6. What kind of points would influence a psychoanalytical reading of Frankenstein?
"Psychoanalytical" is synonomous with "Freudian" and so would draw out oedipal elements of Frankenstein.
Biographical facts Mary; Frankenstein can be viewed as reflecting Mary Shelley's relationships with her father and with Shelley.
The mental state of various characters and the insight this provides as to the attitudes towards mental health at the time.
7. How does Frankenstein describe Elizabeth?
'The most fragile creature'
'Of the sweetest disposition'
As a 'demoniacal corpse'
8. 'The Creature, although initially loving and benevolent, is transformed by his rejection by humanity into a vengeful predator.' - select a quote which best supports this contention
'All men hate the wretched'
'You are my creator, but I am your master; - obey!'
'Could the daemon...also in hellish sport have betrayed the innocent to death and ingnominy.'
9. What did the British Critic have to say in its review of Frankenstein?
...if our authoress can forget the gentleness of her sex, it is no reason why we should; and we shall therefore dismiss the novel without further comment.'
'A grotesque and frivolous novel which curdles the blood'
'The authoress is best cast in writing of affairs of a more domestic nature'
10. Which of the following feminist critiques of Frankenstein can be attributed to Gilbert and Gubar?
'...the blind rejection of women by misogynistic Miltonic patriarchy'
'Nature's revenge is absolute; he who violates her secret hiding places must be punished.'
'a horror story of maternity'
11. According to the critic Phelps, if Prometheus is actions are morally excusable because they 'benefited mankind' why are Frankenstein's actions morally reprehensible?
Because Frankenstein is an 'enemy of the human principle'
Because Frankenstein was 'well out of order innit'.
Because Frankenstein is 'motivated by egocentricity and ambition'
12. What did Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley's mother, have to say about passive women?
'soft phrases...a delicacy of sentiment, and refinement of taste, are almost synonymous with epithets of weakness.;
'A woman should always seek to be equal in companionship to her husband rather as opposed to being in ownership.'
'Simpering displays of sentiment are never befitting to the educated woman.'
13. Who describes Frankenstein as '...the first genuine science fiction novel,'
Phelps
Clute and Nicholls in 'The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction'
Anne Mellor
14. What does the critic David Punter say Frankenstein commits?
