Education In Frankestein
Made for who? (academic level)
Language Used
Complexity of topics and themes
How it was perceived by people
Message to?
Message for the educated
Message for the uneducated
What social class was it made for?
Lower Class
Novels were typically made for the lower class.
as they were less complex
Upper class
However Frankenstein targets complex topics,
with a new genre of Science Fiction
Creatures Education
Around Chapter 11
the entire book says learn 35 times
Neglected Education but
searches for it
learns by observing
Acquisition of language
Subtopic
Novels Take on Education
cognitive learning
Leanring comes in different ways
Experimentation
Surroundings
Take on Science and academics
Is it good?
How it is reflected on the book?
Is it bad?
How is it reflected on the book?
Is the pursue of Knowledge
a dangerous act?
Education Level of Characters
Mary Shelly
Educated through mainly
her surroundings
Believes we learn better
thorough different ways ways
Dr. Frankenstein
Education at the time
Universities of the time?
Who was allowed?
How accessible was it?
Is it reflected in the book?
Take on the education of the time?