ENGL 105W Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Aeschylus, Techne
15 Mar 2016
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Set up level of interpretation: victor"s account. 1st person narrative framed by the letters. The apparition of a living person; a double, a wraith. oxford english dictionary. 2 types of doubles: friend- ideal double, mirrors ideal human qualities. Fiend- to purify self you project negative qualities onto others: someone with whom sympathy is impossible, who is physically, morally or intellectually reprehensible to us, someone we cannot recognize as part of ourselves. Friend is someone close to us, a mirror of our better selves. Walton is searching for a friend, victor has many friends (henry clerval: 39 astonishment turns to disgust- tries to find beauty but finds the creature unfamiliar. Creature as an object, associating creature with nature- p. 56. The delacey family and the treacherous turk (97-102) Well respected loves his family intelligent determined lets innocent people die proud irresponsible cowardly secretive. Creature bolts in neck, unintelligent, green, fear of fire, clumsy, associated with.
