Frankenstein: Writer's Methods & Techniques (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Flashcards

Walton, Victor, and the Creature

Questions who real monster is, shows complexity of truth

Dark settings, supernatural, horror

Mystery & fear, dangers of science

Sublime and powerful

Contrasts with destructive ambitions

Paradise Lost by John Milton

Both Adam and Satan

Themes of creation, responsibility, consequences

Knowledge, enlightenment, danger

Light - illuminates but can blind & destroy

Build suspense, hint at tragic consequences

Hints at disastrous results of experiments

Sense of inevitable doom