PHILOS 1C03 Lecture : Philosophy in Lit.-Feb.6 Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
8 Mar 2012
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The creature seems savage, but is not: learns language, poetry, geography, learns to use reason. The human being as a social being: the main characters in the book seek social interaction: Creature yearns for a companion: on their terms Walton envisions a friend capable of recognition and sympathy (19) Creature demands a creature of another sexas hideous as he is (145) Equal friends/companions: what can be gained from an equal> Recognition: of the person who you think you are. Another who can recognize the self as an equal participant in the social enterprise: how is the creature treated. People flee, faint, and even attack him. People do not treat him as a human being deserving of recognition. All who see him recognized him as a monster. More concerned with the continuation of the family name than f"s happiness: delacey. Presented as impotent and passive, dependant on his children: beaufort.
