One example from one of my posts where I quoted a primary source was blog post 6 when I wrote this: An example of a close reading is on page 21 when Jessica Hale mentions that Victor in the story describes Elizabeth as “a possession of my own”, which is very effective because it clearly shows that women were perceived as objects. This can be seen as both a primary source because it is quoting Frankenstein and a secondary source because it was in a peer-reviewed article. One example from one of my posts where I quoted a secondary source was blog post 7 when I wrote this: In Haste’s paper, she states that Lewis Wolpert argues “that scientific knowledge is counterintuitive and requires us to go against the obvious, the commonsensical.” I usually introduce the quote with a phrase, embed the quote, and analyze it at the end of the sentence and extend the analysis to the next sentence.

Revised Quotation Statements:

In her book, Frankenstein, Victor mentions Elizabeth as “a possession of my own” suggesting a submissive and objective quality to Elizabeth rather than a human being worthy of equality. In other words, by making this comment, Mary Shelley hints social standards regarding woman value at the time period.

In Lewis Wolpert’s view, “scientific knowledge is counterintuitive and requires us to go against the obvious, the commonsensical.” The essence of Wolpert’s argument is that we use common sense of what we know to make sense of the unknown through both metaphors and science.