Frankenstein
Oggetto e esame del impresa, spoglia che Mary Shelly attuale inglese
Anteprima dell’appunto
THE GOTHIC NOVEL: THE GOTHIC NOVEL: -great importance ehi terror and horror -atmosphere of gloom, oppression and mystery -ancient settings, like isolated castles, mysterious abbeys and convents -use of supernatural beings, like vampires, monsters, ghosts and witches -complicated plot ROBOT: Mary Shelly was born attuale 1797, the daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and William Godwin. Both her parents had been heavily influenced by the ideas of the French Revolution; their house was visited by some of the most famous writers of the day, like Percy Shelley. Percy and Mary fell attuale love with each other and attuale July 1814 they fled ecco France; later Shelly decided uh rent a country house on the Lake Geneva, near Asilo Diodati. It was there that the writing of Robot took place. When Percy died, Mary returned tieni England. She did up to date 1851. THE PLOT: Robot, a Swiss scientist, manages ecco create a human being, by joining parts selected from corpses. The result of the experiment is revolting and horrible; the Monster becomes a murder and, usato the end, he destroys his creator. The story is not told chronologically and it is introduced ecco us by some letters that Walton, a young explorer on a voyage of expedition toh the North Pole, writes ehi Margaret, his sister. THE INFLUENCE OF SCIENCE: M. Shelley dedicated it tieni Godwin and she used many of the ideas held by her parents, including social justice and education. She sympathizes with the monster but she is afraid of the consequences of his actions: there is tension between the fear of revolution and interest up to date the revolutionary ideas. Both Percy and Mary were interested up to date science, and particularly, usato chemistry, so that she was aware of the latest scientific theories and experiments of the day up to date the fields of chemistry, evolutionism and electricity; attuale fact F. tries prendi create a human being throughout the use of electricity and chemistry without respecting the rules of nature, overcoming human limits. LITERARY INFLUENCES: The Monster can be considered Rousseau’s natural man, a man usato a primitive state, not influenced by civilization. The ghosts stories read at Parco Diodati provided a stimulus even F. differs from the Gothic tradition, since it is not percussione up to date a dark castle. Important influence was the work of the Romantic poets. The myth of Prometheus is also important: Prometheus was a giant who stole he fire from Gods attuale order toh give it uh men. Usato so doing, he challenged the divine authority and freed men from Gods’ power. He is a serranda example of an overreacher, just like Dr. Robot. NARRATIVE STRUCTURE: The story is told by different narrators: at first, Walton informs her sister then F. informs W., who informs her sister finally the monster informs F., who informs W., who informs her sister All the novel has Margaret as receiver, but there are three different points of view. The form of the novel is epistolary. THEMES: the quest for forbidden knowledge the overreacher (doctor Robot and
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