How does Shelley communicate her motives to the reader in this extract?
Shelley uses a variety of techniques to make the audience sympathise with Victor's loss. The use of exclamatory sentences is used by Shelley to communicate the pain and loss that victor feels; 'Great God! why did i not expire!' The short exclamatory sentence ' Great God' is used to show the disbelief and pain that the sudden loss is causing Victor. The event has had a 'great' impact upon his life, of which he is struggling to deal with. The use of the word 'God' shows the events to be out of Victors control, he is a distraught man, who is looking to God to help him. God is all knowing, therefore the audience sympathises with Victor as it would appear that he is being punished for his actions. The repetition of the 'G' sound is used to exaggerate the true impact of the event on the character. Also the comparative adjective 'great' shows Victor to be only human and highly inferior to God. This adjective helps the audience to sympathise, as they can see that Victor's mistakes are of such magnitude that no human could resolve them.
The second part of the sentence : 'why did i not expire!' should be an interrogative sentence, however Shelley has used it in an exclamatory fashion for effect. The audience pities Victor as he blames himself for the death of Elizabeth. Her death was a result of his actions therefore it was not up to 'God' to right his wrongs.
How Does Shelly Communicate Her Motives to the Reader in this extract? Mary Shelly makes the reader feel pity and sympathy for Victor Frankenstein in this extract. She does this by using many different methods such as dynamic verbs, polysyllabic words and interrogative sentences. An example of an interrogative sentence is: “Could I behold this and live?” This makes the reader feel sympathy for Victor as he feels as if he cannot live without his love, Elizabeth. Also, it makes the reader feel fearful of the monster and possibly fearful for Victor too as the monster could attack him. As well as that technique Shelly uses an metaphor: “I was bewildered in a cloud of wonder and horror” This makes it seem like Victor is confused and lost, so confused it is almost murky and foggy like in a cloud. This makes the reader feel sorry for him because he is so confused and distraught about losing his love and by her being killed by the monster. Gemma Siddall
Shelley communicates her motives through the use of various language techniques to turn the audience’s opinion against the character she chooses. I believe her main motive in this passage is to portray a feeling of empathy towards victor Frankenstein, whilst provoking a fear of the inhuman monster. One technique she uses is a semantic field; “she was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down…distorted features”. This list of words all relate strongly to death and murder which impacts the reader as they feel that no mercy was shown during a vicious killing by Frankenstein’s monster, thus making us fearful of the monster. Because of this we also empathise with victor Frankenstein as he has to view his wife’s mangled corpse in great detail, showing his loss of something he cherished so dearly.
shelley uses asyndetic lists to communicate her motives to the reader. "the death of william, the execution of justine, the murder of cleval and lastly of my life". shelley uses the asynedtic list to show that nearly all of victors family have passed, he has noone left. she also uses a different word for each persons passing. 'death', 'execution' and 'murder'. this shows the reader that the monster may have changed his style of killing to hide his tracks. it also makes you sympathise with victor, he has lost everyone due to the monster he created in the name of science. he only has himself to blame for this hideous monsters actions. the loss of his family is through no fault of his own, maybe he even deserves to have nothing left but you can't help but feel sorry for him, all that hes been through, nothing left, it wouldn't be wished on anyone.
shelley uses another asyndetic list in this extract of frankinstein to communicate her motives to the reader. "as I heard it, the whole truth rushed into my mind, my arms dropped, the motion of every muscle and fibre was suspended". victors love for elizabeth is so strong that the idea of losing her scares him so much that he is unable to move. he cant think about his life without her and is frozen from the pain it causes realising she could be the hideous monsters next victim and he could be without the one he truely cares about. 'my arms dropped' the realisation stopped victor from protecting his wife's security. " I could feel the blood trickling in my veins and tingling in the extremeties of my limbs" as victor finally comes to terms with the fact that elizabeth could be the next victim, he feels the blood slowly flowing back in to his limbs. this shows he was so scared of losing elizabeth that he felt that his body was draind of blood, cauisng the lack of movement. you feel sorry for victor and the fact that he could lose the one he truely loves, you can sympathise with him for his loss.
