Frankenstein
Frankenstein Project:
Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the ideas expressed in each work.
Themes:
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818) -Dangerous pursuit of knowledge -The nature and importance of friendship and love -Obsession and the consequences and causes -Outcast and monstrosity, secrecy -Creature tries to fit in to society, and is still shunned by differences -Prejudiced • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932) -Outcast in society -Fitting into society, either individual or society must change, John Savage accepts that he does not fit into society, shunned • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) -Prejudice against Boo Radley, expected to be a monster, actually has honorable, heroic qualities • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937) -Lennie Small, Crooks-defomities • Flowers to Algernon by Daniel Keyes -Obession to improve, knowledge
Romantic Nature:
-Sublime nature, the affects it has on the person, emotions and feelings, expressive • Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth (1798) -Both return to places that bring back a rush of emotions and feelings In Tintern Abbey: “…I have owed to [these beauteous forms]/In hours of weariness, sensations sweet,/ Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart;/ And passing even into my purer mind,/ With tranquil restoration…” (Wordsworth 26-30). -In Frankenstein:
“I became the same happy creature who, a few years ago, loved and beloved by all, had no sorry or care. When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations. A serene sky and verdant field filled me with ecstasy” (Shelley 57).
• Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge (1798) -Excerpts taken from the books, dangerous pursuit of knowledge, traveling to north pole Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847)
Over hundreds of years, similar themes
Compare works that express a universal theme and provide evidence to support the ideas expressed in each work.
Themes:
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818) -Dangerous pursuit of knowledge -The nature and importance of friendship and love -Obsession and the consequences and causes -Outcast and monstrosity, secrecy -Creature tries to fit in to society, and is still shunned by differences -Prejudiced • Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (1932) -Outcast in society -Fitting into society, either individual or society must change, John Savage accepts that he does not fit into society, shunned • To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (1960) -Prejudice against Boo Radley, expected to be a monster, actually has honorable, heroic qualities • Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (1937) -Lennie Small, Crooks-defomities • Flowers to Algernon by Daniel Keyes -Obession to improve, knowledge
Romantic Nature:
-Sublime nature, the affects it has on the person, emotions and feelings, expressive • Lines Composed a Few Miles Above Tintern Abbey by William Wordsworth (1798) -Both return to places that bring back a rush of emotions and feelings In Tintern Abbey: “…I have owed to [these beauteous forms]/In hours of weariness, sensations sweet,/ Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart;/ And passing even into my purer mind,/ With tranquil restoration…” (Wordsworth 26-30). -In Frankenstein:
“I became the same happy creature who, a few years ago, loved and beloved by all, had no sorry or care. When happy, inanimate nature had the power of bestowing on me the most delightful sensations. A serene sky and verdant field filled me with ecstasy” (Shelley 57).
• Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Coleridge (1798) -Excerpts taken from the books, dangerous pursuit of knowledge, traveling to north pole Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (1847)
Over hundreds of years, similar themes