F #13

“Mont Blanc, the supreme and magnificent Mont Blanc, raised itself from the surrounding aiguilles, and its tremendous dome overlooked the valley” (p.65). Mont Blanc is the largest mountain in Western Europe and is located in France and Italy. According to the footnote in the Dover edition of Frankenstein, aiguilles are sharp-pointed pinnacles of rock. Throughout the novel, Shelley has alluded to this “supreme and magnificent” mountain many times. It must have been of great importance to her for her to have written about it as much as she did. Her husband had also written a romantic poem titled Mont Blanc that was intended to capture its power.
“Mont Blanc.” Wikipedia. 30 Aug. 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mont_Blanc