Mary Shelley's motive in this extract is to make the reader sympathise and feel sorry for Victor as his wife has just been murdered. She communicates this motive to the reader by using an interrogative sentence "could i behold this and live?" this shows Victor's so distraught by his wife's sudden death that he contemplates his quality of life now that his wife is dead, this shows his genuine love and natural reaction to a loved ones death, this makes the reader feel as though Victor is a genuine character so therefore they sympathise with him as they would feel the same pain if they were in the same situation as Victor. The interrogative question emphaises this sympathy as the question is asked by Victor himself so the reader believes Victor's distress over his wife's death. Mary Shelley also uses a dynamic verb "i heard a shirll and dreadful scream" the word "scream" makes the reader almost feel a part of the scene as the dynamic verb makes it more realistic yet dramatic. This then makes the reader feel sorry for Victor as they empathise with Victor as the vulnerabilty and fear is shown through the dynamic verb, this then communicates Shelleys's motive to the reader successfully as the reader is sympathetic towards Victor.
How does shelly communicate her motives within this extract? Shelly communicates her motives by using a variety of different language techniques, which in turn help to turn the audience against the monster but to feel sympathy towards Victor Frankenstein. One example of her doing this is by using a semantic field all relating to the same theme of death directed to his beloved wife “she was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down and her pale and distorted features” the author decided to use this to create the reader a sense of emotion towards the centre protagonists loss. By using powerful descriptive words such as “distorted features” makes the reader show resentment towards the monster and creates a direct link to understand Victor’s pain. Another example of description which the author decides to use a schadenfreude “grin” and “jeer” by using this technique it creates a symbolic sense of the monsters personality which the reader does not instantly appreciate. By using a word like “grin” it almost suggests the monsters personality which helps the reader understand the author motives. Jack Cooper
Shelly communicates her motive of confusion through out the events she has written. She uses a contrast to portray the mixed feelings Victor has for the monster. “Running with the swiftness of lighting, plunged into a lake”. This gives the audience the impression that Shelly’s motive is to express how Victor is responding to seeing the monster. As he makes a vast contrast in the description of the monster. The word “Swiftness” implies that he views the monster as “running” elegantly and gracefully with speed. Also a motivation of describing the monster like this is to show Victor’s pride in his creation as he implies it is like the “Swiftness of lighting”. This means he believes the most is magnificent but yet destructive and after causing damage quick to hind away. Therefore this emphasis the direct contrast between “swiftness” and “plunged” implies confusion as Shelly shows Victor to believe the monster is ugly at the same time to being graceful which could be classed as an oxymoron. The word “plunged” gives the impression that the monster might of even fallen into the water by accident therefore Victor is showing he might find the monster hideous and maybe even view the monster as an accident. Therefore Shelly uses this direct contrast to show the human nature of confusion and mixed feelings towards those we love, as Victor created the monster it means he loves him therefore can see the good aspects of his creation with pride. However due to the mixed feelings he becomes like Shelly hints the rest of society is like by rejecting someone because they are different to the members of society. James Allen
How does Shelley communicate her motives to the reader? Within the extract Shelleys ultimate motive is to compel the reader to sympathise and take pity on the character Victor after the tragic loss of his love. For instance the dynamic verb 'Shrill and dreadful scream' emphasises to the reader the dramatic sound and the sheer volume of her screams whilst also making this scene seem very graphic. The poignant interrogative sentence 'Could i behold this and live?' makes the audience sympathise Victor as his suffering causes him to question about whether he would be able to live on without his beloved Elizabeth. Shelley continues by using words that convey Frankensteins creation as a monster and the bad guy in the novel. She uses the doublets 'hideous and abhorred' with the sentence 'A grin was on the face of the monster' to then follow. This conveys to the reader that the monster is hideous both mentally as well as physically, for he seems to have enjoyed Elizabeths death and seeing Victor distraught from the agony that the monster had caused whilst also displaying to the reader his disgusting nature. Becky Veasey
Mary Shelley uses a wide range of language to communicate her motive towards the reader in this extract by using this quote 'could i behold this and live?' this shows that Shelley has used an interrogotive sentence to create more sympathy towards the character. Shelley also shows the use of 'schaden freude'to communicate her motive towards the reader for example the word 'jeer' and 'grin' by using this technique it shows that the monster is getting pleasure and pleased with what he has done. this automatically relates back to the authors motives by showing a part of the monsters personality towards the reader. Abbie Lloyd.
