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E xtension: research these texts independently to explore their relevance further

“Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like lichen on the rock.”. Which texts does Shelley have her creature first learn from ? What might be her intended effects on the reader and Shelley’s likely purposes ?

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E xtension: research these texts independently to explore their relevance further

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  1. “Of what a strange nature is knowledge! It clings to the mind, when it has once seized on it, like lichen on the rock.” • Which texts does Shelley have her creature first learn from? What might be her intended effects on the reader and Shelley’s likely purposes? • These texts are important for Shelley’s use of literary allusions (AO4) but also to gain an understanding of the characters development (AO1) Extension: research these texts independently to explore their relevance further

  2. Comparing the presentation of the families The Frankenstein family The De Lacey family Who are they? What do they represent? How are they presented? How do we as a reader respond? Who are they? What do they represent? How are they presented? How do we as a reader respond?

  3. Comparing the presentation of the families The Frankenstein family The De Lacey family Who are they? What do they represent? How are they presented? How do we as a reader respond? Felix, Agatha, Mr De Lacey (papa), Safie Used to be rich and now are poor Felix – happy, lucky and fortunate – falls in love with Safie instantly (could this be he is shallow) – seems nice but has a shocked reaction to creature “he was always the saddest of the group” ((contrasts always present)) Safie arrives – Creature learns language – could she represent knowledge – she is foreign/different/other – like the creature? Remember it is an unreliable narrator – peeps! Felix and Agatha very close “gave with pleasure to his sister” ...gave her a flower! Daddy De Lacey – has no name, he is blind, we feel a little distanced from him as a reader Family as a whole are outcast (on a hill = physical isolation) Are they purely a narrative purpose? E.g. Safie needs to learn language and gives the creature an opportunity to Who are they? What do they represent? How are they presented? How do we as a reader respond? • Victor, William, Elizabeth, Alphonse, Mama, Ernest • Well known “most distinguished of that republic” • Pleasant but lacking sincerity – ‘truest friend’ of Alphonse did not appear to gain that much help – marries his ‘truest friends’ daughter • Persona that they help (Justine taken in and Elizabeth yet both not listened to or supported) – convince selves that they are helping others but are concerned with own status • Elizabeth – Damsel in distress (v. gothic) VF’s “more than sister” • Couples are close, e.g. VF and Elizabeth but family are not that close

  4. Why does Shelley construct the families using contrasting styles?

  5. How are families a motif in the novel? Remember ‘how’ means in what different ways!

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