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Directives: highlight 4-5 potentials for directives and articulate their meaning in the text

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Directives: highlight 4-5 potentials for directives and articulate their meaning in the text

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Mirrors: Mirrors symbolize the fractured self and the tension between appearance and reality, reflecting both John Wade’s desire to control how he is seen and the hidden truths he cannot face. They serve as a reminder that identity in the novel is often a performance, distorted and elusive.

Fog: metaphor for uncertainty, concealing truth and blurring the boundaries between fact and fiction, past and present. It reflects the characters’ emotional confusion and the reader’s inability to grasp a definitive reality.

Magic: represents the power of illusion and the desire to manipulate reality, echoing John’s need to escape his traumatic past and control perception.

Trap doors: symbolize hidden depths, suppressed memories, and the mechanisms of disappearance, functioning as metaphors for both John's psychological evasions and the novel’s structural refusal to offer clear answers.

Rot & decay: Rot and decay signify moral, emotional, and relational breakdown, highlighting the long-term effects of guilt, secrecy, and trauma. As things fall apart both literally and figuratively, decay becomes a quiet but persistent marker of corruption and collapse.

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Universals: list quotes from the novel that could be used as a universal

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Universals: list quotes from the novel that could be used as a universal

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“We are fascinated, all of us, by the unknown.”

“Secrets are the very root of cool.”

“What we remember and what we invent often become the same thing.”

“Truth is slippery. Memory is slippery.”

“Love is never simple. It’s not a faucet you can turn on and off.”

“We believe what we want to believe. That’s what makes us human.”

“In war, you lose the narrative. In love, too.”

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Isolation/Alienation:

Frankenstein's isolation comes at the expense of his creation making him alone in the knowledge of what he has done. This isolation compounds when he is the only one who knows that it was the Creature that kills William, but he has to stay silent because no one would believe he wasn't crazy. The Creature experiences isolation because he is the only one of his kind and has to be alone because no one accepts him.

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Gazes: Gazes represent communication, show hidden desires, to see literally and figuratively eye and eye. The motif of gazes reveals the love that characters share, whether they're aware of it or not.

Letter Writing: Letters reveal character motivations, advance the plot, and provide insight for the reader on the story. For Darcy the motif of letter writing illustrates Darcy’s personal growth, ultimately leading to his rejection of aristocratic society.

Significant Places: Pemberly and different houses/places reflect the ones that reside there. For instance, once Elizabeth sees Pemberly, her view on Darcy is shifted to a kinder persective. Meryton, where the soldiers live, remains a place of mystery to the reader, much like the intentions of Whickam/Soldiers.

Motivations for Marriage: The recurring symbol of motivations for marriage differ throughout the novel. Charlotte Lucas married for security and advancement in society. Elizabeth, though, insists on only marrying for love. Each motivation a character has for marriage reflects a conflict between societal expectations of marriage and internal desires.

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Language

The use of language is a great directive because it represents one's ability to understand and shape complex thoughts. Language illustrates communication, both externally with other beings, but also one's ability to understand the world around them.

Belonging

The motif of belonging represents the internal need to belong and the desire for connection. The creature wants to belong so bad that he nearly stalks others around him. Approaches a blind man in hopes that he won't judge him, and will allow him to belong.

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“My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire you.”

"Angry people are not always wise.”

“It is particularly incumbent on those who never change their opinion, to be secure of judging properly at first.”

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"Knowledge might enable me to make them overlook the deformity of my figure"(101)

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"Sorrow only increases with knowledge"(108)