In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley communicates a sense of pity and makes the the reader feel sorry for Victor, whos wife has just been murdered by "the monster". One way in which Shelley gets this across is how she brings in the use of exclamatory and interrogative sentences; "Great God! Why did i not then expire!" The aim of this is to try and make the reader feel like Victor is blaming himself for the death of his wife. He is clearly struggling with this tragedy, as he mentions "Great God!". The second part of the sentence reads; "Why did i not then expire!" The interpretationn that can be drawn from this quote is the idea that victor would have prefered to be murdered along with his wife.This shows how much Victor adored her, and it seems the idea of living a life without her is impossible to comprehend for him. This makes him very emotional and weak, and provides a lot of sympathy for the audience. This should also be an interrogative sentence, but Shelley has written it as an exclamatory sentence instead. This adds more power and emotion to create a larger amount of sympathy towards the audience. Overall, Shelley is very good at communicating a sense of symapthy towards the audience, as she uses powerful devices such as exclamatory sentences. Geoff Clargo
Shelley uses adjectives such as 'hideous' and 'abhorred' to create a negative image of the monster in the readers mind. She makes The Monster seem truly evil by saying "a grin was on the face of the monster" this gives the perception that his character is sly and crafty, and give the impression the monster is somewhat proud of killing Victor's wife. Another descriptive adjective Shelley uses to make the reader fear the monster is 'Jeer', this word paints a picture that the monster feels no remorse for killing Victors wife, and that the monster finds it almost somewhat amusing. Shelley wants to make Frakenstein sound as though he should be pitied, so she appeals to the readers emotions by creating sympathy, using phrases such as 'Could I Behold this and Live' - this interrogative sentence shows that Frankenstein does not know how he could live without his wife, and as readers we feel sad for him. Shelley structures the sentences in a way that makes the writing sound like natural speech, by using long sentences with lots of commas, it sounds as though Victor is speaking to us, and as the audience this allows us to empathize with him.
Shelley uses an asydentic list to reveal the horrendous reality that hits victor when he lists the deaths of his loved ones.’ The death of William, the execution of Justine, the murder of clerval and lastly of my wife’ this list of easily prevented and innocent being deaths shows that the situation is much more serious and widespread than was originally thought. The fact that it is in a continuous list suggests that the deaths appear to be never ending and Victor is almost becoming’ used’ to the situation of loved ones passing away very frequently. Normally after the death of a close friend or close family relative there is a lot of questions which remain unsaid the fact that Shelley only uses a very brief description of the deaths suggests that the deaths are perhaps not always understood fully or Victor doesn’t want to recall these event into much detail as the pain is too hard for him to cope with. We as the reader therefore sympathise with Victor as he is losing everything and everyone in his life due to the accidental fault during the creation of the ‘monster’ We can also start to imagine what it would be like in his position therefore we also begin empathising with him even though this is a very fictional and exaggerated novel. The reader also starts to feel tension as they question themselves about Victors own safety and the safety of those around him. Therefore in this short extract Shelley has manages to demonstrate her objective of the whole novel –to make us sympathise with the characters, to feel anxious about what’s going to happen next and to convey the story line in an easy yet detailed way.
How does Mary Shelley communicate her motives to the reader in this extract?
In the extract from Frankenstein, Shelley uses a semantic field to communicate her feeling of hatred for the monster and to make the monster seem evil: ”The shutters had been thrown back; and, with a sensation of horror not to be described, I saw at the window a figure the most hideous and abhorred. A grin was on the face of the monster; he seemed to jeer…towards the corpse of my wife” Shelley uses a lot of words and phrases related to death and violence to pass on her ill feelings toward the monster which creates a horrific image in the minds of the reader. The words ‘shutters thrown back’ suggest that the window was not simply opened; the monster had aggressively thrown it open in anger and brutality. The verb ‘thrown’ used in this sentence creates an idea of violence and horror in the audiences’ mind. Emily Spittle (:
How does Shelley communicate her motives to the reader in this extract?
ReplyDeleteShelley uses a variety of techniques to make the audience sympathise with Victor's loss. The use of exclamatory sentences is used by Shelley to communicate the pain and loss that victor feels;
'Great God! why did i not expire!'
