Family

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• NLMG: The guardians take the place of parents in the clones' livesMiss Emily, p.262-264: 'we sheltered you'; 'You built your lives on what we gave you' (metaphor)(DIRECT SPEECH from Miss Emily towards the end of the novel gives us an insight into the guardians' feelings and motivations)

• BUT... the guardians feel aversion towards the clones'spiders' (motif); 'revulsion' (Miss Emily)(CONTEXT - could reflect the anxiety some people felt about the possibilities of cloning since the first animal, Dolly the sheep, was cloned in 1996)

• Frankenstein: SIMILAR to the disgust shown by Frankenstein towards the Monster: 'Vile insect' (similar imagery to NLMG)CONTRAST to the affection shown to Frankenstein by his parents: 'I was their idol'(metaphor) - (CONTEXT - Rousseau's ideal parent = affectionate,  not authoritarian)

• FAMILY

• The parental figures give their 'children' insufficient knowledge and information NLMG: Miss Emily: 'we fooled you'; 'Your happiness would have been shattered' (metaphor)p.262-264Frankenstein: 'I was left to struggle with a child's blindness' (metaphor)(Frankenstein about his parents - CONTEXT: Following the ethos of the Enlightenment, Frankenstein seeks to gain knowledge through scientific experimentation)FRANKENSTEIN'S RETROSPECTIVE NARRATIVE

• The creatures feel disconnected from their biological creatorsNLMG: THE POSSIBLES- Ruth: 'we are modelled from trash' (metaphor); our models were an irrelevance, a technical necessity. It was up to each of us to make of our lives what we could' p.137-138; CONTEXT: Conventions of DYSTOPIAN GENRE: personal/familial relationships are twisted and corrupted.Frankenstein: The Monster contrasts himself to Adam in 'Paradise Lost' (literary allusion): Adam ='perfect creature', guarded by the especial care of his creator'Monster= 'wretched, helpless and alone' (tripartite structure)THE MONSTER'S NARRATIVE

• In the absence of a normal family life,the creatures try to create their own families or to be accepted by other families.NLMG: AT THE COTTAGES: “The veteran couples never did anything showy in public, going about in a sensible sort of way, like a mother and father might do in a normal family' (simile);'their mannerisms were copied from the television'.Frankenstein: Chapter 12- The Monster sees the De Lacey family as 'superior beings' and imagines he might be accepted by them and 'first win their favour and afterwards their love'.  MONSTER's NARRATIVECONTEXT: The Monster as a 'Noble Savage', full of good intentions before being corrupted by human cruelty.