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Frankenstein 10 minute planTuesday, 31 March 15
Jonathan Peel JLS 2015
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Throughout the novel, Frankenstein and the Creature change places with one another.In the light of this comment discuss Mary Shelley’s use of the Double and Doubling in the novel.
Set June 2013
Jonathan Peel JLS 2015
+Step 1
The Double or Doppelganger
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Feature of German
Schauerroman
(shudder-fiction)
2 types of Doppelgange
r1: the “dark reflection of
the inner soul”
2: The harbinger of
death seen at a moment of
crisis.
Jonathan Peel JLS 2015
+Step 2
Monster as double
Frankenstein begins as innocent –
typical “hero”
Begins to alter at
university – “penetrate recesses of
nature”
Creates life from the charnel
houses – becomes utterly corrupt
Jonathan Peel JLS 2015
+Step 2 balanced
Creature is born innocent
– seeks affection
Creature begins to
“turn” as a result of poor
treatment (education)
Creature become
savage and murderous
Creature is outcast and wanders the
barren wastes with
Frankenstein.
Jonathan Peel JLS 2015
+Summary
On a simple level, the pair mirror one another
Both begin as innocents and after some form of education become perverted models of themselves.
There is so much more….
Jonathan Peel JLS 2015
+Inversion of the Hero
Frankenstein leaves Geneva as hero.
Becomes a darker form of self
Rapes nature to follow self aggrandizement. Chooses isolation. REJECTS CREATION
Temporarily saved by Clerval. Rejects Justine out of selfishness.Agrees to create Eve-Creature.
Rejects Creature again to set up final destruction of family
Jonathan Peel JLS 2015
+Inversion of the “monster”
Born from death - monstrous and ugly. Seeks love and kindness. No aggression.
Rejected, chooses isolation out of necessity
Educated by experience. Rejected by De Laceys
Begins destructive path – murder 1. Causes death of Justine
Seeks asylum in unknown areas and asks for Partner. Seeking Love.
Sees Frankenstein destroy Eve- Creature
Descends into darkness
Jonathan Peel JLS 2015
+Battle for the dark side
Frankenstein starts as “light” (good) and typical hero figure.
He falls to the dark side due to his ambition and transgression.
Creature is expected to be “Dark” at birth but craves only love and learning.
His treatment causes him to echo Frankenstein’s descent into darkness.
Jonathan Peel JLS 2015
+Doubles and love.
Frankenstein is betrothed to cousin/step sister though shows little appetite for marriage
Elisabeth/mother used as dream gateway to darkside
Creature craves contact with a female – always to be denied. Attracted to Justine before he asks for a partner.
Desperation for partner will lead to ultimate sequence of deaths.
Description of setting on wedding night suggests forced entry/rape and replacing of Frankenstein in the bridal bed.
Jonathan Peel JLS 2015
+Doubles co-exist
Creature wishes to find creator
Meeting in Alps sets up the shift in power
Frankenstein’s rejection causes murders and removal of all “light” minor characters
Frankenstein wishes to find Creature
Frankenstein follows in thrall to his creation and thus to his death
