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1. In what specific ways is Frankenstein seen as a brooding anti-hero who is often resistant to authority figures, dangerously rebellious, and often aloof from others? (Respond in a paragraph using the RACE format. Answer using complete sentences. )

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Answer:

This complexity explains

the amazing abundance of

interpretations generated

by Mary Shelley’s narrative,

many of them as intriguing

and as provocative as the

novel itself. Some read

the book as a metaphor of

the writing/creative process

and its ethical implications;

for example, the novel

questions whether artistic creations can be monstrous.

Others read the story as an allegory of the reading act;

interpretation centers on the function of the “excellent” Margaret Saville, the ideal reader whose act of

reading makes the novel possible. Some discuss the

novel as a version of the Promethean myth, and others consider the novel a variant of the Faustian myth.

Some equate Victor’s laboratory with an artificial

womb, reading Mary Shelley’s narrative as a critique

of the attempt to deprive women of their power, as a

“maker of children”; others read the novel as a warning against the usurpation of God. Some believe that

the novel is a critique of a society based exclusively on

reason (a model supported by Mary Shelley’s parents

and by her husband), whereas others argue that the

story is a critique of the masculine model of knowledge. Some read it as an allegory of the colonial master-slave relationship; others, as an allegory of

revolution. Some interpret the novel in connection

with Edmund Burke’s reflections on the nature of the

sublime; others, in connection with the scientific theories of the time, especially the experiments with galvanic electricity. No matter what interpretation is

placed on it, Frankenstein remains a powerful and scary figure.

Step-by-step explanation:

i read the book

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