ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS

MARY SHELLEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which literary element is expressed in the following statement? One of the ideas conveyed in Frankenstein is that human beings need human companionship.
A
theme
B
allusion
C
irony
D
suspense
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Frankenstein, by English author Mary Shelley, tells the story of a monster created by a scientist and explores themes of life, death, and man versus nature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Frankenstein is narrated in the first-person (using language like “I”, “my” etc.) by different characters at different points in the novel. The shifts in narrator and the alternating points of view are central to the novel’s theme of looking past appearances to reflect on what may lie beneath.

Detailed explanation-3: -Frankenstein is a frame story written in epistolary form. It documents a fictional correspondence between Captain Robert Walton and his sister, Margaret Walton Saville. The story takes place in the eighteenth century (the letters are dated as “17-").

Detailed explanation-4: -All Literary Devices. Allegory. Allusions. Dramatic Irony. Foreshadowing. Frame Story. Genre. Imagery. More items

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