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Frankenstein

Frankenstein

Important terms

- the sublime

- hubris

- mortality

- beauty

- narration

The Sublime in Frankenstein

What is the sublime?

Something so beautiful yet terrible to behold

It makes you aware of your own insignificance

Examples of the Sublime in Frankenstein:

Hubris in Frankenstein

What is hubris?

people who try and act like they are god, who then fall from their pedestal (very, very hard)

Examples of hubris in Frankenstein:

Mortality in Frankenstein 

(stervelijkheid)

Being aware of the fact that you, too, will die someday.

Examples of mortality in Frankenstein

Mortality

When is it important to remember, and when is it necessary to forget?

(Daily life, momentous occasions)

Beauty

Beauty can be linked to the Sublime and to mortality

Beauty that is frightening

Beauty of the every day

What is the difference between them?

Examples of the every-day-kind-of-beauty that get attention in Frankenstein:

Narration

Who tells the story?

Why does the narrator tell the story?

who is the narrator to the story?

Is the narrator also the main character?

(who is the main character of the novel?)

beauty -> fire

Who narrates in Frankenstein?

Narration in Frankenstein

- Robert Walton

- Victor Frankenstein

- The creature 

(the letters frame the story)

Some remarks

- What about the ending?

- the main struggle: Victor refuses to take responsibility for his actions.

victor dies still troubled by his creation

the creature reconciles with victor, and is now truly alone

And now

look for these themes/terms in your own novel, how do they compare?

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