Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Personal Synthesis & Feminist Analysis
My notes that I took as I read the book are mostly about what was going on in the story, some of my own thoughts on what was going on, some words that I looked up because I was not sure what they meant, and some questions that I asked myself as I read. I think even my notes would be against feminism, or they would show how Victor appears in the story to be more female than masculine. Victor appears to hold all the power in the story. Some of the twitter questions focused on the few females in the story, but I think most of them were focused on Victor or his creature. In class, we talked about what Victor did wrong in the story. We talked about how the book came about which is some of the power that females get from this book.
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I really think the whole power issue comes from the fact he is playing god. I think it's hard for him to comprehend that what he may be doing isn't right, but he wants to prove the world wrong. It's like he is doing this for a good "I told you so" moment.
ReplyDeleteYeah I would agree with that. He gets so involved in his work that he forgets to consider the morals and ethics of what he is doing. He completely loses sight of what is right and wrong and then when he finally does suceed and prove to himself that he could do it, he is terrfied and realizes that he may have made a huge mistake. The feminsim seems to tie in throught Shelley protraying some of her own feminist traits and also fears through Victor's character - such as motherhood.
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