The short exclamatory sentence ' Great God' is used to show the disbelief and pain that the sudden loss is causing Victor. The event has had a 'great' impact upon his life, of which he is struggling to deal with. The use of the word 'God' shows the events to be out of Victors control, he is a distraught man, who is looking to God to help him. God is all knowing, therefore the audience sympathises with Victor as it would appear that he is being punished for his actions. The repetition of the 'G' sound is used to exaggerate the true impact of the event on the character. Also the comparative adjective 'great' shows Victor to be only human and highly inferior to God. This adjective helps the audience to sympathise, as they can see that Victor's mistakes are of such magnitude that no human could resolve them.
The second part of the sentence : 'why did i not expire!' should be an interrogative sentence, however Shelley has used it in an exclamatory fashion for effect. The audience pities Victor as he blames himself for the death of Elizabeth. Her death was a result of his actions therefore it was not up to 'God' to right his wrongs.
By Dan Bowden
How Does Shelly Communicate Her Motives to the Reader in this extract?
ReplyDeleteMary Shelly makes the reader feel pity and sympathy for Victor Frankenstein in this extract. She does this by using many different methods such as dynamic verbs, polysyllabic words and interrogative sentences. An example of an interrogative sentence is: “Could I behold this and live?” This makes the reader feel sympathy for Victor as he feels as if he cannot live without his love, Elizabeth. Also, it makes the reader feel fearful of the monster and possibly fearful for Victor too as the monster could attack him. As well as that technique Shelly uses an metaphor: “I was bewildered in a cloud of wonder and horror” This makes it seem like Victor is confused and lost, so confused it is almost murky and foggy like in a cloud. This makes the reader feel sorry for him because he is so confused and distraught about losing his love and by her being killed by the monster.
Gemma Siddall
Shelley communicates her motives through the use of various language techniques to turn the audience’s opinion against the character she chooses.
ReplyDeleteI believe her main motive in this passage is to portray a feeling of empathy towards victor Frankenstein, whilst provoking a fear of the inhuman monster. One technique she uses is a semantic field; “she was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down…distorted features”. This list of words all relate strongly to death and murder which impacts the reader as they feel that no mercy was shown during a vicious killing by Frankenstein’s monster, thus making us fearful of the monster. Because of this we also empathise with victor Frankenstein as he has to view his wife’s mangled corpse in great detail, showing his loss of something he cherished so dearly.
James
shelley uses asyndetic lists to communicate her motives to the reader.
ReplyDelete"the death of william, the execution of justine, the murder of cleval and lastly of my life".
shelley uses the asynedtic list to show that nearly all of victors family have passed, he has noone left. she also uses a different word for each persons passing. 'death', 'execution' and 'murder'. this shows the reader that the monster may have changed his style of killing to hide his tracks. it also makes you sympathise with victor, he has lost everyone due to the monster he created in the name of science. he only has himself to blame for this hideous monsters actions. the loss of his family is through no fault of his own, maybe he even deserves to have nothing left but you can't help but feel sorry for him, all that hes been through, nothing left, it wouldn't be wished on anyone.
shelley uses another asyndetic list in this extract of frankinstein to communicate her motives to the reader.
"as I heard it, the whole truth rushed into my mind, my arms dropped, the motion of every muscle and fibre was suspended".
victors love for elizabeth is so strong that the idea of losing her scares him so much that he is unable to move. he cant think about his life without her and is frozen from the pain it causes realising she could be the hideous monsters next victim and he could be without the one he truely cares about. 'my arms dropped' the realisation stopped victor from protecting his wife's security. " I could feel the blood trickling in my veins and tingling in the extremeties of my limbs" as victor finally comes to terms with the fact that elizabeth could be the next victim, he feels the blood slowly flowing back in to his limbs. this shows he was so scared of losing elizabeth that he felt that his body was draind of blood, cauisng the lack of movement.
you feel sorry for victor and the fact that he could lose the one he truely loves, you can sympathise with him for his loss.
