Frankenstein Episode 4 – The Real Monster?
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Frankenstein Episode 4 – The Real Monster?
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About this listen
In this episode of the Frankenstein Revision Masterclass, we tackle the question that has haunted readers for over two centuries: Who is the real monster?
We cover three parts:
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The Creature’s original innocence and the idea of the tabula rasa.
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The devastating power of rejection and society’s prejudice.
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The Gothic motif of the doppelgänger, showing how Victor and the Creature mirror each other.
Running through all three is the classic debate of nature versus nurture — is monstrosity born, or is it created by rejection and cruelty?
How to use this in an exam:
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AO1/AO2: Compare Victor’s “breathless horror and disgust” (Ch. 5) with the Creature’s “misery made me a fiend” (Ch. 10).
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AO3: Connect to Locke’s tabula rasa and Rousseau’s natural goodness corrupted by society.
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AO5: Use psychoanalytic, feminist, Marxist, and Gothic interpretations to frame alternative viewpoints.
Shelley never gives us a simple answer. Victor’s ambition and the Creature’s rejection expose how monstrosity is made, not born.