Various themes in 'Frankenstein'
Some of the themes from Shelley's 'Frankenstein'
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- Created on: 15-03-14 20:05
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- THEMES IN FRANKENSTEIN
- Good v. Evil
- God v. Satan
- 'Paradise Lost'
- God v. Satan
- Knowledge
- Dangerous knowledge
- Knowledge without bounds
- 'Prometheus'
- Sublime Nature
- Extreme settings; the poles, mountains, seas near Ireland
- Romanticism v. Science
- God being usurped by science
- Public v. Private
- Male ambition v. Female compassion
- Monstrosity v. Humanity
- Reflections on ourselves
- Patriarchy v. Matriarchy
- The devastating effects of patriarchy
- Family & Parent responsibility
- Contrast between Frankenstein's upbringing and the Creature's
- DeLaceys; perfect family structure
- Stories within stories
- Texts within texts
- Walton; Frankenstein; Creature; DeLaceys; Safie
- Passive female characters
- Except Safie
- Femininity
- Usurpation of female processes
- Birth and Creation
- False birth of Creature
- Industrialisation v. Countryside and Community
- The DeLacys
- Alienation
- Frankenstein from Family
- The DeLaceys
- The Double; doppelganger
- Fear of Sexuality
- Critique of society and the justice system
- Justine
- The DeLacey family
- Male Friendship and Homosexuality
- Sexuality
- Victor's asexuality?
- Gender Roles
- Female domesticity
- Anarchy
- The DeLacey familial and societal structure
- Good v. Evil
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