As we reread Mary Shelley's Frankenstein at two hundred years, it is evident that Victor Frankenstein is both a mad scientist (fevered, obsessive) and a bad scientist (secretive, hubristic, irresponsible). He's also not a very nice person. He's a narcissist, a liar, and a bad "parent...
题目What is Victor Frankenstein’s fatal weakness A. His love of science B. His rejection of his own creation C. His lack of respect for nature D. His inability to form human relationship 相关知识点: 试题来源: 解析 C 反馈 收藏
解析 A 解析:细节理解题。根据最后一段中的“... Frankenstein doesn’t fear and respect the world of nature enough—she says that by going against nature, he brings about complete disaster.”可知,不敬畏自然就是他的致命弱点。分析选项可知A项(他缺乏对自然的尊重)符合题意。故选A。 答案:A...
for death. She uses her own body in her research just as she would any other lab utensil, and isn't afraid of putting herself in real physical danger if it moves her closer to what she's trying to accomplish. For all intents and purposes, she is the Dr. Frankenstein ofBirth/Rebirth...
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Frankenstein was different because the story gave voice to the Othered. Until then, the monsters had been kept as Minotaur opponents, not afforded humanity or sympathetic thoughts of their own. Note that ‘feminine Gothic’ doesn’t have to be written by women nor star female characters. A ‘...
Frankenstein:Mary Shelley's Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus was published in 1818, then 1823, then 1831. It features a story told by Robert Walton, with Victor's narrative embedded in Walton's, and the creature's narrative embedded in Vic...
soft, desirable fate. Shelley makes it clear in her stance, as she does inFrankenstein,that the natural cycle of life and death is not for tampering with. Winzy would have been better off putting down the elixir bottle as Victor Frankenstein would have been better off putting down the ...
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