Frankenstein NLMG Brief Analysis
“such as even Dante could not “carers” Suggests that a specifc reader
have conceived” pg58 “donors” is intended – both make
“completng” references to the reader that
External extracts – RoAM would imply the narraton is
‘speaking’ to a very specifc
“I shall kill no albatross” pg21 reader, which could mean that
the narraton is more reliable
because it is on a more
personal level – this personal
connecton is enhanced in
Frankenstein through the
letters
“He must have been a noble “he began to scream and Both appear to an extent to
creature in his better days” shout, a nonsensical jumble of have a circular structure =
pg28 swear words and insults […] signifcant because it almost
There’s mud all over your entails the idea that there has
“What a glorious creature shirt” pg 9 + 11 been no progression – the idea
must he have been in the days of creatng life scientfcally
of his prosperity, when he is “Tommy’s fgure, raging, dies with Victor and the hope
thus noble and godlike in ruin” shoutng […] his face […] caked of a better life (deferrals)f is all
pg214 in mud” pg269 pointless victm of fate –
suggests that scientfc
progress will be prevented/
diminished or that ‘hope’ is a
dangerous trait (clones)f
“Begone, vile insect!” pg102 “she was afraid in the same Dehumanise the scientfc
way someone might be afraid creatons – strip away their
of spiders” pg35 identty then makes it easier to
accept their fate and what
happens to them because your
detached an projecton of
societes fear of outsiders or
something ‘diferent’
“I viewed myself in a “It’s like walking past a mirror The scientfc creatons are
transparent pool […] it was you’ve walked past every day able to view themselves from
indeed I who was refected in of your life, and suddenly it a person’s perspectve and
the mirror; and when I became shows you something else, they themselves witness their
fully convinced that I was something troubling and self as an outsider/ a monster
really in reality the monster strange” pg36 = very emotonal moment for
than I am” pg116 the creatons example of
how knowledge can be
destructve = the knowledge of
themselves as ‘diferent’ or
even potentally dangerous &
this creates a negatve tone on
positvity = Kathy negatve on
fnding Ruth’s possible,