English Lit Definitions Frankenstein

Question 1

Transcend

Answer 1

To go beyond the limits

Question 2

Nihilistic

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Rejecting all morals and that life is meaningless

Question 3

Social Norms

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The informal rules that decide between appropriate behaviour and not

Question 4

Malignity

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Being evil/harmful

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Benevolence

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The quality of being kind

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Repression

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Suppressing someone/something by force

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Sensationalise

Answer 7

Present information in a incredible, good-meaning way

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Innate

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Natural

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Promethean

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Being rebellious and creatively innovative

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Subjectivity

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Being influenced by personal feelings or opinions

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Duality

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Opposing contrast between two aspects of something

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Antithesis

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Someone or something that is the exact opposite from someone or something else

Question 13

Epistolary

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A literary work in the form of letters

Question 14

Gothic Conventions

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Gothic themes and styles (e.g. darkness sahdoes, abandoned buildings, etc.)

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Unreliable Narrator

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A narrator whose account for storyline cannot be completely trusted/ cannot paint the full picture

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Frame Narrative

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Where a story is enclosed within another story

Question 17

Hamartia

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A fatal flaw leading to the downfall of a tragic hero

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Abhorrence

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A feeling of revulsion or disgusted loathing

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Visionary

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Planning about the future with your wisdom

Question 20

Ambiguous

Answer 20

Open to having more than one interpretation, not a fixed meaning