practice questions

use of time?

• seasonal time to reflect emotional states

• compression of time in crucial events

• time as decay

use of brutality/violence?

• nature vs unnatural violence

• violence as a warning

• moral brutality

use of contrasts?

• femininity aligned with nature

• masculinity aligned with exploration

present fate and free will?

• fate as inevitable

• free will as a choice emphasising moral responsibility

• contrast between creature and victor - victor claims fate controls him, but begins with privilege, creature is shaped by circumstance

use of boundaries?

• creature blurs boundary between humanity and monstrosity

• nature vs science

• life vs death

use of natural world?

• temporary relief not redemption

• a warning of violation

• to contrast domination of science

use narrative voice to shape identity?

• control of voice = power

• framed narrative = identities constructed

• silenced identities to reflect society

use of order and chaos?

• natural orders disruption

• narrative structure

• chaos escalates when moral orders abandoned

use of isolation

• physical isolation mirrors mental state

• gendered isolation

• cause of destruction

in the beginning frankenstein