theme-realism Flashcards
1
Q
explain the nightmare/dream concept?
A
-novel seems to be derived for a nightmare however some aspects are interwoven with real life features
2
Q
why can it be described as apiece of ‘over the top fiction’?
A
- man acting as God + reanimation of bodies
- used realist techniques to describe these scenes
3
Q
how is this realism accurate of Shelly’s society
A
- although story is outlandish and bear impossible
- during 19th cent w/ advance in science people believed anything was possible
