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Catttt Posted 10 years ago
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unobtainable domestic tranquility

Does "unobtainable domestic tranquility" mean "the existence of chaos in his family" or "feeling chaos in himself"?

The monster has hideous impulses, but like Frankenstein’s monster, it is always driven mad by unobtainable domestic tranquility.
  

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Hi One of the themes of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is that the monster believes he has the right to a wife. He insists that Frankenstein creates one for him. The implication, I suppose, is that the monster just wants to settle down and lead a life of domestic tranquillity Given the story, we know that is not going to happen.

— Dave_anon

  • Hi One of the themes of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is that the monster believes he has the right to a wife.
  • He insists that Frankenstein creates one for him.
  • The implication, I suppose, is that the monster just wants to settle down and lead a life of domestic tranquillity Given the story, we know that is not going to happen.
  • In more recent popular fiction, the monster may seem to be crazed by his very nature.
  • But, as said, one of the themes of the book is that he is driven mad by unobtainable domestic tranquillity Dave
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Hi

One of the themes of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein is that the monster believes he has the right to a wife. He insists that Frankenstein creates one for him. The implication, I suppose, is that the monster just wants to settle down and lead a life of domestic tranquillity

Given the story, we know that is not going to happen. In more recent popular fiction, the monster
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red applealways driven mad by unobtainable domestic tranquility.
~ always driven mad by the fact that he can never have a quiet, happy family life.

CJ
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