1. Ambition and how Frankenstein acts on his ambition which makes him evil
· Levine says that evil is a part of our human nature and we cannot escape it. This aspect I applied to the people around town, because I realized they automatically judged the monster based on his looks. It is in our nature to be cruel and unkind at times, I’m not sure about flat out evil, but harsh on occasions, yes.
2. "Doubles" of characters; the main similar identities are Frankenstein and the monster, Frankenstein and Clerval, and Frankenstein and Walton
· I already made these “redoubling” connections, so I am not sure how this information would give me greater understanding.
3. Every death is in relation to the family; again, Frankenstein’s main ambition is the cause of the death of each of his family members including himself
· It’s interesting to see that Frankenstein is responsible for practically everyone in this novel who dies, and they are all related to him in one way or another. Even though the monster is not blood-related or even a close friend, he is kind of like Frankenstein’s son since Frankenstein is his creator. Although the monster is not related to Frankenstein and they have no amiable feelings toward one another, in the end, Frankenstein is still responsible for the death of his own creation.
Selena, I think that we have a lot in common in terms of the 3 main ideas that we thought of. I really liked the part about the doublings of characters that are in the novel, because I never realized that so many of the characters had similar aspects.
ReplyDeleteI thought that was interesting too about everything death is in relation to the family... it makes me question the monster's motives and whether or not how evil the murders make him. selenabelena<3
ReplyDeleteI got the same main ideas out of the criticism! I had not made the doubling connections until I read the criticism, so I thought that the fact that you had already made connections prior to the criticism was very interesting. Great blog!
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