Question

You have read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and excerpts from The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe. Now, use brainstorming strategies such as listing and idea mapping. On a piece of paper, jot down information about characters, setting, tone, and other important details of the texts you might want to compare or contrast. Consider how each piece of textual evidence contributes to the topic of fear.

Answer 1

Setting:

Shelley's strategic use of setting help to gives the novel much of its power by enabling her to explore the terrible conflict that tend to occur between science and nature.

The tone:

The tone shifts slightly throughout the text because Walton is a little more reserved and reportorial person while Frankenstein is fatalistic and the monster is enraged.

But everyone of them seems to agree that bad things are going to happen.

Characters:

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN-Obsessed with alchemy in which he gets some unsettling ideas about science and nature, which in turn blossom into a full-blown obsession with conquering death and when his mother dies of scarlet fever only a few weeks before he leaves for college.

Step-by-step explanation:

Setting:

Shelley's strategic use of setting help to gives the novel much of its power by enabling her to explore the terrible conflict that tend to occur between science and nature.

The tone:

The tone shifts slightly throughout the text because Walton is a little more reserved and reportorial person while Frankenstein is fatalistic and the monster is enraged.

But everyone of them seems to agree that bad things are going to happen.

Characters:

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN-Obsessed with alchemy in which he gets some unsettling ideas about science and nature, which in turn blossom into a full-blown obsession with conquering death and when his mother dies of scarlet fever only a few weeks before he leaves for college.