Man playing If you attempt to play god, you you will comply with “If God will be punished for your doing: my conditions, I will leave Death of Victor’s family them and you at peace; Promethean myth but if you refuse, I will glut Regardless of the maw of death, until it Frankenstein’s be satiated with the blood arduous efforts, his of your remaining friends” murderous mark of “breathless “the eagerness” and the fiends’ grasp was on frantic her neck, and the breath “almost impulse” to achieve had ceased to issue from his goal, his lack of her lips” insight is grin was on the face of “A condemnatory the monster: he seemed to jeer, as with his fiendish finger he pointed towards the corpse of my wife” was the wretch, “[That] the filthy daemon to whom I had life…. The murder of my brother” Cultural Reaction against the order [A] strange “ and rationalisation of the multiplicity of Enlightenment Era sensations seized me, Stress of individualism, and I saw, smelt, idealism, inspiration, and heard, and felt at the imagination same time; and it was Thinking and feeling over indeed, a long time reason before I learned to Role of God as an inspiratory distinguish between force ie. The sublime, the operations of my nature (see above) various senses” Emphasis on sensory (Monster) stimulation The Gothic Looked back to the past times of the supernatural, mystery, blood and gore Gothic tropes explored: Blody murder, graveyards, charnel houses, the creature (made from dead body parts) Imagery highlights the yellow skin “the Gothic scarcely covered the The majesty of nature work of muscle and arteries beneath; his
Man playing God If you attempt to play god, you will be punished for your doing: Death of Victor’s family Promethean myth Regardless of Frankenstein’s arduous efforts, his “breathless eagerness” and “almost frantic impulse” to achieve his goal, his lack of insight is condemnatory “If you will comply with my conditions, I will leave them and you at peace; but if you refuse, I will glut the maw of death, until it be satiated with the blood of your remaining friends” “the murderous mark of the fiends’ grasp was on her neck, and the breath had ceased to issue from her lips” “A grin was on the face of the monster: he seemed to jeer, as with his fiendish finger he pointed towards the corpse of my wife” “[That] was the wretch, the filthy daemon to whom I had life…. The murder of my brother” Cultural Reaction against the order and rationalisation of the Enlightenment Era Stress of individualism, idealism, inspiration, and imagination Thinking and feeling over reason Role of God as an inspiratory force ie. The sublime, nature (see above) Emphasis on sensory stimulation “ [A] strange multiplicity of sensations seized me, and I saw, smelt, heard, and felt at the same time; and it was indeed, a long time before I learned to distinguish between the operations of my various senses” (Monster) The Gothic Looked back to the past times of the supernatural, mystery, blood and gore Gothic tropes explored: Blody murder, graveyards, charnel houses, the creature (made from dead body parts) Imagery highlights the Gothic The majesty of nature “the yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscle and arteries beneath; his
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