Critical Reading Two
It is incredibly intriguing that Mary Shelly would open her book Frankenstein with letters written from Walton to his sister. Even more so that the opening line of the first letter is trying to relive Walton’s sister nerves. Walton writes, “You will…
Frankenstein CR
Mary Shelly used the literary devices of simile and metaphor to describe his unstoppable imagination of creating life. “No one can conceive the variety of feelings which bore me onwards, like a hurricane, in the first enthusiasm of success.” (Chapter…
CR #2
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein employs a host of literary devices to examine the boundaries between God and man, unraveling the core of Romanticism’s assertion of the individual above all else. Frankenstein, when confronted with his creation, takes the tack of an…
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 Close Reading
In Frankenstein, lighting and electricity are a reoccurring motifs that demonstrates the dangerous side of nature or science. The first mentioning of lighting occurs at the end of chapter two. Victor Frankenstein witnesses a ” most violent and terrible thunder-storm……
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…
Frankenstein: Close Reading Post # 2
In the opening passage of chapter nine of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein or the Modern Prometheus, Victor expresses his innermost feelings of deep sorrow and guilt following Justine’s undeserving execution. On the night of his arrival in Geneva, Victor had begun…
Frankenstein Close Reading Post
Throughout Frankenstein, Shelley frequently uses storms in order to foreshadow upcoming events, to reflect how her characters are feeling, and to manipulate the characters into actions they might not have taken otherwise. The first storm happens on page 36. The…