From Heathcliff to Frankenstein...

All the characters become evil!
-Think about Linton...he is evil, but in the end, he helps Catherine

Hareton
He is completely "uncivilized"
Think about how he's been raised!!! BASICALLY BY NO ONE! Very Jungle Book Mogley-esque
He does have a good heart deep in there somewhere...

Young Catherine
-How bout her, eh? Welp, time for Frankenstein...

Catherine Bronte's Commentary on Her Sister
Aknowledging the brutality and the grotesque of the novel. I like when authors are conscious of what they are doing. Heathcliff is like satan...
-How could "young, innocent" Emily Bronte create such a vulgar story?
There comes a moment when a writer refuses to "follow the path," and begin to give in to the art and lets the art take over.
"You do an eclectic celebration of dance!
You do Fosse, Fosse, Fosse!
You do Martha Graham, Martha Graham, Martha Graham!
Or Twila, Twila, Twila!
Or Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd, Michael Kidd!
Or Madonna, Madonna, Madonna!
But you keep it all inside!"
-->From "The Birdcage," always reminds me of what it's like to be inside an artist's mind... one of my favorite quotes

Frankenstein: Mary Shelley
-Walton is searching for the North Pole
-Imagines he could become a "Homer" or a "Shakespeare in one year
HEFTY EXPECTATIONS, SIR! He wants fame. Pride. That is his only goal in this quest of his.
-Walton wants to be famous... but WHY?????
-How does Victor intervene?
-Victor begins to tell Walton his story... because he wants to teach Walton a lesson
*"Dear men, do you share my madness?"
-It's not in our edition! Por que? It's one of the most famous lines, but it was taken out
*There is debate on whether or not Percy Shelley wrote certain parts of "Frankenstein"
-Walton wants to be treated like royalty: "too cool to touch" Hubris much?