Lauren webb
Mary Shelley's motive in this extract is to make the reader sympathise and feel sorry for Victor as his wife has just been murdered. She communicates this motive to the reader by using an interrogative sentence "could i behold this and live?" this shows Victor's so distraught by his wife's sudden death that he contemplates his quality of life now that his wife is dead, this shows his genuine love and natural reaction to a loved ones death, this makes the reader feel as though Victor is a genuine character so therefore they sympathise with him as they would feel the same pain if they were in the same situation as Victor. The interrogative question emphaises this sympathy as the question is asked by Victor himself so the reader believes Victor's distress over his wife's death. Mary Shelley also uses a dynamic verb "i heard a shirll and dreadful scream" the word "scream" makes the reader almost feel a part of the scene as the dynamic verb makes it more realistic yet dramatic. This then makes the reader feel sorry for Victor as they empathise with Victor as the vulnerabilty and fear is shown through the dynamic verb, this then communicates Shelleys's motive to the reader successfully as the reader is sympathetic towards Victor.
ReplyDeleteHow does shelly communicate her motives within this extract?
ReplyDeleteShelly communicates her motives by using a variety of different language techniques, which in turn help to turn the audience against the monster but to feel sympathy towards Victor Frankenstein.
One example of her doing this is by using a semantic field all relating to the same theme of death directed to his beloved wife “she was there, lifeless and inanimate, thrown across the bed, her head hanging down and her pale and distorted features” the author decided to use this to create the reader a sense of emotion towards the centre protagonists loss. By using powerful descriptive words such as “distorted features” makes the reader show resentment towards the monster and creates a direct link to understand Victor’s pain.
Another example of description which the author decides to use a schadenfreude “grin” and “jeer” by using this technique it creates a symbolic sense of the monsters personality which the reader does not instantly appreciate. By using a word like “grin” it almost suggests the monsters personality which helps the reader understand the author motives.
Jack Cooper
Shelly communicates her motive of confusion through out the events she has written. She uses a contrast to portray the mixed feelings Victor has for the monster.
ReplyDelete“Running with the swiftness of lighting, plunged into a lake”. This gives the audience the impression that Shelly’s motive is to express how Victor is responding to seeing the monster. As he makes a vast contrast in the description of the monster. The word “Swiftness” implies that he views the monster as “running” elegantly and gracefully with speed. Also a motivation of describing the monster like this is to show Victor’s pride in his creation as he implies it is like the “Swiftness of lighting”. This means he believes the most is magnificent but yet destructive and after causing damage quick to hind away. Therefore this emphasis the direct contrast between “swiftness” and “plunged” implies confusion as Shelly shows Victor to believe the monster is ugly at the same time to being graceful which could be classed as an oxymoron. The word “plunged” gives the impression that the monster might of even fallen into the water by accident therefore Victor is showing he might find the monster hideous and maybe even view the monster as an accident. Therefore Shelly uses this direct contrast to show the human nature of confusion and mixed feelings towards those we love, as Victor created the monster it means he loves him therefore can see the good aspects of his creation with pride. However due to the mixed feelings he becomes like Shelly hints the rest of society is like by rejecting someone because they are different to the members of society.
James Allen
How does Shelley communicate her motives to the reader?
ReplyDeleteWithin the extract Shelleys ultimate motive is to compel the reader to sympathise and take pity on the character Victor after the tragic loss of his love. For instance the dynamic verb 'Shrill and dreadful scream' emphasises to the reader the dramatic sound and the sheer volume of her screams whilst also making this scene seem very graphic. The poignant interrogative sentence 'Could i behold this and live?' makes the audience sympathise Victor as his suffering causes him to question about whether he would be able to live on without his beloved Elizabeth. Shelley continues by using words that convey Frankensteins creation as a monster and the bad guy in the novel. She uses the doublets 'hideous and abhorred' with the sentence 'A grin was on the face of the monster' to then follow. This conveys to the reader that the monster is hideous both mentally as well as physically, for he seems to have enjoyed Elizabeths death and seeing Victor distraught from the agony that the monster had caused whilst also displaying to the reader his disgusting nature.
Becky Veasey
Mary Shelley uses a wide range of language to communicate her motive towards the reader in this extract by using this quote
ReplyDelete'could i behold this and live?' this shows that Shelley has used an interrogotive sentence to create more sympathy towards
the character. Shelley also shows the use of 'schaden freude'to communicate her motive towards the reader for example the word
'jeer' and 'grin' by using this technique it shows that the monster is getting pleasure and pleased with what he has done. this
automatically relates back to the authors motives by showing a part of the monsters personality towards the reader.
