Monday, March 25, 2019
How does Shelley prepare us for the horror of Frankensteinââ¬â¢s creature? :: English Literature
How does Shelley prep be us for the horror of Frankensteins cock?Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein in 1818. Shelley (the wife of poetPercy Shelley) first got inspiration for her book in Geneva. There shestayed with her husband, Lord Byron and a few others. They were allchallenged to write a ghost story during a hellish storm. Though shedid write a story it was a forgettable on. The real inspiration cameon June 22nd, the night before Shelleys departure. The groupdiscussed a subject from de Staels De LAllemagne where theyconsidered whether the principle of life could be discovered andwhether scientists could be discovered and whether scientists could shock a corpse of human beingufactured humanoid.This was the true inspiration for Shelley and the next dawning she hadfound her story and began writing the lines that opened Chapter 5 Itwas a down(p) night in NovemberThe alternative name for this wise is the modern twenty-four hour period PrometheusThe original myth written by Aeschy lus, was ab away a man namedPrometheus that tried to create life by manipulating a human out ofclay. The two variations to myth merged together and fire became thecompound utilise to animate the objects/images. This myth can be comparedwith Frankenstein because the elements, fire and electricity apply toanimate were said to me discovered by man. And in both the creatorswere penalise, although paragon punished Prometheus. This is relevantbecause the myth points us in the solicitude the impertinent Frankensteinwill go and Shelley uses this as analogy for her story. Eventually theoverreaches trying to live nature will be punished.Shelley also alludes to Miltons paradise deep in thought(p) where if Frankensteinis compared to Adam in paradise lost then the reader finds they arequite similar. Both characters have a thirst for knowledge, which endin their downfall. Frankenstein is also like Satan in that bothcharacters wanted to overcome God Frankenstein may have wanted tobecome a greater scientist but he wants more power for selfishambition respectable like Satan. Frankenstein wants to be the only personthat is able to create a human life and he wants to greater than hisnature, however Satan is punished in Paradise lost and this hints atFrankensteins fate and the direction of the novel.Mary Shelly signed the novel anonymously signifying that in society atthat time women werent very respected, in fact they were ostracized.Shelleys novel was shunned, a critic said the book had no principleor morals and should be dismissed with no further comment. In sciencereason and rationality were the biggest genres for the 18th century
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