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In what year did Luigi Galvani conduct experiments using electrical currents on dead frogs?
In what year did Luigi Galvani conduct experiments using electrical currents on dead frogs?
1780
What time period did the Industrial Revolution span?
What time period did the Industrial Revolution span?
1760-1840
What event in 1815 led to economic hardship and high unemployment?
What event in 1815 led to economic hardship and high unemployment?
The Napoleonic wars
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft in relation to Mary Shelley?
Who was Mary Wollstonecraft in relation to Mary Shelley?
Her mother
Which qualities did the Romantic movement emphasise?
Which qualities did the Romantic movement emphasise?
Individualism, nature, emotion, creativity
What did the Age of Enlightenment prioritise that Romantics reacted against?
What did the Age of Enlightenment prioritise that Romantics reacted against?
Reason, science, structured thinking
According to Rousseau, what causes evil in people?
According to Rousseau, what causes evil in people?
Inadequate nurturing & negative society
To whom does the creature compare himself in Paradise Lost references?
To whom does the creature compare himself in Paradise Lost references?
Satan
What does Frankenstein recite after creating his creature?
What does Frankenstein recite after creating his creature?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Which are characteristic Gothic elements in Frankenstein?
Which are characteristic Gothic elements in Frankenstein?
Innocent victims & anti-heroic figures
What does Henry Clerval represent in the novel?
What does Henry Clerval represent in the novel?
Romantic appreciation for nature
Why is Walton's narrative account questioned for reliability?
Why is Walton's narrative account questioned for reliability?
Victor 'corrected and augmented' it