Frankenstein

Front 1

Context : LITERARY

Back 1

•Frame narrative

•Epistolary

•Gothic Literature

'the cold stars shine in mockery'

'lost all soul and sensation but for

this one pursuit'

'dreary night'

Inside = Enclosed

(Mental & Physical imprisonment)

'fearfully took refuge in a low hovel'

Outside = Barren & Desolate

(Abandonment)

'terrifically desolate'

'glittering pinnacle'

Hint 1

Forms (3)

Quotations:

The Sublime

Satanic imagery

Revenge & Pursuit

Dark settings

Diverse settings

Front 2

Context : BIOGRAPHICAL

Back 2

•Mother died at birth

•Husband drowned

•Baby died 12 days after birth

•Son: William died aged 3

Hint 2

Deaths & Tragedies

Front 3

Frankenstein : SCIENCE & DISCOVERY

Back 3

The Modern Prometheus

Noble intentions: (idealist)

'If I could banish disease from the human frame.. from any but a violent death'

Resulted in slow torture: (dangerous)

'I suffered living torture'

'emaciated with confinement'

'cheek grown pale with study'

'profane fingers'

'partially unveiled the face of Nature'

'floundering desperately in a slough of multifarious knowledge'

'men who had penetrated deeper.. I became their disciple'

Hint 3

Modern Prometheus

•Noble intentions (idealist)

•Torture (obsessively dangerous)

Compelled by Nature's secrets

Impatient to discover more

Religious imagery

Front 4

Monster : SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

Back 4

'This was the reward of my benevolence!'

'I now writhed in the miserable pain of a wound which shattered flesh and bone'

'I, the miserable & the abandoned am an abortion to be spurned at'

Hint 4

Saving a girl from drowning (2)

Society's hatred of the monster

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Monster : DEATH & REVENGE

Back 5

Clerval: Friends/ Companionship

Elizabeth: Romantic Love

William: Brother

Alphonse: Father

Justine: Injustice

'all looked on me as a doomed

wretch. In an evil hour I

subscribed to a lie'

'I feel the spirit of revenge enkindled in my heart'

Hint 5

Familial relationship representations + Justine (injustice)

M's desire for revenge

Front 6

Monster : CHARACTER DEVELOPED

Back 6

'submission of abject slavery'

> ' you purpose to kill me, how dare you sport this with life?'

VF: 'slave' 'man'

'nourished with high thoughts of honour and devotion'

'crime has degraded me beneath the meanest of creatures'

Hint 6

Inferior to VF >> Superior

Noble intentions >> Evil

Front 7

Monster : CREATION

Back 7

'a strange multiplicity of sensations seized me'

'lustrous black and flowing'

Hint 7

Newborn

Hair

Front 8

Frankenstein : ISOLATION

Back 8

VF's loneliness is due to abandonment of his creation

M: neglected & deprived of a father

'I had deprived myself of rest/ health'

'I passed the night wretchedly'

'My heart palpitated in the sickness

of fear'

Self inflicted isolation results in ruin

Relationships should be nurtured instead of indulgence in the obsession of work

Hint 8

Reason of Isolation

Self Imposed:

•Effect on health (3)

•Message

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Frankenstein : RELIGION

Back 9

VF loses his figurative paradise (familial bliss, Elizabeth, stable mental and physical state)

Blessed as 'creator and source'

'I will pour a torrent of light into our dark world'

Hint 9

Paradise Lost

Plays the role of God (2) - creation

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Context : HISTORICAL

Back 10

Great Change:

Scientific/ Political/ Social

Age of Revolution:

Scientific/ Political/ Artistic

Rapid scientific progress:

Potential of electricity​

Galvani reanimated dead tissue

Hint 10

Great Change (3)

Age of Revolution (3)

Rapid scientific progress (2)

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Monster : RELIGION

Back 11

Paradise Lost

Adam: 1st of his kind

Satan: Evil/ vicious in God's absence

'When I viewed the bliss of my

creators, the bitter gall of envy

rose within me'

* 'fallen angel'

Hint 11

Paradise lost (similarities)

Satan & Envy

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Monster : MOON MOTIF

Back 12

E Death: 'moon reached her summit'

M Birth: 'dim and yellow light of

the moon'

Symbolism: M's hope

'soon a gentle light stole over the heavens and gave me a sensation

of pleasure'

Hint 12

Prior to Elizabeth's death

M's birth

Symbolism

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Frankenstein : FAMILY

Back 13

Parents have a responsibility to provide their children with a loving/ nurturing upbringing

Neglection = loneliness/ hatred/

psychopathic behaviour

The support of family prevents children's downfall

VFs childhood parallels with M's

VF = Blissful, happy, inactive family

Parents: 'possessed by the very

spirit of kindness/ indulgence'

Mother's social responsibility:

selfless and died to save Elizabeth

William: 'dear angel' but his funeral

is 'this dirge'

Elizabeth: 'heaven-sent, bearing a

celestial stamp'

Her death: 'dreadful scream'

Hint 13

Importance of family

Message

Parents + mother

William (2)

Elizabeth (1) Death (1)

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Walton : SCIENCE & DISCOVERY

Back 14

VF: 'I ardently hope .. your wishes

may not be a serpent to sting you'

'ardent curiosity' (VF says the same)

'.. I preferred glory to every

enticement that wealth placed in

my path'

Hint 14

VF's warning

Ambition parallels with VF (2)

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Walton : ISOLATION

Back 15

'.. but I bitterly feel the want of

a friend'

'when I am glowing with enthusiasm there will be none to participate in my joy'

'when I am assailed by disappointment there will be none to sustain me in dejection'

Hint 15

Desires Companionship

Juxtoposing Ideas (2)

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Walton : FAMILY

Back 16

Sister: 'My dear sister'

'heaven shower blessings on you'

VF: 'brother'

Hint 16

Sister (3) << 2 refers to heaven

VF

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Monster : FAMILY

Back 17

'he had abandoned me: and in the bitterness of my heart, I cursed him'

'I longed to join them, but I dared not'

Hint 17

Abandonment

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