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Wolf sees as theme of novel, 22, 98.
by Rome of religious principle, 74. by
Godwin alleged, 98, 136. by Imlay, 98.
by Picard of hauling line, 112. by
ship’s master, 146.
Abraham, with Nimrod, 74, 80, 100.
92. oral tradition, 106. suggests
question of Nebuchadnezzar, 128.
priests of tradition killed, 108. Percy’s
similarity to, 112. 138. equality with
God, 148.
Adversarial parties, relationships,
64, 114, 116, 118, 122.
Aetna, 128.
Affection, domestic, 22, 144.
Agamemnon, 112.
Agathon, 92.
The Age of Reason, 78.
Albatross, 14, 50.
Albigenses, see Cathari.
Alps, possible purpose of setting, 24.
146. [Return to top]
America, 8, 42, 152.
Anamorphosis, 120, 126.
St. Andrews, 72.
Angel, of death, 102. attempted corrup-
tion of, 136, 148.
Archangel, English Lt.’s residence, 30.
Armina, 68, 102.
Art, new, 152.
Asia, 86.
Astrologer, 72.
Atheist, Atheism, see also The
Necessity of Atheism. 74, 106, 112,
120.
Atom, 106.
Balcombe, Jane & Betsy, 50.
Balloon, Montgolfiers production, 28.
in The Last Man, Napoleon 32. hinted
at, 54, 104.
Ban, of books, 28. of Waldenses, 134.
Barents Sea, Hudson & mutiny in, 6.
Belinsky, 86. [Return to top]
Bellerophon, 118.
Benjamin, 126.
Bible, see also Greek Bible & Hebrew
Bible. purpose, 58. approach to, 66.
study, 110. seen as defective, 122.
Bob,Uncle, see also Walton, Robert.
robust reader wishes success, 10.
perception, reporting & response pro-
blems, 12, 56. vow to kill no albatross,
14. use of his 4th letter to identify year, 18.
unaware, 22. 52. conformity, 78. 92.
expectation of Creature’s death, 96.
Bohemian kingdom, 68.
Bonaparte, see Napoleon.
Bones of saint, 72, 130.
Book Club of the Air, Frankenstein
selected, 22. 30. avoiding Walton’s pro-
blems, 54. member from Tallahassee
comments on industrialization effects, 58.
Imlay’s significance, 60. 62. unintended
mocking, 90. Wolf in ironic omission, 106.
on source of Victor character, 114. erron-
eous sympathy for Shelley, 136. tapes,
transcripts of discussion, 152.
Books, see also Ban & Suppression.
metaphor for making of, as vehicle, 30.
destruction of, 132. [Return to top]
Boundaries, identifying things that matter
most, 6. Napoleon draws attention to, 8.
drawn in preface to Frankenstein, 20,
122. re-establishing, 84. Shelley’s response
to readers ignoring, 132.
Box, wax, 102.
Brahms, 152.
Branagh, Kenneth, 54.
Brentano, Clemens, defines religion, 6.
Britain, British, see also England.
government hostile to Political Justice, 30.
Mirthaism, 48. Napoleon’s eye on empire,
104. sailors won over by Napoleon, 118.
Buber, Martin, 106, 120.
Budin, 68.
Burke, Edmund, Reflections on The
Revolution in France, insights, 8. super-
stition a good, 46. recommends prejudice,
64, 66. [Return to top]
Burning bush, branch of, 130.
Butler, Marilyn, 94.
Byrd, James Jr., 124.
Byron, Lord George Gordon, 114.
Caleb Williams, Godwin urged to burn, 30.
Shelley’s borrowing from, 42.
Calendar, 58, 62, 132.
Caligula, 126.
Camera, 24, 112.
Capernaum, centurion of, 72, 138.
Carl in Brooklyn, 44, 68.
Carrington, Dorothy, 32.
Cathari, 134.
Catherine of San Francisco, 50, 100.
Catholicism, considered superstition, 46.
Centurion see Capernaum, centurion of.
Charity, 58.
Children, creation of Creature credible to,
mention of delayed, 10. to be taught not to
embrace falsehood, preparation as saviors
of human race, 26.
Chrestus, 150. [Return to top]
Christian from Chicago, 44.
Christians, Christianity, see also Church.
Safie’s may not be recognized, 16. 48.
Tertullian’s criticized, 50, 78. Godwin’s
objection to, 66, 84. Shelleys’objections to,
68. Origen, 76. Luther’s view of Roman
church failure, 100. groups in murder
aftermath, 124. Paine’s examination of,
112. church of Rome representatives
murdered, 134. remedy for idolatry not
sought, 148. as distinct from believers,
150.
Christian Research Institute, 66, 138.
Christine of Seattle, use of dog metaphor
for moral tendency, 24.
