In chapters 6-8 the concepts of peripeteia and anagnorisis cause Victor to go through psychological as he begins defending himself with pushing the blame to the monster, rather than accepting the truth of how he created it. Making him guilty for killing his brother, William. The concept of peripeteia is the turning point in the story when Victor receives the letter saying William was dead. Victor now has to go to the funeral and trials because Justine is accused guilty. This demonstrates the dramatic reversal of circumstances sense he's been with Henry for two years, has forgotten all about the monster and now has to come back to reality and go home to his family.
The peripeteia causes the anagnorisis, which is when Victor sees the monster in the storm, realizing the monster he created is the murderer. Creating the antagonistic character being Victor, emphasizing how Victor is the guilty one in this tragedy.
His psychological rationalization is caused by the peripeteia and anagnorisis because he begins to make excuses for himself by saying people would think he's crazy if he said the monster killed him when really he's trying to save himself.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Journal 8 revised
The conclusions made in the correlation between paradise lost and Frankenstein is demonstrated, suggested, and emphasized in their theme of innocence slipping into corruption and the similarities of Adam, the monster, and Satan.
Innocence is demonstrated between Adam and the monster by not knowing the result of their decisions being corruption. They're both infatuated with people demonstrating a want to change their unties with society and their seek for friendship. Curiosity is emphasized by them both trying the unknown, with adam biting the apple, and the monster watching his neighbors and realizing his learning opportunities. Curiosity also emphasizes both of their intelligence seeking to want to know more.
The monster and satan both seeking revenge over their creator in anger and hatred is demonstrated by satan influencing human with sin, and the monster using death as an opportunity for attention. Abandonment is emphasized by both of them being rejected by creator, and not knowing who they are and what there place is, this emotion symbolizes the result of not having a father figure.
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Journal 7 Revised
By the monster learning his sense of identity and place in the world around him, I agree in the assumption that the monsters development so far is in relationship to human adolescence. The monster begins to understand human relations in general, which emphasizes the agony of his own isolation. Through the crucial texts in paradise lost, he understands the representation of Adam and Satan and begins to compare himself to them which suggests that the monsters is developing morals of good and bad. He begins to have characteristics of a teenager by learning the conception of his identity and place in the world. Which emphasizes how he realizes he's an outsider. By realizing his deformity, and alienation with society. Just as a teenager does in high school when they feel like they don't belong. He begins legitimizing his past with written texts suggesting the want of sympathy of Victor because he has not been a fatherly figure to him.
Journal 6 Revised
The relationship between the monster and a child's development is demonstrated through the theory of multiple intelligences and Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Both of their development is the same by going through the imitation stage. The monster copies his neighbors by getting firewood, listening to their voices and trying to copy the language. He learns emotions through them by understanding happiness and unhappiness. He also goes through the play stage that is in child development; where he beings to play the role of taking care of himself just like he had seen. You realize that the monster is extremely intelligent by learning that fire burns you, which then develops your senses. With watching the neighbors being unhappy and realizing he contributed to their unhappiness by stealing their food, emphasizes how he begins to learn morals; by having guilt and making up for it by bringing firewood. He demonstrates a want to learn by experimenting and being intrigued by everything such as a child does in their early years but where he is unable to develop is the socialization with others that is crucial to child's development and developing that self-actualization.
Monday, October 1, 2012
Journal 5 Revised
Though "Rime of Ancient Mariner" and Frankenstein have different journeys within their frame story. Their similarities are emphasized, demonstrated, and suggested through the theme of the natural world over man; by both playing roles of a higher being, one acting as the creator, and the other taking away life.
The result from the dead albatross being the ghost ship killing all the Mariner's sailors demonstrates the theme of how man believes he can conquer all when they cannot. Also bringing the monster to life and ending up being a murderer demonstrates the theme as well by trying to act as a higher being with only science, nature ends up winning by creating a monster or chaos.
The death of the sailors and the monster being a murderer emphasizes the attitude of realization of what they have started and/or created and realizing the mistake they made with the guilt and curse that comes with it.
The Mariner being older and Frankenstein being so knowledgeable suggests why they thought of themselves so highly. By believing you're old, you must be wise and believing you know more than your professors, leads to the fatal outcome, due to the high personas of themselves.
The result from the dead albatross being the ghost ship killing all the Mariner's sailors demonstrates the theme of how man believes he can conquer all when they cannot. Also bringing the monster to life and ending up being a murderer demonstrates the theme as well by trying to act as a higher being with only science, nature ends up winning by creating a monster or chaos.
The death of the sailors and the monster being a murderer emphasizes the attitude of realization of what they have started and/or created and realizing the mistake they made with the guilt and curse that comes with it.
The Mariner being older and Frankenstein being so knowledgeable suggests why they thought of themselves so highly. By believing you're old, you must be wise and believing you know more than your professors, leads to the fatal outcome, due to the high personas of themselves.
Journal 1 Revised
The opening letters of Frankenstein reveal Robert Walton as a curious captain with an ambition to travel to the North Pole, in search to accomplish some "great purpose."
This romantic hero begins to feel lonely, and isolated while being surrounded by his unsophisticated shipmates who wouldn't understand his "love for the marvelous, a belief in the marvelous." which pushes him to stay on his own path with his new quest to find a friend. when they find the mysterious man Walton takes full responsibility to caring him back to health.
The mysterious man seemed to be on a journey as well, with a dark secret. He was a scholarly man and very reserved; but the guilt was written all over his face. As Walton and the man become closer, creating this character foil the man finally decides to tell his story. The preface and four letters are the frame story to unfolding the mysterious man's secret identity and his untold story beginning in chapter 1.
This romantic hero begins to feel lonely, and isolated while being surrounded by his unsophisticated shipmates who wouldn't understand his "love for the marvelous, a belief in the marvelous." which pushes him to stay on his own path with his new quest to find a friend. when they find the mysterious man Walton takes full responsibility to caring him back to health.
The mysterious man seemed to be on a journey as well, with a dark secret. He was a scholarly man and very reserved; but the guilt was written all over his face. As Walton and the man become closer, creating this character foil the man finally decides to tell his story. The preface and four letters are the frame story to unfolding the mysterious man's secret identity and his untold story beginning in chapter 1.
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