CREATION
Point 1. Victor’s use of the semantic field of LABOUR, birth and procreation in Chapter 4.
Quotes:
‘filthy creation’ – his workshop is a metaphor for the womb, and creates graphic imagery of an actual
birth because in a metaphorical sense Victor gives birth to the creature. ‘filthy’ foreshadows the
ugliness of the monster and the way in which Victor will go on to treat his creation. Juxtaposition
between Victor’s workshop and the harvest described on pg.56.
Context:
Point 2. The constant theme of ANIMATION
Quotes:
Context:
Point 3. Usurping GOD’S position
Quotes:
‘creator and source’ – wants to be known as a creator like and the source of all life and knowledge
(omnipotence), usurping God place and position.
‘owe their being to me’ – wants gratitude from the people of the world, has the naïve expectation
that the creature will thank him after he is created.
‘clay’ – links to the creation story, as if he is creating a being, just as God moulded Adam out of clay.
‘little conceited fellow deliver sentences out of a pulpit’ – this shows how out of favour or sympathy
Victor is with God, so if Victor doesn’t believe in any God then why can’t he himself become or play
God, emphasizes his more Enlightened disposition and shows that he take no notice of the words of
God
Context:
Percy Shelly was expelled from Oxford University for rebelling against God and encouraging other to
do so too.
Calvinism which is the which is the Christian theology of Calvinism, led by a French
theologian, pastor and reformer, called John Calvin in Geneva during the Protestant
Reformation. This theology was based around the ideas which emphasize the sovereignty of God
and the authority of the Bible.
Point 4. Nature
HARVEST
Point 1. Victor’s use of the semantic field of LABOUR, birth and procreation in Chapter 4.
Quotes:
‘filthy creation’ – his workshop is a metaphor for the womb, and creates graphic imagery of an actual
birth because in a metaphorical sense Victor gives birth to the creature. ‘filthy’ foreshadows the
ugliness of the monster and the way in which Victor will go on to treat his creation. Juxtaposition
between Victor’s workshop and the harvest described on pg.56.
Context:
Point 2. The constant theme of ANIMATION
Quotes:
Context:
Point 3. Usurping GOD’S position
Quotes:
‘creator and source’ – wants to be known as a creator like and the source of all life and knowledge
(omnipotence), usurping God place and position.
‘owe their being to me’ – wants gratitude from the people of the world, has the naïve expectation
that the creature will thank him after he is created.
‘clay’ – links to the creation story, as if he is creating a being, just as God moulded Adam out of clay.
‘little conceited fellow deliver sentences out of a pulpit’ – this shows how out of favour or sympathy
Victor is with God, so if Victor doesn’t believe in any God then why can’t he himself become or play
God, emphasizes his more Enlightened disposition and shows that he take no notice of the words of
God
Context:
Percy Shelly was expelled from Oxford University for rebelling against God and encouraging other to
do so too.
Calvinism which is the which is the Christian theology of Calvinism, led by a French
theologian, pastor and reformer, called John Calvin in Geneva during the Protestant
Reformation. This theology was based around the ideas which emphasize the sovereignty of God
and the authority of the Bible.
Point 4. Nature
HARVEST
