Frankenstein Critic Quotes

1. The description of the mountain scenery, and of its effect on Frankenstein's mind, is finely given (9, 8)
6. The trauma of the afterbirth (5, 5)
7. [the monster] defies all odds, as a parentless being, by learning language (7, 6)

2. The creature is not innately evil, but forced to become so by characters who deny him access to human community (8, 7)
3. A critique of the institution of parenthood (7, 7)
4. When it comes to parenting, Frankenstein is himself a monster (7, 6)
5. Nature pursues Victor with the very electricity he has stolen: lightning, thunder, and rain rage around him (4, 1, 6)
8. Is the creature a natural man or an unnatural monster? (8, 7)
9. The narrative of the monster [...] is of his almost learning, clandestinely, to be human (7, 6)
10. The novel is in part an examination of the responsibility of the father to the son (6, 6)

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