Frankenstein context

Who did Mary lose echoing the abandonment themes in the book

her husband and children

what were the role of women in the 19th century

• they had no rights

• They were considered redundant if they didn't achieve marital status 

what was the angel of the house ideology

A woman must be

• modest, innocent, caring

• look after her children

• Must unconditionally love and support her husband

what was paradise lost

retelling of Adam and Eve

• narrates the story of Satan

  • fallen angel banished from heaven

  • felt it better to reign in hell than serve in heaven

Why were people obsessed with the science of life and death in the 19th century

Galvanism experiment made people believe they may be able to reanimate life

what periods did the 19th century fall under

• Romantic

• Enlightenment

What is the sublime

terror at the vast power and beauty of nature

what gothic conventions are there in the book

• darkness and night

• good vs evil

• uncertainty

• power vs powerless

what is rousseaus character

the noble savage

• man is born innocent and corrupt by society

what are the forms of others

• others

• outsiders

• orientalism

• the uncanny valley

how are liminal times a present theme

society was shifting from religious to scientific

what was the myth of prometheus

He was punished for overstepping by creating humans

• serves as a warning about acting as God