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Frankenstein Letters -2

Published on Nov 18, 2015

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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

ROBERT WALTON

  • Letters to his sister Margaret act as the frame
  • Headed to the North Pole
  • Romantic man-- he is looking for a greater purpose
  • Wants friends but doesn't get along with people on ship
  • Walton is a parallel to Victor
Photo by marcp_dmoz

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN

  • Born in Geneva
  • Comes from honorable family
  • Curious
  • Can be tempermental
Photo by Leo Reynolds

ALPHONSE FRANKENSTEIN

  • Victor's Father
  • Caroline's husband
Photo by jenny downing

CAROLINE BEAUFORT

  • Orphaned after father died
  • Lived with Alphonse for 2 years before becoming his wife
  • Married to Alphonse/ Victor's mother
Photo by Lel4nd

BEAUFORT

  • Fell into poverty
  • After paying debts he and his daughter retreated to lucerne
  • Fell ill and his daughter took care of him
  • Died
Photo by terrypresley

ELIZABETH LAVENZA

  • Mother died of childbirth
  • Caroline adopted her
  • Victor loved her and felt very close to her
  • Caroline hoped someday they would marry
  • Loved to learn

HENRY CLERVAL

  • Victors very good friend
  • Wanted to be chivalrous

ROMANTIC TIME PERIOD

  • Emphasis on emotion and imagination
  • Personal experience
  • A turn to the past or an inner dream
  • Picturesque
Photo by Mike Motsok

GOTHIC NOVEL

  • Gloomy settings
  • Supernatural events
  • Mystery
  • Terror

EPISTOLARY

  • Frame story that is carried out through Letters
  • 1: robert waltons letters
  • 2: frankenstein's story to Walton
  • 3: Monster's story to frankenstein