Frankenstein Formal Project by https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m Genesis 2 and Its Influence on Mary Shelley's Portrayal of Victor en-us 2016-11-16 00:45:14 UTC 2024-10-22 10:01:19 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Thunder.png Creation alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/137958991 One of the most vivid allusions to the Bible that Mary Shelley  makes is bringing of life to Earth by means of utilizing surrounding environments. Similar to how God fashioned Adam out of the dust and brought him up through the ground in Eden, Victor fashions his monster out of several deceased peoples' body parts from beneath their graves. ]]> 2016-11-16 02:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/137958991 alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/137960940 While Mary Shelley's take on the story was much darker, the concept remained the same. The Monster was created with the ideal man in mind as was Adam by God.]]> 2016-11-16 02:55:47 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/137960940 "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/137961170 2016-11-16 02:58:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/137961170 alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/137998954 While writing Frankenstein in the Romantic era, Mary Shelley was heavily influenced by Genesis 2 and utilized the story to portray how Victor created life in a way that defied natural law and was like that of God.]]> 2016-11-16 09:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/137998954 "One man's life or death were but a small price to pay for the acquirement of the knowledge which I sought, for the dominion I should acquire and transmit over the elemental foes of our race." (Letter 4.24-25) alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138006278 When Shelley wrote Walton's letters at the beginning, she had Victor's eventual fate already in mind. Victor defied natural law and science, two things he was filled with flaming passion for, to bring his monster to life and learn how to cheat death. However; he did not come to this without the "price" (influence) of his mother's death.]]> 2016-11-16 09:47:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138006278 alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138008406 2016-11-16 09:57:28 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138008406 "And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul." (Genesis 2:7) alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138008605 Someone/thing being brought up is representational of new life. ]]> 2016-11-16 09:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138008605 alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138010812 2016-11-16 10:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138010812 "And on the seventh day God ended his work which he had made; and he rested on the seventh day from all his work which he had made." (Genesis 2:2) alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138015465 2016-11-16 10:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138015465 Similarly.. alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138017215 After Victor made the monster, he fell ill and had to be rested for a substantial amount of time. However God rested simply because he was finished with his work. While Victor was done, he rested due to an illness that came upon him after.]]> 2016-11-16 10:42:53 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138017215 alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138018545 2016-11-16 10:48:56 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138018545 Religion's influence on Mary Shelley alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138019916 Shelley was working in the Romantic period. Religion was facing a huge revival at this time, so her writing was reminiscent of the Bible purely because it was in the air she breathed at the time.]]> 2016-11-16 10:55:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138019916 alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138020332 2016-11-16 10:57:38 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138020332 Victor essentially defines himself as a God alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138021025 For Victor, the cheat of death and animation will depict him as "creator and source"]]> 2016-11-16 11:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138021025 "My father was not scientific, and I was left to struggle with a child's blindness, added to a student's thirst for knowledge." alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138021850 Victor directs blame toward his father not understanding the scientific world to support his devout curiosity]]> 2016-11-16 11:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138021850 works cited alexa_dow1 https://padlet.com/alexa_dow1/zlc5pym95z1m/wish/138022268
 The New English Bible; New Testament. New York: Oxford UP, 1961. Print.

"Romantcism." N.p., n.d. Web.


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