They Said WHAT?!
"It is well. I go; but remember, I shall be with you on your wedding-night".
The Monster
What he desires from Victor the FIRST time we see them together (ch. 10).
Victor listening to his story
Refers to excessive pride or overconfidence, which drives a person to overstep limits in a way that leads to their downfall.
Hubris
Frankenstein is known as the first ________ novel.
Science Fiction
A feeling of repulsion; disgusted loathing
Abhorrence
This Period of Literature was described as: shifting from a primarily agricultural society, where wealth and power had been concentrated in the landholding aristocracy, to a modern industrial nation.
The Romantic Period
"Answer me, I conjure you by our mutual happiness, with simple truth - do you not love another?"
Elizabeth
What he desires from Victor the SECOND time we see them together. (ch. 16-17)
Making a female creature for him
The tragic flaw that leads to a character's reversal of fate and downfall.
Hamartia
A subgenre of the romantic, which focused on the occult, dreams and nightmares, destructive aspects of sexuality, and longing for death
Gothic Fiction
A general rule intended to regulate behavior or thought; a writ or warrant
Precept
The Period of History was described as: for the leisure class a time of lavish display and moral laxity
The Regency Period
"And what was I? Of my creation and creator I was absolutely ignorant, but I knew that I possessed no money, no friends, no kind of property. I was, besides, endued with a figure hideously deformed and loathsome; I was not even of the same nature as man"
The Monster
This is how the Creature learns how to read and write.
From watching the DeLacey family
The name of classical punishment for Hubris
Nemesis
Literary technique in which an introductory or main narrative provides the foundation for another story to emerge. It is sometimes referred to as a story within a story.
Frame Story
Satisfied to the full
Satiated
This type of Foreshadowing reveals only particular details about what will happen within a text.
Partial / Mysterious Foreshadowing
“Begone! I do break my promise; never will I create another like yourself, equal in deformity and wickedness”
Victor Frankenstein
The reason he murders William.
To get revenge on Frankenstein / get his attention
The difference between the classical and modern definition of "Hubris"
Classical - specifically to a defiance of the gods or of divine order.
Modern - defiance of other types of authority, such as a general disregard for the limits of human capability.
Type of novel which features themes of: tales set in dark, macabre past, elements of mystery and terror
Gothic Novel
Feelings of anxiety or dismay, typically at something unexpected
Consternation
Awe in the face of the natural world’s extreme beauty and greatness
The Sublime
"I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story..."
Victor Frankenstein
This is how he frames Justine for murder.
Placing the Caroline's locket (and then William's) in her pocket
The three functions of Hubris in literature...
- Serves a Cautionary Purpose
- Propels a Story's Plot
- Makes Characters Relatable
Type of novel which features themes of: the lower classes, helplessly subject to the power and privilege of the ruling class
The Novel of Purpose
Show or declare that (someone) is not guilty of wrongdoing
Exculpate
Name at least 3 of the 5 characteristics of Romantic Period Art...
- The Sublime
- Individualism (range of psychological and emotional states; the supernatural)
- Animals (nature and psychology)
- Imaginary and Exotic Subjects
- Revolution