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8482825133springnew life, youth0
8482825138summergrowth, maturity1
8482828638fall/autumnold age, death2
8482832089wintercleanse, isolation, depression3
8482843017WYRDfate4
8482849594classical heroroyal, divine, extraordinary feats, ideal w/ one major flaw, physical suffering, unusual death, fights for honor5
8482863391medieval herochristian, common birth, battle is test of manhood, chastity, moral, follows hierarchy, avenge honor6
8482874731romantic herobirth is unimportant, internal battle, own rules, brain over brawn, moody, isolated, introspective, passionate, loyalty for projects or similar people7
8482888072modern heroworld has no internal order, light in pool of dark, main goal is to survive, lives in messed up society, internal struggles (drugs), no sense of community8
8482902663motifs of Beowulffate, reputation, lineage, good vs evil, loyalty, christianity, nature, light vs dark, pride, wisdom, affluence9
8482916926motifa distinctive feature or dominant idea in an artistic or literary composition10
8482935775heorot symbolcommunity, brotherhood, kinship11
8482938674grendel symbolexile, evil, satan, demon, darkness12
8482962231beowulf narrator's POVThird Person (Omniscient)13
8482967250frankenstien POVRobert Walton- letters, quotes Victor Frankenstein's first-person narrative at length Victor- quotes the monster's first-person narrative Elizabeth and Alphonse- letters14
8483000356sublime-experiences of awe, terror and danger -nature as the most sublime object, capable of generating the strongest sensations in its beholders -the feeling we get when we encountering something in nature that's a mixture of terror and beauty15
8483235255romantic periodwomen's place was in the home with children16
8483240593motifsnature vs nurture, sometimes women to want kids, unloved child becomes monster, failure to love your child, abandonment17
8483252651gothic themesrepressed sexuality, hero is chaste and pursued by father figure (ew), women explore sexuality, Frankenstein has sexual undertones18
8483267426Mary Shellyparents are famous writers, Godwin and Wollstencraft, husband is Percy, identifies with victor "mother", identifies with creature "abandoned and unloved"19
8483284733anti-typeperson who completes the soul, very similar to themselves20
8483296437motifs frankensteinscience, nature, ambition vs restraint, curiosity, knowledge, responsibility21
8483303174Tabula Rasaclean slate, knows nothing at birth22
8483313108byronic herosmart, educated, sophisticated, introspective, mysterious, struggles with integrity, sexual attraction, moodiness, distaste for social norms, outcast, exile, dark attribute, self-destructive23
8483360357Victor (tragic hero)string character, noble birth, flaw in character, great weakness leads to downfall, moment of tragic choice, catastrophe, potential to tun into anti-hero24
8483371386anti-herofoil heros mission, smart, superhuman power, evil, misunderstood, wronged, ambition, outcast, physical deformity25
8483501837themes of frankenstienDANGEROUS KNOWLEDGE, SUBLIME NATURE, MONSTROSITY, SECRECY,26
8483511825motifs frankenstienpassive women, abortion27

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