Frankenstein, Mary Shelley：练习题

• a.

  A merchant vessel bound for the North Pole.

• b.

  The University of Ingolstadt in Germany.

• c.

  The Orkney Islands in Scotland.

• d.

  A remote laboratory in the Swiss Alps near Chamounix.

• a.

  It suggests that Victor's power is entirely supernatural and derived from ancient religious rituals.

• b.

  It highlights the environmental impact of Victorian industrialization on the Swiss landscape.

• c.

  It serves as a metaphor for the social 'sparks' of the French Revolution occurring simultaneously.

• d.

  It provides a pseudo-scientific basis for the reanimation of life through electricity, reflecting contemporary fears about the boundaries of biological science.

• a.

  His fear of biological proliferation and the autonomous 'will' of a female being that he cannot control.

• b.

  He realizes he has run out of the necessary chemical reagents to finish the procedure.

• c.

  He decides that the Creature does not deserve a companion because of his previous crimes.

• d.

  He is interrupted by the local authorities who arrest him for grave robbing.

• a.The desolate and barren landscape mirrors Victor's isolation and growing moral revulsion
• b.The proximity to the North Pole suggests Victor's desire to reunite with Robert Walton
• c.The stormy seas symbolize the Creature's violent anger toward Henry Clerval
• d.The lush, green scenery represents Victor's hope for a peaceful future with Elizabeth

• a.

  It mimics the chronological progression of the 18th-century Enlightenment, moving from reason to emotion.

• b.

  It serves to prove that the Creature is a mere hallucination within Victor's psychological breakdown.

• c.

  It creates a 'concentric' or frame narrative structure that forces the reader to confront the Creature’s subjectivity at the core of Victor’s and Walton’s accounts.

• d.

  It demonstrates that the Creature is the only reliable narrator, as his story is unmediated by letters.

先自己写一遍答案，再对照解题步骤。

先自己写一遍答案，再对照解题步骤。