frankenstein vocab

ardent

passionate, enthusiastic, or intensely devoted

abhorrence

a feeling of revulsion or disgust; hatred

sublime

of such excellence or beauty as to inspire great admiration; awe-inspiring

ignominious

deserving or causing public disgrace or shame; humiliating

benevolent

well-meaning and kindly; showing godwill

desolate

deserted and bleak; feeling abandoned and lonely

frame narrative

a story within a story achieved through shifting narrative perspectives

grotesques

characters who inspire both disgust and empathy

foils

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

• victor frankenstein and henry clerval

doppelganger

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

• victor frankenstein and the creature

• victor frankenstein and robert walton

allusion

a figure of speech in which an object, text, or circumstance is referred to indirectly

• political, religious, historical, literary, etc

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