Industrialised University Cities
English Lit: Edexcel A Level Frankenstein, topic 6.2.2
Industrialised University Cities
Shelley uses many locations across the globe within her novel. There are symbolic reasons why Shelley chose these settings and they reflect many different things about the characters.
Industrialised university cities
- Oxford.
- London.
- Ingolstadt.
- Edinburgh.
Contrast
- These settings contrast with the natural settings.
- They reflect the focus upon the acquisition of knowledge and juxtapose the natural settings.
- This furthers the antithesis of rationalism versus Romanticism within the novel.