Abbie Lloyd.
In Frankenstein, Mary Shelley communicates a sense of pity and makes the the reader feel sorry for Victor, whos wife has just been murdered by "the monster". One way in which Shelley gets this across is how she brings in the use of exclamatory and interrogative sentences;
ReplyDelete"Great God! Why did i not then expire!"
The aim of this is to try and make the reader feel like Victor is blaming himself for the death of his wife. He is clearly struggling with this tragedy, as he mentions "Great God!".
The second part of the sentence reads;
"Why did i not then expire!"
The interpretationn that can be drawn from this quote is the idea that victor would have prefered to be murdered along with his wife.This shows how much Victor adored her, and it seems the idea of living a life without her is impossible to comprehend for him. This makes him very emotional and weak, and provides a lot of sympathy for the audience.
This should also be an interrogative sentence, but Shelley has written it as an exclamatory sentence instead. This adds more power and emotion to create a larger amount of sympathy towards the audience.
Overall, Shelley is very good at communicating a sense of symapthy towards the audience, as she uses powerful devices such as exclamatory sentences.
Geoff Clargo
Shelley uses adjectives such as 'hideous' and 'abhorred' to create a negative image of the monster in the readers mind. She makes The Monster seem truly evil by saying "a grin was on the face of the monster" this gives the perception that his character is sly and crafty, and give the impression the monster is somewhat proud of killing Victor's wife. Another descriptive adjective Shelley uses to make the reader fear the monster is 'Jeer', this word paints a picture that the monster feels no remorse for killing Victors wife, and that the monster finds it almost somewhat amusing.
ReplyDeleteShelley wants to make Frakenstein sound as though he should be pitied, so she appeals to the readers emotions by creating sympathy, using phrases such as 'Could I Behold this and Live' - this interrogative sentence shows that Frankenstein does not know how he could live without his wife, and as readers we feel sad for him. Shelley structures the sentences in a way that makes the writing sound like natural speech, by using long sentences with lots of commas, it sounds as though Victor is speaking to us, and as the audience this allows us to empathize with him.
Shelley uses an asydentic list to reveal the horrendous reality that hits victor when he lists the deaths of his loved ones.’ The death of William, the execution of Justine, the murder of clerval and lastly of my wife’ this list of easily prevented and innocent being deaths shows that the situation is much more serious and widespread than was originally thought. The fact that it is in a continuous list suggests that the deaths appear to be never ending and Victor is almost becoming’ used’ to the situation of loved ones passing away very frequently. Normally after the death of a close friend or close family relative there is a lot of questions which remain unsaid the fact that Shelley only uses a very brief description of the deaths suggests that the deaths are perhaps not always understood fully or Victor doesn’t want to recall these event into much detail as the pain is too hard for him to cope with. We as the reader therefore sympathise with Victor as he is losing everything and everyone in his life due to the accidental fault during the creation of the ‘monster’ We can also start to imagine what it would be like in his position therefore we also begin empathising with him even though this is a very fictional and exaggerated novel. The reader also starts to feel tension as they question themselves about Victors own safety and the safety of those around him. Therefore in this short extract Shelley has manages to demonstrate her objective of the whole novel –to make us sympathise with the characters, to feel anxious about what’s going to happen next and to convey the story line in an easy yet detailed way.
ReplyDeleteHow does Mary Shelley communicate her motives to the reader in this extract?
ReplyDeleteIn the extract from Frankenstein, Shelley uses a semantic field to communicate her feeling of hatred for the monster and to make the monster seem evil:
”The shutters had been thrown back; and, with a sensation of horror not to be described, I saw at the window a figure the most hideous and abhorred. A grin was on the face of the monster; he seemed to jeer…towards the corpse of my wife”
Shelley uses a lot of words and phrases related to death and violence to pass on her ill feelings toward the monster which creates a horrific image in the minds of the reader. The words ‘shutters thrown back’ suggest that the window was not simply opened; the monster had aggressively thrown it open in anger and brutality. The verb ‘thrown’ used in this sentence creates an idea of violence and horror in the audiences’ mind.
Emily Spittle (: