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vernjanfisher
vernjanfisher
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High School - 9th Grade

What are examples of exposition in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

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Posted by vernjanfisher on Tuesday July 31, 2007 at 1:34 PM and tagged with frankenstein, gothic literature, plot.

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  1. amy-lepore Teacher
    High School - 12th Grade

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    There are many examples of exposition in Frankenstein.  Every time we get background knowledge on family members--Caroline Beaufort, Elizabeth Lavenza, and Justine Moritz for example.  We also get an example of exposition in this novel when we get the creature's explanation of how he spent the two years he was away from Victor and how he came to be a vengeful, hateful creature as opposed as the loving and gentile creature he was at "birth".

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    Posted by amy-lepore on Wednesday November 7, 2007 at 7:02 PM