Church, contentiousness of, 16. allied
with civil government, 72. separation
from state, 120. [Return to top]
Cicero, distinguishes religion from
superstition, 6. refers to The Destruction
of Human Life, 20. similarity to John the
Baptist, 82. identifies greatest source of
evil, 124. true God’s concerns, 138. calls
for consideration of the nature of God, 128.
Ciceroman, question & confidence, 128.
Civility, value of recognized, promoted, 128.
Civility, 128.
Clerval, Henry, 46, 56, 62, 114.
Clock, 62, 106.
Coins, see Leptons.
Coleridge, read Rime in Godwin’s home,
14. Shelley’s borrowing from, 42.
Comitas, 150.
Commandment, 80, 90, 92, 126, 142.
Community, 50, 58, 68, 78, 100, 114.
Companionship, Creature’s requirement,
16. [Return to top]
Concord, 114, 128.
Confidence, of interregnum, 116. in
process of guiding moral tendencies to
fulfillment, 122. in dealing with conflict,
138.
Conflict, avoidance of with Shelley’s text,
26. of moral tendencies, 116, 122, 124. of
commandments, 126. of traditions, 138.
resolution of, 140.
Conservatives, 64.
Contest, 96.
Contributors, existence & remedy of
Terror of 1794, 8. on Disney quality, 24.
on Shelley’s invention of Vitebsk story,
30. on abandonment of hauling line, 112.
Cooper, Thomas, 60.
Corban, 126.
Cosmetics, 82.
Counterfeit, 130. [Return to top]
Creator, see God.
Creature, creation, 10, 34, 68, 96.
demand for mate parallels political
energies of France, 8. rejection by Walton,
14, 92. as danger not reported, 16. rescue
of possible, 18, 20. relationship like that of
British subjects to government, 18.
abandoned like Russian lady, 22. leaving
ship Sept. 12th, Walton quotes, 24. effect
of Walton’s rejection of heightened, 26.
metaphor for author’s anxiety, 30. pleasure
of, 40, 52, 78. American trip
contemplated, 42. story will differ, 46.
death, 48, 96. unexplained view of Victor,
70. 84. arctic survival, 86. parallels with
families in hiding, 152.
Credulity, 110.
Crucifixion, 72.
Crusade, Crusader, 54, 132. against
Toulouse, 134. [Return to top]
[Cursory Strictures on the charge
delivered by Justice Eyre to the Grand
Jury], author thought to be Miles Vaughn,
18.
Daniel, 128.
Danny from Vermont, sees metaphor for
the making of a book 30, 82. ugliness of
new art, 152.
Darwin, Dr., 10, 144.
Dead Sea Scrolls, 132.
Deist, 106.
De Lacey, Felix, prospects in view of
prejudice, 16. interrupts process, 40.
De Lacey, old or blind, 40, 52, 82.
De Officis, 20.
D’Shoof, Mahler, Sr., 152.
Destruction, of humans, 20, 132, 140,
152. of Creature, 38. of society, 46.
continues, caused by gross assumptions,
122. of books, 132. of Isaac, Sodom, 148.
The Destruction of Human Life, 20.
Diana, 112. [Return to top]
Discrepancy, who ship’s master is, 26.
Coleridge quoted, 14. 38. Victor’s
arrival, 46, 56. English & French
history, 62. 90. importance as part of
machinery, 94. in Eden story, 122.
Disney quality, 24.
Dnieper, 86.
Dobson, Dr. James, 124, 142.
Doctrine of Necessity, 34, 36. defined,
40. studied & applied by Owen, 58.
Doe, John, derived from Jondo, 42.
Dunlap, Pat, 38.
Duplicity, 148.
Dye, 32.
Eden, see Garden.
Edessa, 130.
Editions, comparisons 32, 34, 36, 38,
46, 54, 56, 70, 94, 102, 104. working
together, 132. [Return to top]
Education, not embracing falsehood,
26. skills of discovery, 42.
Egypt, 104.
Elizabeth, see Lavenza, Elizabeth.
Enervated Reader, see Reader, enervated.
Enervating effects, 144.
England, history of vital to point of
view, 18, 46. at time of Victor’s visit,
42. travel to, 54. Victor in, 56, 62.
conservatives, workers, 64. St. Regulus
shipwrecked, 72. North Passage prize,
86. attitude toward Napoleon, 118.
ruled by Simon de Montfort, 134.
resuscitation encouraged, 140.
The English Lieutenant, report of
meeting man on the ice differs, 24.
evidence of Vitebsk derivation, 42. [Return to top]
[Enquiry Concerning Politcal
Justice and its Influence on
Modern Morals and Happiness],
observation concerning destructiveness
of moral tendency run amok, 20. trial &
review, 22. widely read, 28. Shelley’s
dedication, 30. quoted, 42, 148.
Shelley’s machinery, 56. studied by
Owen, 58. 60.
Ensigns, 138.
Epicurus, 106.
Epimetheus, afterthinker, 44, 90.
Equality, 80, 148.
Erschke, 104.
