ENG110Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: False Imprisonment, Intertextuality
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Eng110y5 lecture 15: frankenstein by mary shelley. Issue that creature has very human qualities wants companionship, can communicate, etc. Learning of monster language, rudimentary understanding of relationships, creation and creator, direction/geography, vengeance, philosophy, romantic enthusiasm: **shelley is making us question if creature is really a monster if he shares so many similar traits to humans in the novel. Idea if revenge will give you enough satisfaction to balance things out. In the end, no because the monster feels empty after victor dies. Prejudice: creature tries to take a child that is unprejudiced, educate it to be creature"s companion, doesn"t work because child is not too young for prejudice, reacts harshly to monster"s looks. Creature"s persuasion: victor is moved by creature"s story, realizes that monster is human or almost human, feels guilty that he is responsible for creature"s happiness, creature demands that victor must make him a female companion.
