Frankenstein Vocab

ardent (adj)

passionate, enthusiastic, or intensely devoted

abhorrence (n)

a feeling of revulsion or disgust; hatred

sublime (adj)

of such excellence or beauty as to inspire great admiration

ignominious (adj)

deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating

benevolent (adj)

well meaning and kindly; showing goodwill

desolate (adj)

deserted and bleak; feeling abandoned and lonely

frame narrative

a story within a story acheived through shifting narrative perspectives gro

grotesques

characaters who inspire both disgust and empathy

foils

a pair of characters who are opposites, usually to emphasize the traits of the protagonists

doppelganger

a physical twin, psychological twin, shadow self, or alter ego

allusion

a figure of speech in which an object, text, or circumstance is referred to indirectly. Usually historical, literary, political, or religious

juxtaposition

the placing of two things side by side so as to highlight their differences

simile

a type of metaphor that uses like or as in its comparison of two unlike things

tone

a way of communicating information that conveys an attitude