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\nHaving ambition is usually a good thing - it pays to back yourself! But what happens when pride and ambition go too far? Mary Shelley explores this question in Frankenstein and frightens us with the outcome. Join us for an in-depth...\nHaving ambition is usually a good thing - it pays to back yourself! But what happens when pride and ambition go too far? Mary Shelley explores this question in Frankenstein and frightens us with the outcome. Join us for an in-depth analysis of the theme of Man’s Ambition and Hubris to discover Mary Shelley’s message to us. As always, we’ve selected the best evidence from the novel and brought it all to life with stunning visuals. You’ve got this!
Language forms/features: tragic structure, tragic arc, epistolary, mise-en-abyme, tone, narrative focalisation, personification, characterisation, allusion, visual imagery, intertextuality, Biblical allusion, allegory, rhetorical questions, high modality, anagnorisis, protagonist, metaphor\n
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13:41
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3rd - Higher Ed
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2022
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English
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paradise lost, frankenstein, gods, body parts
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frankenstein's monster, monster, victor frankenstein, creating life, science and technology, creature, murder, hiding places, moral message, main character, character flaws, hubris, creator, shelly, walton, back, arrogance, victor, words, shelley, story, ambition, lesson, talk, context, overreaching, point, speaking, result, late, feel
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