PosterĄG Jessie Chu at 9:13:17 11/24/97 from c550-10.svdcc.fju.edu.tw
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| Frankenstein's creation is the split element of himself. I would like
to use Blake's view of symmetry in "Tyger." Once a person is in a state of discord, he or she has to find a way to release it; for Mary Shelly, it's writing the fiction; for Frankenstein, it's the creation of a human being; for Blake, it's poetry or engraving; for Ferrieux, it's painting. On Oct. 22, I went to see Ferrieux' exhibition in American Cultural Center. Being asked of his inspiration, Ferrieux said that he could feel some uneasy elements in his body on the verge of explosion. He has to find a way to outlet it-it's painting-or he would be insane. According to his statement, he created the little phosts, the elves, the imps because of his impurity. So if we pose this view on Romentic literature, the creation is the process of purification and the pursuit for transcendence. However what about the inappropriate creation? I do not name the so called monster as a demon or evil creation. because he is simply an innocent being ccreated by an irresponsible scientist. I think that Frankenstein in some way conveys that science and human civilization profanes the natural cosmos. Like Nietzsche's thogut in Thus Spake Zarathustra, Zarathustra announces God being dead. This is Nietzsche's critique to the mob's blind following to the science and the religion. |