Context (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Galvani's 1780 experiment
Galvani's 1780 experiment
Electrical sparks made dead frog's leg twitch
What Galvani's experiment inspired in Frankenstein
What Galvani's experiment inspired in Frankenstein
Concept of bringing creature to life
What Victor aspires to through his creation
What Victor aspires to through his creation
God-like powers
Industrial Revolution period
Industrial Revolution period
1760-1840
What Romanticism championed
What Romanticism championed
Individualism, nature, emotion, creativity, arts
Mary Wollstonecraft's relation to Shelley
Mary Wollstonecraft's relation to Shelley
Her mother and women's rights advocate
How creature describes himself (quote)
How creature describes himself (quote)
The miserable and the abandoned
Romantic belief about nature
Romantic belief about nature
Provided reflection and spiritual renewal
What creature compares himself to
What creature compares himself to
Satan as 'fitter emblem of my condition'
What Victor likens himself to
What Victor likens himself to
The archangel who aspired to omnipotence
Two genres Frankenstein represents early
Two genres Frankenstein represents early
Science fiction and Gothic fiction
Gothic fiction protagonist type
Gothic fiction protagonist type
Anti-hero
Character representing innocent victim
Character representing innocent victim
Justine
Romantic belief about human nature
Romantic belief about human nature
People naturally good, evil from poor nurturing
Creature's quote about knowledge
Creature's quote about knowledge
Sorrow only increased with knowledge