Essays Never Before Published, 118.
The Essential Frankenstein, 32, 48, 56.
Establishments, see also Institutions
& Organizations. 84.
Ethne of the Sebasteion at Aphrodisias,
128, 132.
Europe, secret societies, 46. Mithraism,
48. leaders of visit Owen’s New Lanark,
58. trade route, 86. [Return to top]
Evidence, purpose of preface, 22. of
Walton’s violation of contract, 38. previous
books based on Vitebsk story, 42. of
Mithraism, 48. of communities harming
individuals, could have acquitted Justine,
50. regards Shelley’s knowledge of golem
story, 68. regards auditory hallucination, 71.
Piso name asscociated with Pythagoreans,
74. of some Christian religious practice, 76.
that Shelley was in retreat, 94. of Vitebsk
story underlying Frankenstein, 102. of
Roman modification of Judaism, 108. of
truth of Gemellus’ dictum, 110. of faith,
122. relevance of regards testing of Shroud,
130.
Evil, prejudice as greatest source of, 6, 124.
Godwin’s name associated with, 28. belief
that some are by nature, 66. tree of the
knowledge of good and, 80. Victor not
disliked for being, 82. morally fulfilling
choice, 90. Lord’s Prayer, 108. adversarial
political party system as necessary, 116.
Fabrication, Victor’s story, 38, 46, 56.
Faith, 50, 66, 70, 100, 110, 122, 124, 126,
138, 144. [Return to top]
The Fall, common element with
Frankenstein, 44. examined, 88, 90. 92.
False sensations, 136.
Family see also Focus on the Family &
“Pro-family” organizations. Walton’s
relationship to not seen as important, 8, 54.
advantage of Saville viewpoint of, 12, 78.
adoption of Saville interests, 18. Saville
youth possibly in forefront of, 26. guest’s
link with Montgolfier, 28. manipulation of
Saville member, 38. De Lacey, 44. Jondo’s,
60. Godwin not the enemy of he was made
out to be, 60.
Fate, as 5th person of Trinity, 112.
Fear, of Creatures harming people, 16. of
abandonment said to be Shelley’s impetus
for writing novel, 22. in world of Gemellus
& Valerius, 72. of creating & creations,
attributed to Shelley, 98. of others
decreases, 114. of destruction paramount in
superstitious mind, 148. [Return to top]
Felix, see De Lacey, Felix.
Feudalism, 58.
Fichte, Johann Gottlieb, 48.
Fire, parallels with Promethean myth, 44.
Focus on the Family, 124.
France, 92, 132, 134.
Frances of South Bend Indiana, 98, 100.
Francoeur, Robert, 68.
Frank, Anne, 152.
Frankenstein, Guenther, 86.
Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus,
see also Preface to Frankenstein &
Editions. among the most valuable books,
6. 10. religious exercise, 12. can almost be
read twice for the 1st time, 14. avoidance of
enervating effects, dedication to author of
Cursory Strictures, historical parallels, 18.
selected by Book Club of the Air, 22. dates,
36. sequel, 38. constructed for distant [Return to top]
future, 42. significance of full title, 44. 52.
a reading questioned, 50. as book about
effects of industrialization, religious
purpose, 58, 90. resembles golem story,
68. closing, 70. author’s preparations for
discussion, 84. copyright concerns, 94.
said to reflect author’s fear, 98. 100.
connecting discrepancies, 102. called a
woman’s book, 106. as preparation for
Bible study, 110. anamorphosis similar to
that of Greek Bible, 126. as hinting at [Return to top]
Vitebsk story, 134. describes an inter-
regnum, 140. recorded discussion of, 152.
Frankenstein, Victor, see also Guest &
Frankenthaler & Fabrication. Victor’s
story, view of his creation, 8. 10. reported
death questioned, 12. 26, 48. motives for
creating & destroying, 16, 68. story as
monument to, 22. quoted, 24. delays story,
32. manipulation, 34. suggests moral, 36.
travel to England , 42, 56, 62. as combi-
nation of Prometheus & Epimetheus, 44.
fabrication & motive, 46, 96. praised by
Creature, 52, 70. studies, 48. 54. repre-
sents political forces, 64. fails to alleviate
suffering & death, 82. change of view, 84.
arctic survival, 86. discrepancies, 90, 102.
difference with hero, 92. critical interval of
story, 106. models for character of, 114.
Frankenstein, Wm., death, 42, 62.
imprint of murderer, 82. [Return to top]
The Frankenthaler, see also Guest, 48,
102, 134.
French Revolution, influence on British
& American politics, 8. effect, 28. caused,
46. missing, represented, 62, 64.
Galileo, 76.
Gandhi, Mohandas, demonstrated
Godwin’s doctrine, 58, 64, 116.
Garden, commandments concerning, 88.
Gay, 124, 142.
Gemellus, see Lupus, Gemellus Regulus.
