Michael Jordan Annotated Bibliography P
Michael Jordan
English 4 Honors
2 May 2014
Feminist Influence in “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
Bissonette, Melissa Bloom. "Teaching The Monster: "Frankenstein" And Critical Thinking." College Literature 37.3 (2010): 106-120. Literary Reference Center. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.
The author of this essay questions the importance of the monster, and who is technically responsible for the murders, Victor or Victor’s creation? The author states that we must view the monster through the frames of both sympathy and condemnation. Only after viewing it from these frames can the question be asked if the creation is simply evil, or if he is victimized and a misunderstood child. Then the author questions whether to call the creation a “creation” or a “monster”, and depicts how most people change the way they address him sometimes within the same sentence.
Burt, Daniel S. "Frankenstein." Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. In this article, Burt praises her for her genius and compelling literary work, Frankenstein. He claims that it’s her literary skills were quite overshadowed by her husband, as many thought he was the true mastermind behind her books, but Frankenstein soon was realized by the new emergence of feminist criticism to be genius and a remarkable literary and intellectual contribution. Then it points out how the story was actually found in a competition between Shelly and her husband for a late night horror story. Burt concluded that the creation’s murders might be a representation of Victor’s desires.
Cross, Ashley J. "'Indelible Impressions': Gender And Language In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein." Women's Studies 27.6 (1998): 547.Literary Reference Center. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. In this article, Cross claims that Mary Shelley created her novel by use of gender and language. She claims that knowing and understanding language can overcome you with power, and empower you to become a monster. As Victor’s monster becomes accustomed with language, he
English 4 Honors
2 May 2014
Feminist Influence in “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley
Bissonette, Melissa Bloom. "Teaching The Monster: "Frankenstein" And Critical Thinking." College Literature 37.3 (2010): 106-120. Literary Reference Center. Web. 29 Apr. 2014.
The author of this essay questions the importance of the monster, and who is technically responsible for the murders, Victor or Victor’s creation? The author states that we must view the monster through the frames of both sympathy and condemnation. Only after viewing it from these frames can the question be asked if the creation is simply evil, or if he is victimized and a misunderstood child. Then the author questions whether to call the creation a “creation” or a “monster”, and depicts how most people change the way they address him sometimes within the same sentence.
Burt, Daniel S. "Frankenstein." Bloom's Literature. Facts On File, Inc. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. In this article, Burt praises her for her genius and compelling literary work, Frankenstein. He claims that it’s her literary skills were quite overshadowed by her husband, as many thought he was the true mastermind behind her books, but Frankenstein soon was realized by the new emergence of feminist criticism to be genius and a remarkable literary and intellectual contribution. Then it points out how the story was actually found in a competition between Shelly and her husband for a late night horror story. Burt concluded that the creation’s murders might be a representation of Victor’s desires.
Cross, Ashley J. "'Indelible Impressions': Gender And Language In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein." Women's Studies 27.6 (1998): 547.Literary Reference Center. Web. 29 Apr. 2014. In this article, Cross claims that Mary Shelley created her novel by use of gender and language. She claims that knowing and understanding language can overcome you with power, and empower you to become a monster. As Victor’s monster becomes accustomed with language, he