F #11

“How different from the manly and heroical poetry of Greece and Rome!” (p.44). Frankenstein studied some of the Oriental works with Clerval. He discovered how soothing and uplifting their stories are, unlike the poetry of Greece and Rome that he was used to. Frankenstein was so accustomed to poems and stories of war, heroes, and voyages, that when he takes time to regard other culture’s literature he is surprised at the difference. Shelley uses obvious knowledge into these different styles of literature to enhance her novel.