Genesis, The Fall & Frankenstein, 44, 58,
80, 90. 92. serpent, 122.
Geneva, 134, 146.
Genius, 82.
The Genius of Christianity Unveiled,
118.
George III, 62.
German, Germany, physiological writers,
10, 144. medicine, 48. Wieland, 114.
ghost stories, 146. [Return to top]
Gewandhaus, 152.
Gibbon, Edward, 76.
Glaciers, 86.
God, ship’s master likeness, 58. 2nd
commandment attributed to, 88.
references to deleted, 62. name of, 68.
Creator, 90. misidentified, 92. Luther to
identifiy Jesus as, 100. Cicero on nature
of, 128, work of, 132. concerns of, 138.
seen in the flesh, 150.
God-man, 136.
Gods, 106.
Godunov, Jerzy, reports of death vary,
26.
Godwin,William, major target of Terror of 1794, 8.
principled use of knowledge, 12, 112.
author of Cursory Strictures, 18. observes
moral tendency needs guidance, 20.
teaching children, 26, 88, 90. on
examination of machinery of society,
slurred, 28, 60. published amid repression, |
30. as father, 34. doctrine of necessity, 36. | |
quoted, 42, 148. on sympathy, 52. on
importance of justice and charity, 58, 100.
Jondo similarity, 60. view of parties, 64,
116. objection to Christianity, 66, 84.
misidentified, 74. true religion, 78.
religious method, 82. criticism of
universities, 84.as a primary concern of
Shelley, 94. misidentified as abuser, 98,
136, 152. benefit of view, 114. entrusted
manuscript, 118. seemingly impractical
ideas, 122. identifies principles that
liberate things that matter most, 148.
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 50.
Golem, 68. [Return to top]
Greek Bible, 36, 48, 66, 72, 78, 106, 122,
126, 132, 136, 140.
Greek fleet, 112.
Greek, mythological reference of title &
development, 44. poetry, 144.
Guest, see also Victor. family link with
Montgolfiers, 28. strangeness of vehicle as
discrepancy, 30. suggestions concerning
Walton’s plans, 32. changes in condition
& introduction of name, 34. name and
motivations unknown, 38. difference
between time elapsed at point of story, 46.
H. C. Robinson in Godwin’s home, 68.
Hardy, acquitted of treason, 18.
Hazlitt, praise of Cursory Strictures, 18.
Heaven, 150.
Hebrew Bible, 36, 66, 78, 122, 138.
Hebrew calendar, 132.
Hebrews, see also Israelites, Jews. 82,
128.
St. Helena, 118.
Henry III, 134.
Herald, 86. [Return to top]
Hero, agency, abandonment, 22.
demonstrates doctrine of necessity, 40.
guides moral tendency, 92.
Hillel, 142.
Hindus, 92.
History, Creature’s story compaired to
that of British subjects, 18.
The Holy Shroud, 130, 134.
Homosexual, see also Gay. activists, 124.
Hope, 16, 18, 26, 72, 146.
Horace, Flaccus, 78.
Horace, Uncle, 72, 130.
Hudson, Henry, mutinies, disappearance, 6.
Human nature, doctrine of necessity,
40. wamth, 44. Creature’s education,
44. evil, 66. demonstrated 140.
principles of, 144.
Human race, saviors of prepared, 26.
Humanity, Victor’s concern for, 16.
improvement of, 40. destruction,
suffering, 122, 140, 152. [Return to top]
Humility, false, 148.
Hydrogen, 104.
Ice, forming, 36. blue, 86.
Icebergs, 96.
Ice raft, unnatural motion of, 24.
Idolatry, 100, 142, 148.
Idols, 82.
Iliad, 144.
Illuminati, 46.
Illusion, superior mirage, 96.
Image, stone, 108.
Imagination, 106.
Imlay, Fanny, 60.
Imlay, Gilbert, 60, 98, 152.
Immitation, 78.
India, Indian, enterprise, 56. workers,
64. Napoleon’s strategy, 104.
Industrial Revolution, blamed for loss
of soul, 58. [Return to top]
Information, robust reader retrieves,
12. from Walton’s writing, 18. youth’s
discovery of, 26. Shelley provides, 38.
regards Mithraism, 48. omission of in
Eden, 88. included by Wolf, 98.
candor of Gandhi, 116. revisiting
relevant, 136. age, 140. dissemination
of 152.
Ingolstadt, Victor’s studies at, 16.
conspiracy, 46. effect of Victor’s
association with in England, 62.
Iphianassa, 112.
Insanity, see also Madness, 64.
Institutions see also Establishments &
Organizations. marriage, changes since
1797, 60. confusion arising from
replacement, 62. Christianity, 84. allowing
moral tendencies to run amok, 120.
Interregnum, 116, 138, 140.
Intolerance, 124, 134. [Return to top]
Ireland, Irish, 62.
Isaac, 148.
Isis, 106.
Islam, Safie’s country’s influence, 16.
92.
