Frankenstein - The Letters

-        The letters set up what the novel is about.

-        Similar to Macbeth - Macbeth sends a letter to Lady Macbeth explaining what he's planning to do.

-        Evil forebodings due to exotic place.

-        Pathetic Fallacy?

-        ‘playing’ and ‘delight’ = positive

-        Joy from the unfamiliar

-        Frightening – “rose tinted spectacles” romantic

-        Gothic or Romantic?

-        References to solitude – his internal paradise

-        Juxtaposition of beauty and exploration – prolepsis of Chapter V.

-        “Numb” the mind

-        The soul – a Gothic invention

-        Personal reference and exploration – not scientific

-        A man driven by self interest

-        It breaks boundaries – physically and geographically.

-        Romantic or scientific?

-        Potentially romantic

-        Macbeth and Victor obsessed with knowledge and power

-        Smug – exaggerating – reliable narrator? Arrogant.