Frankenstein Extensive Notes
Frankenstein
Romantic novel by Mary Shelley
Themes
• Anxiety about science
o Natural philosophy (hybrid) [bunk!]
• Philosophical
• Religious
• Scientific
Fascination with electricity and magnetism
• Thought that electricity was the key to life
Intense interest in the origins of life
• Beginning to find fossils and pre-Darwin evolution
• Life and Death (see below)
Romantic Triad
Divine / nature / humanity
Frankenstein is the opposite (upside down triangle).
Prometheus Unbound (Romantic Hero)
Advocate of humanity
Good intentions = happy ending
Suffers, gains wisdom
Wisdom leads to final decision
Isolation leads to redemption of society
Filled with the virtues of sacrifice, love, protection, savior
Hero (particularly to the romantics)
Frankenstein--or The Modern Prometheus
Destroys humanity
Good intentions = dark endings (the road to hell is paved with good intentions)
Suffers, gains wisdom
Wisdom leads to......
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