Israel, Israelites, 48, 74, 126.
Insurance underwriters, interest in
letters, 38.
Iuppiter, 108.
James Bay, 6.
Jaynes, Julian, 102.
Jefferson, Thomas, attraction to
revolutionary developments in France, 8.
justifies violence, edits Bible, 122.
Jerusalem, 128, 138.
Jesus, 78, 82, 84, 100, 106, 122, 126, 142,
150.
Jews, see also Hebrews, Israelites. 68,
100, 136, 138.
John, 110. [Return to top]
John, the Baptist, 82.
St. John, 136, 142, 148, 150.
John Doe, see Doe, John.
Jondo, Flamenco musical style, 42, 52. his
account, 46. family parrallel with Shelley,
60. paternity discrepancy, 68. hearing
Armina’s voice, 102. Worth gift of
purpose to, 130.
Joseph, 126.
Judaism, 92, 108, 128.
Judeo-Christian, 66.
Jones, E. Stanley, 116.
Judgment, thought, 14, 50, 66, 90, 92.
independent, 78, 80. uniformity of, 102.
Jupiter see Iuppiter.
Justice, 58.
Justine, see Moritz, Justine.
Justinian I, 72, 76, 78.
Kekel & Klingaman, editorial
considerations, 24. attitude toward
alternative theory, 152. [Return to top]
Klingaman, see Kekel &
Lake Worth, 152.
The Last Man, 32.
Latin, 6, 106, 150.
Lavenza, Elizabeth, on Justine’s plight,
16. similarity to Zenobia’s story, 102.
Lawrence, Dr. Wm., Shelley’s borrowing
from, 42, 102. loss of copyright, 94.
Lectures on Physiology, Zoology and the
Natural History of Man, 94.
Leicester, earl of, 134.
Leipzig, 152.
St. Leon, Shelley’s borrowing from, 42.
Leptons, 130.
Livy, Titus, 138.
London, first reply to Terror of 1794, 8.
Lord’s Prayer, 108, 110.
Louis IX, 132, 134.
Lucius III, 134. [Return to top]
Lucretius, use of word religion, 6.
view upsetting to some readers, 82. on
struggle with gods, 106.on
religion gone wrong, 112.
Luke, 138, 150.
Lupus, Gemellus Regulus, 72, 110, 138.
Luther, Martin, 100, 114.
Macaulay, Catherine, 90.
McClure, Captain Robert, 86.
McDowell, Josh, 138.
Madness, suggested in 1831 edition, 32.
Magi, 48.
Manger, straw from, 130.
Manhattan, S.S., 86.
Manipulation, of Walton, 26, 54. of read-
er, 38. of human beings by Creature, 44.
Marshal, James, on Caleb Williams, 30.
Martin, Dr. Walter, 66. [Return to top]
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (Film), 54.
Massacre, 134.
Matthew, 72, 110, 138.
Messengers of God, 150.
Messiah, 100.
Metaphor, Dog for moral tendency, 20.
Creature for the making of a book, 30.
clock as appealing to Deists, 106.
Midsummer Night’s Dream, 144.
Miles Vaughn Day, Oct. 20, 18.
Milton, John, 52, 144.
Mind, untried resources of, regards
Victor’s story before revisions, 12.
prescribed by Godwin, 26. regards
distinction between religion & super-
stition, 76. advancing universal virtue, 90.
purpose of Frankenstein, 144.
Mirage, superior, 96.
Mithraism, 48. [Return to top]
Monster, 98, 100, 114.
Montfort, Simon de, 134.
Montgolfier brothers, 28.
Moral absolutes, 124, 142.
Moral exercise, 8, 40.
Moral goals, fulfillment, 78, 88, 90, 92,
114, 116.
Moral Necessity Doctrine, see Doctrine
of Necessity.
Moral tendency, affecting reader, relative
importance, 10. has opposite effect, 12.
cause of distress, illustrated in Parable of
the Ship’s Master, ancient observation
sources, 20. dog as metaphor, 24. manip-
ulation of Walton’s, 54. run amok, 58, 60.
parties fail to guide, 64, 120. universal, 92.
a cause of conflict, 116. guidance of, 122.
underlying evil possible, 124. preventing
from running amok, 132. 144.
Moritz, Justine, rejected by mother, 16.
victim of Creature, 44. victim of
community, 50. means of acquittal, 82.
Morning Chronicle, Shelley owed life to
article in, 8. answer to Terror of 1794, 18.
Moscow, balloon defense planned, 32.
retreat from, 86.
Moslem, 92. [Return to top]
Moses, 100, 138.
Mystery, 6, 38, 40, 66, 68, 102.
Napoleon, predicted, 8. as reader of
Frankenstein, 8, 50. change of mind
regards Vitebsk letters, 24. birthday &
balloons, 32. view of distorted, 42. view
useful, 92. Wieland’s view of, 114. illness,
compliments sailors, 118.
