Revolutions in Frankenstein and the ampyre

With close reference to ONE male writer and ONE female writer studied in the module, show how the writers in the period 1780-1830 represented revolution in very different ways and to different ends. ('Revolution' here refers most obviously to the French revolution, but it could also be taken to refer to any of the revolutions in British society and culture which were talked about in the period, some of which will be addressed in the …

…debates and personal views. The creature of Frankenstein is a direct representation of the infantile yet hugely powerful proletariat and Lord Ruthven portrays the ancient power of the exploiting yet dwindling aristocracy. Wc: 2172 Bibliography Davenport-Hines, Richard. Gothic: Four Hundred Years of Excess, Horror, Evil and Ruin. London: Fourth Estate 1998 Hindle, Maurice. Frankenstein: Introduction. London: Penguin Classics 1992 Polodori, John William. The Vampyre. London: Penguin Classics 1992 Shelley, Mary Wolstencraft. Frankenstein of The Modern Prometheus. London: Penguin Classics 1992