous
Versimilitude
the introduction of pendrick’s letter, EVIDENCE that this is real
A critique on the beast people
- thoughtless pursuit of progress
- thoughtless following of rules/social order (dehumanization)
The beast people
are un-natural
examples of naturalisation
the social laws that govern them and moreau’s concept of human
Moreau’s view
the torture of animals is nothing in comparison to the gain of knowledge
what makes humans different?
a spiritual/metaphysical connection (human exceptionalism)
Moreau cannot create humans because
he cannot create humanity
What does the pursuit of the beast people mean?
their strife is a sign of their humanity and their consciousness of failure
Laws scene
- bath of pain (fear factor), cannot separate human identity from pain
- are we not men? recognition that they are not men and must instead act like men instead
- laws enforces a higher standard for humanity, rules are usually arbitrary
The laws
are a version of commandments, being a “good” and “worthy” man is to act like humans
Mimicry
subordinated individuals or groups are forced -explicitly or tacitly- to act like the majority in order to make their way into the world
- illuminates the fragility that brings the requirement
- shows how little of the mimicry is natural (feels like a performance)
The irony of liturgy
liturgy is in human everyday too, however when the beast people do it, it is seen as weird and insane
Pendrick as an unreliable narrator
- claims there were 3 instead of 4
- drifts in and out of consciousness
- thought it was a nightmare
- “I know not” “mind wandered”
- might be mad, an effort to reframe his reality