Napoleon and His Parents, 32.
Napoleonic wars, 86.
National Public Radio, 98.
De Natura Deorum, 128.
Nature, see also Human nature. harmony
with, 78. as 4th person of Trinity, 112.
[The Necessity of Atheism], 112.
A New View of Society, 44.
New Lanark, 58. [Return to top]
Ney, Michel, 86.
Nimrod, 80, 100.
North Pole, 104.
Northwest Passage, 86,
Numa, Pompilius, 74, 82, 108, 116, 128.
Numbers, 50, 1239, 5000, 132. 2051,
2052, 106.
On the Nature of Things, 82.
Organizations, 56, 116, 120, 124, 140.
Origen, Adamantius, 76, 108.
The Origin of Consciousness in the
Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind,
102.
Orkneys, 56. [Return to top]
Osiris, 106.
Owen, Robert, author of [A New View
of Society]& possible influence on
Shelley, 44. applied doctrine of necessity
and transformed company town, 58.
error of adversarial relations, 64. true
religion, 78. education, 90. influence on
Gandhi, 116.
Oxford, 134.
Pacific Ocean, 56.
Pagans, 138. [Return to top]
Paine, Thomas, his Rights of Man
outlawed, 28. condemned to death, 30.
true religion, 78. Deism, 106. on
Christianity, 112. on resuscitation, 140.
Papal authority questioned, 134.
Parable of the Ship’s Master,
illustrates moral tendency may cause
harm, 20. significance, 22. as key, 40.
similarity to Eden story, 58. text, 146.
Paracelsus, 104.
Paradise Lost, 52, 144.
Parallels, Creature to France, 8.
Godwin to Creature, 14. Justine to
Creature, 16. population to Creature,
18. principles of nature to human
nature, 44. Jondo to Shelley, 60.
characters to readers, 84.of Jefferson &
adversaries, 122. Frank family to
Creature, 152.
Paris, 60, 62.
Parthenogenesis, 68.
Paul, 78, 136, 150. [Return to top]
Perfection, through Godwin’s method,
82. effectiveness as goal, 148.
Persecution, 68.
Pharoah, 100.
Philo of Alexandria, 126, 132, 136.
Phlogiston, 104.
Picard, Charles, 112.
Picasso, 152.
Pilate, 126, 136, 138.
Pimm, Lt., 86.
Pitt, Mr., on suppression of Political
Justice, 28.
Play, 118.
Pleasure, sympathetic, 40, 52.
Creature’s observations & experience,
44, 52, 70, 78.
“Pledged”, 142.
Plutarch, 106. [Return to top]
Point of view, value & variety, 10.
advantage, 12, 14. Saville develops
interest in history, 18. critical to
understanding motive, 22. Wolf on, 38.
comparative, 78. 90. allowed to lose
significance, 106, 120. meaning of
information determined by, 140.
Political Justice, see Enquiry Concerning
Politcal Justice and its Influence on
Modern Morals and Happiness.
Political parties, 64.
Pompeius, Gnaeus, 108.
Pontifex, 140.
Pontoon, 140.
Pope, see Lucius III.
Prague, 68.
Prayer, see Lord’s Prayer.
Preface to Frankenstein, see also
Boundaries. purpose stated, 6. 10. indicates
mental & moral exercise, 8. consequence of
ignoring, 20. parable supports purpose, 22.
guidance, 62, 122, 140. preparations for
discussion, 84. contest, 96. text, 144, 146.
Prejudice, against any philosophical
doctrine denied in preface, 6, 20. suffered
by attractive folk, 16. against hope is, 26.
histories infused with, 42. Burke
recommends, 64. [Return to top]
Principles, 58.
Procopius, 76.
"Pro-family" organizations, 124, 142.
Progress, 64, 78, 114, 128, 140, 148.
Prometheus, forethinker, 44, 90.
Proofs of Conspiracy, 46.
Protestant, 114.
Ptolemy V Epiphanes, 24.
Publisher, Latin translation, 106.
Pythagoras, Pythagoreans, 74, 132.
Quinn, Aidan, 54.
Rabbi, 68. [ Return to top]
Reader, see also Reader, enervated &
Reader, robust. moral tendencies affecting,
10. adoption of Saville point of view,
capable of rescue, 18, 20. prepared for
Creature’s arctic activity, 24. response to
united couple, 40.
Reader, enervated, thinks Victor is dead,
12. differences with robust reduced, 84.
Reader, robust, finds posssibility of life in
Victor, exercise of untried resources of
mind, 12, 90. discovers discrepancy in
uncle quoting Coleridge, 14. appreciates
necessity of Shelley’s abandonment of
Creature, 22. notes omissions, 32, 78.
discovers common error in The Fall, 44.
differences with enervated reduced, 84.
Redemption, means to, 36. universal, 76,
108. [Return to top]
Reflections on The Revolution in
France, 8.
Relics, 72, 130.
