Close Reading Post #2 — Frankenstein
Since the beginning of the book, I took notice of the many instances in which letters served an outstanding purpose throughout the story. These letters served to not only tell parts of the story itself, but to show the reader…
Frankenstein,
Based on the first one third of the novel, the extreme changes of Victor Frankenstein’s emotion are shown. Especially chapter 4 describes how Victor is passionate in creating a human and how enjoyable to spend time with this. According to…
Frankenstein
As I dwelled deeper into the book, I began to notice that most of the fallen victims in the book are women. The first victim in the book is Victors own mother, Caroline. She grew ill while Victor was studying…
CR Post #2
Although Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley predominantly displays the values of science and knowledge to mankind, there is also hints of religion influencing the titular protagonist. The validity of Elizabeth Lavenza’s statement in her letter to her cousin is questionable: “The…
CR#1_Method 2
Although the side-by-side method is essentially comparing and contrasting 2 texts, I found a notable parallel that seems to encompass all the readings. The connection is how knowledge, or lack of understanding, is used to both define a monster and…