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Summary Notes of Part 2, Chapter 8 of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley
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Summary Notes of Part 2, Chapter 8 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 8The family's rejection plunges the monster into a fit of rage. But the beauty of the next day calms him. He decides to
De Lacey again to try to make amends. But by the time the monster reaches the cottage, the De Laceys have moved
sees Felix terminating his lease with the landlord, and never sees any of them again. His last link with society destroy
monster gives in to rage and a desire for revenge. He burns down the cottage and heads for Geneva and Victor. At on
along the way the monster saves a beautiful little girl from drowning in a stream, only to be shot by her guardian. It t
weeks for him to heal, and his suffering only feeds his anger and desire for revenge. After a few weeks, the monster m
Geneva. There he encounters a young boy. Thinking the boy would be too young to be horrified by his appearance, a
could be a companion for him, the monster approaches him. But the boy is terrified, and shouts that his father, a Fra
will punish the monster. The monster becomes enraged at hearing the name Frankenstein, and strangles the boy. Th
Themes – highlight themes and add a quote for each that are Links to HT
present. Both Offred and the creature crave connectio
Social status/class another person of the same species. Howeve
Loneliness and Isolation a difference between the two; while Offred se
Violence connection with the other humans that surro
Language and Power she is unable to make a connection (with the
Playing God of Nick) because of the constraints of a contro
Relationships and family authoritarian society. Whereas, the creature
Treatment of women to connect because there is no one who is like
Science one who does not view him as completely re
Mankind and nature and abhorrent.
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Loneliness and isolation- The creature is now feeling more isolated
and alone than he ever has before throughout the novel, with the
last of his hopes of consolidation and friendship (which he rooted so
firmly in the cottagers) ripped away from him. He speaks using
exclamations and rhetorical question ‘Cursed, cursed creator! Why
did I live? Why in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of
existence which you had so wantonly bestowed?’ It could be said
that the creature is at a peak of existentialism and is beginning to
show evidence of suicidal thoughts , wanting to ‘extinguish the
spark of existence’
Violence- Despite the creature’s natural innocence, as provided by
his attempts to save the young girl, drowning in the river, he is
finally corrupted by the influence of society and gives in to violence
‘I vowed eternal hatred and vengeance to all mankind’. His rage is
essentially rooted in Frankenstein’s abandonment, so when the
young boy he meets mentions the name of Frankenstein, he is
finally induced into committing an act of murder ‘You belong then
to my enemy- to him towards whom I have sworn eternal revenge;
you shall be my first victim’. Shelley writes on the theme of
corrupted innocence; though the creature consistently attempts to
see the good in mankind, and him, attitudes of society towards his
deformity force him to become the monster that people presume
him to be.
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