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Frankenstein The Chase…and Revenge

Frankenstein The Chase…and Revenge. Page 69: I ought to be thy Adam…not thy fallen angel. Pages 83-84: Oh, Humanity! And the strange nature of knowledge Page 90: Significance of book learning…and the books the monster reads: Sorrows of Werter - Gloom and suicide

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Frankenstein The Chase…and Revenge

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  1. FrankensteinThe Chase…and Revenge Page 69: I ought to be thy Adam…not thy fallen angel. Pages 83-84: Oh, Humanity! And the strange nature of knowledge Page 90: Significance of book learning…and the books the monster reads: Sorrows of Werter - Gloom and suicide Plutarch’s Lives - The world beyond what we can see Paradise Lost - God’s Creation of Man Page 100: The Creator…leading to revenge Page 104: Request of creation

  2. Frankenstein…Middle Chapters • Page 104: I am malicious because I am miserable… • Page 107: Consent, and darkness before light • Chapter XVIII: Marriage to Elizabeth, and Victor enslaved to his creation • Page 120: Ironic symbolism of a “demon” race… • Page 122: Irony of slave v. master…and the prophecy

  3. Frankenstein: Concluding Chapters • Chapter 20: Who is the master and who is the slave? • Do we make him who makes us? • Man in the image of God in the image of Man? • Assizes? (p.134) Anyone bother to look this up? • Victor’s marriage to Elizabeth, “Those were the last moments of my life during which I enjoyed the feeling of happiness (p.142).

  4. Frankenstein: ConcludingChapters • Chapter 24: The Chase • Mortal v. Immortal: What is the significance of Victor chasing the monster? • Taoist philosophy: …I persuaded myself that I was dreaming until night should come, and that I should then enjoy the reality in the arms of my dearest friends (p.151). • When awake, are you then no longer dreaming? Or are you just dreaming another dream? If life is mere shifting from one dream to another, they constantly ask : What is truly real? • All my speculations and hopes are as nothing; and, like the archangel who aspired to omnipotence, I am chained in an eternal hell (p.157).

  5. Reenter: R. Walton • At this point in the story, what role do you perceive Walton is fulfilling? • Victor: Seek happiness in tranquility, and avoid ambition, even if it be only the apparently innocent one of distinguishing yourself in science and discoveries…(p.162). • What is the significance of Victor’s last words? • Rocky: Once I falsely hoped to meet with beings, who, pardoning my outward form, would love me for the excellent qualities which I was capable of unfolding. I cannot believe that I am the same creature whose thoughts were once filled with sublime and transcendent visions…the fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. I am alone(p.165). • He is dead who called me into being; and when I shall be no more, the very remembrance of us both will speedily vanish (p.166).

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