Part 2 – Supremely Frightful Would it Be to Mock the Stupendous Mechanism of the Creator of the World

"Frightful must it be… for supremely frightful would be the effect of any human endeavor to mock the stupendous mechanism of the Creator of the world." – Mary Shelley Building on a philosophy that privileges the natural, part two examines the relationship of the natural to the moral and the unnatural to the profane. We explore how death, desire, and the destruction of the family unit meet in the Gothic tale of Ketheric Thorm, his daughter Isobel, and her lover, the aasimar, Dame Aylin. We also examine how this tale both reinforces the unnatural as monstrous, while also subverting the normative boundaries of desire with Isobel and Aylin's relationship.    Citation Time Stamps  0:47 - 0:58 Rigby 37 0:59 - 1:01 Palmer 180 1:20 - 1:23 Shelley Vol 1, Ch. 4 2:50 - 3:01 Shelley Vol 3, Ch. 3 12:17 - 12:30 Halberstam 1 Full List of Sources https://littlemondaywrites.libsyn.com/sources Little Monday on Medium https://medium.com/@littlemonday Special Thanks To - Glen Eastman who voices both Frankenstein and the Monster. W. Reader who voices both Captain Robert Walton and Withers Luis Saniger as Swen Vinke, Kelly Green as Chrystal Ding, and Foxspitt as Adam Smith. And a special thanks to Moss/Magmethius (magmethius.tumblr.com) for providing necessary lore. And thanks to both Moss and Ben for providing their feedback on this project.