Settings&Plot:
Frankenstein begins with Walton writing letters to his sister. The key things here are that Walton is on a quest for knowledge and glory, wants a friend, and is very close with his sister. He sees a strange creature being pulled by a dog sled and a man is pulled up onto his boat who is very cold and ill. He nurses him back to health and the man tells him a cautionary tale. This tale starts out when Frankenstein, the ill man on the boat, is a child. He is always super into learning and has a close knit family that he feels like doesn't understand him. He is "given" Elizabeth (blonde haired angel who is a noble that was abandoned with a poor family) and she is his sister/potential life mate. He goes off to college and learns lots from his professors and books and becomes obsessed with creating life. He cuts himself off from his family and friend (Clerval) and manages to create a giant human. Although Frankenstein means for his creation to be beautiful, as soon as it comes to life he is disgusted by it so he runs away and becomes very ill. His good friend Henry Clerval comes to see him and nurses him back to health but Frankenstein won't tell him what made him so ill. Victor gets a letter from home telling him that William, his younger brother, has been murdered so he goes home and realizes the monster is responsible for his death. Justine, a close family friend, is charged with the murder and is eventually executed which causes Victor to feel incredibly guilty. He meets up with the monster and the monster catches him up with all that has gone down since Frankenstein abandoned him and asks Frankenstein to make him a lady friend. Frankenstein agrees and begins to make it, but cannot. The monster appears and says that he will be with Frankenstein on his wedding night. Victor goes on a trip with Clerval, and Clerval gets murdured. Victor is charged with his murder and spends some time in prison. When he gets out, he marries Elizabeth and on their honeymoon, big surprise, Elizabeth is killed by the monster. Victor then begins to chase the monster, ending up in the North Pole which is where the story catches up to his meeting with Walton.
Author: Mary Shelley
Theme: The inaccurate judgment of character based on society’s prejudices contributes toward alienation and unnatural instability.
Hey Alice!
ReplyDeleteYour plot summary is on point. But I don't see any quotes, narrative voice, character, symbolism, or theme discussion. Oh well, whatever works :P
Alice, there needs to be a lot more in this post. The summary was fine, but you didn’t mention anything else like characters, symbolism, or quotes. Also you need to go more in depth when mentioning the author and theme, don’t just list them.
ReplyDeleteHey Alice, so it looks like you started this assignment and kind of just.......stopped. One thing that helps me when I'm writing these S&As is when I have a list of motifs we discussed in class next to me. It helps me remember specific things from the text that were the most influential and gives me exactly what I need to write and where I need to write it down. Otherwise your summary was very thurough and your theme was very interesting, some expansion would be nice to see your classe's thinking though!
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