https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis en-us 2016-11-16 02:21:14 UTC 2023-02-27 03:02:53 UTC hello@padlet.com hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/137959463 In “Frankenstein,” Mary Shelley employs inter-textual connections between Frankenstein and The Bible's Genesis to help develop the theme that pursuit of love of nature and creation of natural beings leads to negative outcomes.]]> 2016-11-16 02:36:09 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/137959463 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/137959719 2016-11-16 02:39:10 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/137959719 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/137967728 (God to Adam and Eve) "But of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." (Genesis 3)]]> 2016-11-16 04:14:50 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/137967728 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/137967928 God warns Adam and Eve that eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil is a sin and will result in their death.]]> 2016-11-16 04:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/137967928 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138014137 "... some softened feelings stole into my heart and dared to whisper paradisaical dreams of love and joy; but the apple was already eaten, and the angel's arm bared to drive me from all hope." (Shelley 204-205]]> 2016-11-16 10:26:28 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138014137 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138014804 Victor ponders on how amazing, or "paradisaical," his life married with Elizabeth could be, but realizes that his creation of the monster, or the "apple," will interfere with his potential happiness, or "drive me from all hope."]]> 2016-11-16 10:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138014804 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138015686 Victor's creation of the monster represents Adam and Eve's eating of the apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil. Just as Adam and Eve's eating of the apple leads to his own inevitable death, the creation of the monster leads to the death of the important people in Victor's life.]]> 2016-11-16 10:34:49 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138015686 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138018676 "...and they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God amongst the trees of the garden." (Genesis 3)]]> 2016-11-16 10:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138018676 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138019607 "...but if my torturer should suspect that I postponed it influenced by his menaces he would surely find other and perhaps more dreadful means of revenge." (Shelley 205)]]> 2016-11-16 10:54:06 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138019607 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138019739 Victor realizes the terrors that come with his creation of the monster and realizes the consequences he must face for it, including death of his loved ones.]]> 2016-11-16 10:54:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138019739 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138019789 Upon realizing that they had sinned, Adam and Eve become ashamed of their actions and hide from their creator, the Lord God.]]> 2016-11-16 10:54:53 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138019789 hollymetcalf https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138021743 Both Victor Frankenstein and Adam & Eve become aware of the consequences of their actions, both of which include inevitable death.]]> 2016-11-16 11:06:04 UTC https://padlet.com/hollymetcalf/u71mm1idadis/wish/138021743