Religion, word origin & meaning, 6.
practice, 58, 66. true, 78. object of 88.
exemplified, 96. gone wrong, 112. distinct
from superstition, 118, 120, 130, 132, 140.
“Religion”, organized or so-called, 56, 74,
94, 106.
Remedy, effort required to counteract
moral tendency run amok, 20. regards
society’s defects, 28.
Repression, period of coincident with
letters, 18. Political Justice, 28, 30. at time
of Victor’s travel to England, 62. by
Justinian I, 72, 76, 78.
Rescue, of Creature, Walton, Frankenstein
possible, 18, 20.
Resuscitation, 140.
Revolution, see also French Revolution &
Industrial Revolution. possibility in Britain, 18.
Riga, 152. [Return to top]
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Uncle
Bob’s allusion to & discrepancy, 14.
unnatural motion, 24.
Robinson, Charles, 62.
Robinson, Henry Crabb, recalls slur, 28.
Shelley’s borrowing from, 42. medical
lectures, impersonation, 48. possible
golem connection, 68. Wieland’s
reputation & views, 92, 114.
Robison, John, 46.
Roman, religion & superstition, 6, 78, 108.
belief in return of soul, 72. cosmology, 82.
foreign deity introduced, 108. confidence,
126, 128, 138. calendar, 132. republic,
140. satire, religious propaganda, 150.
Rome, 74, 116, 126, 138.
Romulus, 116.
Ron from Carlisle, Mass., 36, 58.
Rosetta Stone, 24.
Rotterdam, 56.
Ruins of Empires, 62.
Russia, Russian, travel in, 30. lady, 34,
146. use of balloon planned, 32. arctic
expedition, 86. thanksgiving celebrations,
92.
Sabbath, 58. [Return to top]
Sabines, 116.
Sacrifice, of things that matter less, 96.
of Iphianassa, 112.
Safie, her father mistreated, mistreating,
16.
Salvation, see also Redemption. 148, 150.
Samaritan, 148.
Satire, programmatic, 120.
Saville, name significance, children 10,
point of view, 10, advantage, 12. 18.
focus on events to come, 14. text seen as
machine, 22. in sequel, 38. 54. 78. ignored
106.
Schimmer, 40.
Schuppen, 40.
Scotland, Terror of 1794 begins, 8.wax
box said to have washed ashore, 102.
Scripture, 66, 80.
Secret History, 76.
Self-interest, 40.
Sepulcre, Holy, 54. [Return to top]
Sequel, investigates Walton’s actions, 38.
Shakespeare, William, 114, 144.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, purpose,
6, 96. existence owed to article, provides
unused guidance, 8, 76, 84, 122. counters
enervation, 10. provides motivation and
means for moral exercise, 20. abandon-
ment of Creature, significance, 22. hints,
24, 104. rearranges events, 26. dates, 36.
insurance, 38. borrowed events, 42.
possible influence of R. Owen, 44, 58.
Wolf baffled by, 48. anticipates focus, 52.
machinery, 56. Vitebsk story origination,
60, 72, 86. objections to Christianity, 68.
misidentified, 74. inclusion of discrepancy,
80, 102. religious view, 90. 100. copyright
concerns, 94. visited by veteran of
Napoleon’s Russian campaign, 102.
quoted, 106. entrusted with manuscript,
118. use of religious anamorphosis, 120.
prolific reader, 132. erroneous sympathy
for, 136. designated pontifex, 140.
Shelley, Percy, misidentified, 74. deletes
references to God, 62, 76. objections to
Christianity, 68. admiration of Jesus, 84.
death, effect, 94. Deism, 106. seen as
model for Victor, 114. [on atheism], 112.
Shepard, Matthew, 124.
Ship’s Master, see also Godunov &
Parable of. death of, discrepancy conerning
who is, 26. 146. [Return to top]
Ship’s Surgeon, instructions ignored, 12.
Shroud see also Holy Shroud. counter-
feits, 130.
Sieger, 100.
Simplicity, 148.
Sincerity, 148.
Social responsibility, 36.
Society, machinery of, 28. destruction
of, 46.
Sodom, 136, 148.
The Sorrows of Young Werther, see
The Sufferings of Young Werther.
Soteria, 150.
Spaniards, 86.
Speyer, 68.
Spinoza, Benedict de, 58, 66, 70, 80.
Stilicho, Flavius, 76.
Suarez, Ray, 30, 34, 54, 98, 100, 106,
136. [Return to top]
The Sufferings of Young Werther, 50.
Supernatural, conservation of in
novel, 96. explanations, 112. concepts
of corrupting, 120. original story
requirement, 146.
Superstition, wording meaning,
distinguished from religion, 6. Victor
represents focus of, 26. confused with
religion, 56, 66, 76, 80, 88, 118, 120,
130, 132, 140. exemplified, 96.
susceptibility to, 122. fear of
destruction as cause, 148.
