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Chapter NumberXV (15)

Chapter TitleThe Risk

Quote that sums up chapter"My heart beat quick; this was the hour and moment of trial which would decide my hopes or realize my fears."

Contributers: Tim Chu and Elizabeth Freeman-2nd period

1-2 sentence synopsis of events.

The monster studies the family and literature from his hovel in the shadows. He decides to take a risky move and try to communicate with the human race.


 * Allusions:**

Paradise Lost:

The monster studies Milton's epic poem, //Paradise Lost//. He often compares (himself to) and admires satan in the epic poem. The monster also feels satan's pain and isolation because the monster's creator has also abandoned him.

Adam:

The monster often compares himself to Adam in how he is the first creation. However, unlike Adam, the monster does not have an "Eve" and curses his creator.


 * Motifs/Symbols:**

Seasons:

The story uses seasons to tell the monster's life. They show what is going on and how the monster is responding to it. (way too vague - elaborate)

Emotions:

This chapter has many emotions in it that show the monster has human feelings. These emotions consistently occur throughout the story. (ditto above statement - elaborate. Show me)


 * Themes:**

Self discovery:

The monster figures out who he really is. He finds himself in what others tell him and what he reads. He is searching for his purpose.

Prejudice: ("LitCharts") The old, blind man shows no prejudice towards the monster because he cannot see him and only hears how he talks. His children do show prejudice because they look at him and immediately faint and attack.


 * Character Development:**

The monster studies a family and language. Through these studies he questions his own identity. He makes a very risky move to try and make himself known to the world, but it turns out bad (ly). The result is the monster's realization that he is a hideous beast and continues to hide in the shadows. ( I'm not sure I agree - here is where he decides that humanity is beastly and vows to be its enemy).


 * Significant Quotes and explanations:**

"But it was all a dream; no Eve soothed my sorrows, nor shared my thoughts; I was alone. I remembered Adam's supplication to his Creator. But where was mine? He had abandoned me: and, in the bitterness of my heart, I cursed him."(Shelley 117)

This quote shows the monster's thoughts about his sadness and how he makes an argument for Frankenstein to make him a female monster. Also, without an "Eve", the monster hates his creater, Frankenstein, and curses him

"Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even //you// turned from me in disgust? God, in pity, made man beautiful and alluring, after his own image; but my form is a filthy type of yours, more horrid even from the very resemblance. Satan had his companions, fellow devils, to admire and encourage him,but I am solitary and abhorred." (Shelley 116)

While reading //Paradise Lost// the monster talks about how even though satan is ostracized he still has friends and companions while the monster himself is all on his own in isolation.

Works Cited:
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"Frankenstein: Themes." //LitCharts//. N.p., 2010. Web. 5 Dec 2010. <[]>.

Shelley, Mary. //Frankenstein: Or, The Modern Prometheus//. New York: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003. Print.