Frankenstein notes

Themes in Frankenstein:

• Gothic
• Social class (Elizabeth, De Lacey)
• Scientific development
• Nature VS. Nurture (the monster)
• Justice(Justine Moritz, the monster)
• The Bible, Paradise Lost, God?
• Human ambition(Victor Frankenstein, Robert Walton)
• Social influence upon the individual (the monster)

Frankenstein

8.1

Mary Shelley / 2004 / Mediasat Group

Reading progress: Chapter 17, 60%, 12/24

12/28, finish reading, some follow-up themes:

• Revenge
• Is it right to judge a person by his/her appearance?
• Doubling between Victor and Walton
• The one-sidedness of the narrator(叙述者的片面性）
• Responsibility of being Prometheus