Comparing Mary Shelley's Frankenstein And Sir Walter Scott
Novels are read to experience a fantasy created by the author. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was no exception. The journey described was original and exciting. This novel originality was accepted differently by different identities. Such examples are Sir Walter Scott, who considered the work superb while a “Quarterly Review” editor considered it to be on the verge of insanity. These two authors use different and similar rhetorical styles to convey their opinions.
The most glaring difference between the two writer’s passages is their plot summaries. Sir Walter Scott glorified the plot as he quoted parts from the novel. This glorification of the plot gives the reader a sensation of greatness throughout the novel, not just what Sir Walter had quoted.
Consequently, this glorification lets Sir Walter;s opinion of the novel steadily flow into the readers’ minds as being fully correct. In contrast to Sir Walter’s plot, the anonymous editor paraphrased the most gruesome parts of the novel and continued to challenge SHelley’s sanity. To the reader, this burlesque instills a negative attitude towards Shelley and her novel, thus promoting the editors opinion in the readers’ minds.
Through the two author’s plot summaries are radically different, in nature they are similar. Both authors use a gross imitation of yellow journalism, and thus pathos. Both authors only quote or paraphrase elements from the novel that appeal to their current opinions.
With the consistent use of yellow journalism and varying plot summaries, the authors of the two passages are able to promote their ideals and opinions onto the readers.
The most glaring difference between the two writer’s passages is their plot summaries. Sir Walter Scott glorified the plot as he quoted parts from the novel. This glorification of the plot gives the reader a sensation of greatness throughout the novel, not just what Sir Walter had quoted.
Consequently, this glorification lets Sir Walter;s opinion of the novel steadily flow into the readers’ minds as being fully correct. In contrast to Sir Walter’s plot, the anonymous editor paraphrased the most gruesome parts of the novel and continued to challenge SHelley’s sanity. To the reader, this burlesque instills a negative attitude towards Shelley and her novel, thus promoting the editors opinion in the readers’ minds.
Through the two author’s plot summaries are radically different, in nature they are similar. Both authors use a gross imitation of yellow journalism, and thus pathos. Both authors only quote or paraphrase elements from the novel that appeal to their current opinions.
With the consistent use of yellow journalism and varying plot summaries, the authors of the two passages are able to promote their ideals and opinions onto the readers.