Thesis statement society turned both Caliban and Frankenstein’s monster into monsters through rejection and oppression.
Overview
Intro: state thesis and explain how it will be explored
Para1 compare how society made them monsters include context on rejection of new ways of thinking and slavery use connotations
Para2 compare how monstrous they became because of their oppressor. Include context on how the church oppressed science and how slaves were oppressed, use metaphors
Para3 compare how they were both rejected by the fatherly figure. Caliban being mistreated by Prospero and the monster by Frankenstein, use sematic field to cover language and context.
Para4 compare how both their one chance of acceptance was lost. De lacy for Frankenstein and Trinculo and Stephano for Caliban, use pathetic fallacy to cover language and context.
Para5 compare the power of both the monster and Caliban have. How this effect’s their dealings with the world and events in each of their texts. Use connotations of words to show their status in the relevant text.
Para6 compare how both endings are left opening with the monster intending to commit suicide and Caliban left alone on the island use connotations and perfect felicity.
Con round up of points and finish any lose statements
Key moments
Frankenstein: killing of William, killing of Elizabeth, final chapter, chapter 4 volume 1 and all of the monsters narrative.
Tempest: first appearance of Caliban, last appearance of Caliban, act 2 scene 2
Key quotes
Frankenstein: ‘I wandered like an evil spirit, for I had committed deeds of mischief beyond description horrible’, ‘I shall be with you on your wedding night’, “Slave, I before reasoned with you, but you have proved yourself unworthy of my condescension. Remember that I have power; you believe yourself miserable, but I can make you so wretched that the light of day will be hateful to you. You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!”, ‘hellish triumph’, ‘I have sworn eternal revenge’
Tempest: ‘I must eat my diner […] the rest o’ the island, ‘thou didst prevent me’, I must obey his art is of such power’, ‘and seek for grace’, ‘and yet I needs must curse’
January 2, 2015 at 6:01 pm
Sam, this is a very strong essay plan. I am very excited to read the final essay!
It is going to be interesting to see how you deal with the challenge of moving between the contexts in which the two texts were written and the texts themselves. You may want to have a go at an example paragraph before we write under controlled conditions.
You should also consider comparing how the language used by each author affects our understanding of character. Remember to always use quotations throughout your analysis.