aesthetic prejudice context

How does Shelley reinforce aesthetic prejudice

Shelley consistently satirises the tendency in the era to judge by appearances. The fascination with the ‘other the exotic or different’

How is aesthetic prejudice shown

•freak shows as side shows in Barnum’s circus

How is aesthetic prejudice shown in a celebrity

•Joseph Merrick ‘the elephant man’

How does lombroso create aesthetic prejudice

The existence of anthropological criminology which created criminal profiling based on physical characteristics

How does the creatures reflection show aesthetic prejudice

The creature’s own horror at his own reflection in the pool alludes to the ancient myth of narcissus, who died because of his own vanity

How is the creature reflection a juxtaposition

A juxtaposition of eve in the garden of Eden who was mesmerised by her own reflection

GOTHIC What does the motif of death reinforce

Link to the gothic genre and resurrectionists ; Burke and hare - 1832 the anatomy act made it legal for doctors and medical students to ‘resurrect’ bodies for medical research