Sunday 11 December 2011

Frankenstein - Chapter 1

- Victor is born Genevese (Swiss)
- Father depicted as honourable; marrying a deceiced friend's daughter to secure her safety
- they travel around europe, and when Victor turns five, his parents adopt a pesant orphan child: Elizabeth
- Victor conciders Elizabeth his to to protect, love, and cherish; childish/selfish view that he maintains into adulthood
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  1. Ok as a summary. Themes etc?

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  2. Continuation:
    - Themes of Friendship, Love, Selfishness introduced in the first chapter. The background given to Frankenstein helps authenticate him as a real person, and this makes him a more reliable narrator, as he posesses human emotions and limitations like the rest of us

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