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Victor Frankenstein's emotional turmoil is clearly evident in chapters 9 and 10
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The presentation of Frankenstein in chapters 11 - 16 The novel, Frankenstein is a story about a man who went to great extent to defy the laws of nature. His greatest desire; to create a being from scratch, one who will cheat its way out of the hands of death and diseases, one who never has to die or lose a loved one, a superior being, one that will revolutionise humankind. The author of this novel was a young woman named Mary Shelley who wrote the story at a youthful age of 19. It's said that the inspiration of the story came in a form of a nightmare while she was enjoying a holiday in Geneva with her family. The story was published in London in 1818. The tale had a large impact across literature and sparked the birth of gothic horror in books and films. The novel has 2 settings; the North Pole and Geneva, her holiday location. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful with powers and attributes no human could ever possess, kind of like taking the role of God into his own hands. Miraculously, he is successful with his creation, but due to hasty decisions, he rejects it. This he comes to regret later on, as one by one each of his family members die at the hands of the being who is driven by anger and revenge, until the only person left
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Reread chapters 4 and 5 of Frankenstein. Show how these chapters are to the readers.
Frankenstein Reread chapters 4 and 5 of Frankenstein. Show how these chapters are to the readers. * Understanding and appreciation of the character of victor Frankenstein. * Appreciation of Mary Shelly's use of setting * Appreciation of Mary Shelly's skills as a writer * Knowledge about life in the early 1800s (19th century) * Understanding of Mary Shelly's purpose in writing the novel. The book Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelly in 1816. The book took one year to complete. This novel was written when Mary Shelly was on her journey in Switzerland. Mary Shelly and her friends wrote a novel to see whose the most terrifying ghost story is. This novel is mainly based on victor Frankenstein the scientist, who had always wanted to create a human. After 2 years of hard work, he had finally finished making the human, but it turned out that victor Frankenstein had created a monster instead of a human. He left it and ran off. When coming back after a few days the monster was nowhere to be found and victor assumed it had gone forever. Victor Frankenstein is the protagonist, the scientist who creates this hideous and ugly monster. He recounts his experience to Robert Walton the person he met on the ship on his journey to Ingolstadt. Victor has two brothers, William and Ernest, no sisters and his father Alphonese Frankenstein; he has a cousin called Elizabeth who later becomes
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How is the creature presented in chapters 11-16 of Frankenstein? Frankenstein, the novel, was authored by a 19 year old mistress, Mary Shelley. Mary Shelley wrote her renowned gothic novel during the era where romance was at its peak and science and maths started to make its way into the world. Supposedly the inspiration of her novel came to her in her dream. After having this dream she decided to make her dream come true in the form of a book, so she wrote the novel, Frankenstein, when she was relaxing at Lake Geneva on holiday with her husband, the famous poet Percy Shelley . The gothic novel Frankenstein is about a doctor who was manipulated by his obsessions and ambitions into creating life. When the obsessions and ambitions were overcome he realised the being he had created would cause his downfall. Chapters 11-16 are significant to the story because these chapters express the creature's point of view showing his side of the story. As the reader progresses through the novel, prior to chapter 11 the reader merely gets the opinions of Dr Frankenstein. These judgments are mad to be very negative and biased towards the creature. When Dr Frankenstein had finally achieved his life long ambition and after straining and putting countless time and effort into creating the being he wished, he presented his 'being' as being revolting and foul. There are many quotes from the
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How is the Monster portrayed in chapters 11-16 of the novel 'Frankenstein'? The story 'Frankenstein' takes the reader through the daunting re-animation of a creature so beyond comprehension. This newborn-creation, degraded from birth yet mighty in spirit, plays out his painful life in search for what is known as true 'humanity' but is shown to ultimately fall to vengeance. Mary Shelley, the author of this novel, had lived days of misery and a life of a misfortunate nature. The figure of death had been a constant companion to her. Many members of her family including her mother and several children had all lost their lives to the deep sleep. Her fantasies delved deeper into the world of restoration and resurrection until she actually found a way to channel all these thoughts. And so was the birth of 'Frankenstein'. The chapters mentioned in the title (11-16) are significant when the subject of matter is focused on the creature. Details of the creature's behaviour, thoughts, feelings and actions are all concentrated upon here and so it is relevant to point to these chapters when referring to the creature. These are also the chapters in which the creature itself gives its own personal views of his miserable existence. From reading the former chapters, the reader's outlook of the creature is in great contrast to what is seen by the end of the story. Dr. Frankenstein
HOW IS THE MONSTER PORTTRAYED IN CHAPTERS 11 TO 16 OF THE FRANKENSTEIN NOVEL?
FRANKENSTEIN HOW IS THE MONSTER PORTTRAYED IN CHAPTERS 11 TO 16 OF THE FRANKENSTEIN NOVEL? INTRODUCTION Frankenstein is a long novel written by Mary Shelley, a 19 year old girl who created Frankenstein out of her own nightmares. Mary started writing the novel in the 19th century. Mary was born in 1797 and grew up in troubled times. Her life was a peculiar one it was filled with demons and from this life came a terrifying tale which went from generation to generation horrifying adults and children all over the world. The source of the book was Switzerland and this is where Mary was living when she wrote the book. In Switzerland life was lived in an age of rapidly increasing scientific discovery. Biology was the most crucial subject as many lives were being lost and a solution to preventing this was deeply required. With all the discoveries people built up wild imaginations about bringing the dead to life with the complex use of magnetism and electricity. As a child Mary heard of scientists going out of the laws boundaries and trying to bring in-animate substances back to life. Mary had a father who she loved and admired, his name was William Godwin and he was a brilliant philosopher. Mary's mother could not be loved by her because she passed away after Mary's birth due to a great weakness of her body. Her name was Mary Wilson who was a famous feminist. After growing up
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Frankenstein How is the monster portrayed in Chapters 11-16 of the novel? Frankenstein is a novel written by Mary Shelley in the late 17th century which depicts a story about a scientist in Geneva who becomes obsessed with creating life. In his journey he comes across some notes of a professor in which specific notions on creating a living creature are contained. With these notes and his wild imagination Frankenstein puts together parts of corpses and revolutionises science by successfully creating a living creature. However, all is not merry, as Frankenstein realises his creation is disparate to human beings but that he has transformed what was once a dead corpse into a wretched monster. After abandoning his creation and later trying to kill it so as to cover up his unworthy work, Frankenstein effectively drives the monster out of his lab to fend for himself. At the end of Chapter 10 the reader is given Frankenstein's view of his creation; he says 'breathless horror and disgust filled my heart' at this very point we begin to see Frankenstein's dream to create life disappear and the reader is left feeling as horrified and disgusted as Frankenstein, towards the monster. Frankenstein continues his horrid reaction by stating 'a thing such as Dante could not have conceived' this phrase puts to light the actual horror of the monster because Frankenstein states that even Dante, a
