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Summary notes of Part 2, Chapter 6 of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
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Summary Notes of Part 2, Chapter 6 of Frankenstein. Includes summary of events, key sections of analysis and links to The Handmaid's Tale.
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Frankenstein Part 2 Chapter 6The monster figures out the history of the family, the De Laceys. Safie's father was a wealthy "Turk" living in Paris, wh
wrongly accused of a crime. Felix offered to help the Turk escape from prison, and meanwhile fell in love with Safie. T
Turk offered Felix his daughter's hand in marriage in exchange for helping the two escape. Felix, Safie, and her father
escaped and made it to Italy, but then Felix's role in the conspiracy was discovered, and as a result the De Laceys lost
wealth and were exiled by the government. Felix returned to help his family, assuming that the Turk would uphold h
of the bargain, but the "treacherous Turk" decided he didn't want his daughter to marry a Christian. Safie's "Christian
mother had taught her to be independent and intellectually curious, however—traits not encouraged among women
father's Islamic society—so when Safie's father tried to force her to return to Turkey with him, she escaped and came
Felix.
Themes – highlight themes and add a quote for each that Links to HT
are present.
Social status/class Throughout Frankenstein, women are often described a
Loneliness and Isolation possessions, as objects; Victor speaks as though he own
Violence Elizabeth; that she was his from the moment she was ad
Language and Power by his parents. Equally, Victor’s mother is spoken about
Playing God delicate flower, ‘saved’ by his father, given really no oth
Relationships and family alternative. And, lastly, Safie who is the only remotely st
Treatment of women female character in the novel, with the influence of her m
Science is still possessed by her father, who gives her to Felix. Th
Mankind and nature be linked to much of the metaphorical language used in
Victims Handmaid’s tale, which describes women as objects and
Warnings possessions, simply ‘vessels’ for the function of reproduc
Quotes The metallic and idealistic imagery given by ‘treasure’ an
‘pretty present’ is much like the imagery created by Offre
Social status and class- The creature discovers that the description of her body as a ‘chalice’ , something to be u
cottagers actually used to be rich people when they lived exploited, given away as a gift. In both novels, women se
in France ‘A few months before my arrival they had lived have no control over their own lives’.
in a large and luxurious city called Paris’. The family lost
all their fortune due to Felix’s attempts to help Safie’s
Dad, who was wrongly convicted of a crime, due to his
race and religion, so despite his money and class, Felix
risked himself to help a stranger; he is an example to the
creature of the remaining good in the world.
Treatment of women- Safie is described and treated as a
possession, an object to be traded, rather than a person
‘The captive possessed a treasure’ , this metaphor to
describe Safie as a ‘treasure’ objectifies her existence,
she is like Elizabeth, Victor’s ‘pretty present’. And
although Felix treats the girl well and claims to love her,
in reality ‘she deplored her own fate’ to save her father.
So here Shelley focuses again on the concept of fate and
sacrifice.
A long with this, Safie’s mother is also mentioned ‘born in
freedom, spurned the bondage to which she was now
reduced’, she is an example of women at that time being
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