Supersitious judgment, 14.
Suppression, 28, 62, 94.
Switzerland, 56.
Sympathy, 40, 52, 136.
Syrus, Publilius, 128.
Tacitus, Cornelius, 86.
Talk of the Nation, see Book Club of
the Air.
Technology, views of 36. 152.
The Tempest, 144.
Temple, to Tiberius, 86. Jerusalem,
108. [Return to top]
Terror of 1794, reply to, 8. victims
similarity to Creature, 18.
Tertullian, Quintus, 50, 66, 78, 112.
Thewall, acquitted of treason, 18. 64.
Things as They Are, evidence of
Vitebsk derivation, 42.
Things that matter most, liberation
of, Shelley’s purpose, 6, 66. Walton’s
failure, 36. organizations’ failure, 56.
Godwin’s observations, 60. 88. 70.
Origen, 76. Shelley demonstrates, 96.
in Lord’s Prayer, 108. returning to
proper place, 122. ranked differently,
150. liberation, principles, 148.
Tiberius, 86, 126.
To a Candid World, 118.
Tooke, Horne, thought the author of
Cursory Strictures, 18.
Torah, 138.
Torino, 104, 130.
Toulouse, 134. [Return to top]
Translators, survival doubted, 24. 72.
in 1818, 102, balloon, 104. reconstruction
of story, 118. see hints in Frankenstein,
134. possible cautionary suggestion to, 132.
copy of letter found at Riga, 152.
Treason, charges of 1794, 18.
Trials, of Terror of 1794, 8, 18.
Trinity, consists of five persons, 112.
Troy, 112.
Turin, 104, 130.
Tutissima, 150.
Tutor, 148, 150.
Uncle Bob see Bob, Uncle.
United States, 92.
Universal virtue, Walton lacking, 14. 20.
Shelley’s machinery, 22. 90. 144.
Untried resources of mind, see Mind,
untried resources of.
Utopian Motherhood, New Trends in
Human Reproduction, 68.
Valdes, Peter, 134.
Valerius THE REANIMATED ROMAN,
72. [ Return to top]
Varro, Marcus Terentius, 74, 128.
Vaughn, Miles, thought the author of
Cursory Strictures, 18.
Vindication, 98.
Virgil, Publius, 138.
Virgin, milk from, 130.
Virtue, see Universal virtue.
Vitalism, 102.
Vitebsk story, see also Translators.
tradition introduces point of view, 8.
economies of TCW version, connections to
Frankenstein, supported by unanswered
questions 24. misunderstood, some of
Shelley’s names adopted, 26. dates, 36. 38.
evidence of in previous books, 42. 78. 84.
experience, 86. Jondo’s hearing Armina’s
voice, 102. number 2051, 106. reconstruc-
tion, 118.
Vitebsk-based Versions,others identified,
death report & previous attempt to
reconcile, 26.
Volney, Constantin-Francois, 62.
Voltaire, 92, 112. [Return to top]
Vow, see Walton & Uncle Bob.
Waldenses, see also Cathari. banned 134.
Waldo, Peter, 134.
Walton, Robert, see also Uncle Bob. relationship
to sister seen as unimportant, 8. form of
his account & alterations, 12. vow, 14,
120. does not warn crew, 16. promise to
Victor, 38, 84. condemnation of Creature,
24. quotes ship’s master, 26. manipulation
of 26, 34, 38, 46. plan alterations, 32.
failure, dates, 36. death of Creature, 48.
Branagh’s, 54,. adopted, 56. as part of
clock mechanism, 106. praise of Victor, 11.
setting suggested as making story
credible, 132. name as hint at Vitebsk
story, 134.
[Washington, George], 122.
Wax box, 102. [Return to top]
Wieland, Christoph Martin, 92, 114.
Wolf, Leonard, see also The Essential
Frankenstein. sees fear of abandonment as
Shelley’s impetus, 22, 98. asked about
metaphor, 30. on point of view, 38. on
Victor’s studies, Creature’s death, 48.
inconsistent, 56. on golem story com-
parison, 68. on abuse & abandonment of
Mary Wollstonecraft, 98. Suarez relies
upon, 100. ironic omission, 106. Victor
character, 114.
Wollstonecraft, Mary, angony & death,
14, 98. misidentified, 74. true religion, 78.
90. abused & abandoned, 98.
Wood, Robert, 140.
Worship, of man, 74, 100. of image, 128.
Geneva form adopted by Waldenses,
134. of Gaius, 136. of angel, 142.
Worth, Curtis, question singer , 24.
identical twin, 68. error of, 78. contrast
of intention and result, 82. use of leptons,
130
Worth, Joseph, 68.
Writers, German physiological, 10,
144. Burke says some undermine support
for “religion”, 46. of gospels, 106.
Wursburg, 48.
Zacchaeus, 150.
Zenny, 152.
Zenobia, 68, 102.
Zeus, 90. [Return to top]