IP Proposal
1. Mary Shelley- "Mortal Immortal"
2. IP?
The main character drinks an elixir that he believes is the cure to his "love torture," but it in fact was to prevent aging. He confronts the woman that has been giving him trouble. They fall in love (miraculously) but over time she falls out of love due to jealousy or his forever youthfulness. This opens up the question- how is Shelley portraying love, or unconditional love?
3. Why?
It raises questions about the human condition. What does love mean to us? Is it simply a chemical reaction, or does it exist? How is Shelley portraying it through the narrator and his love interest?
4. Solution?
Shelley portrays love as (it seems to me) a chemical reaction. Scientifically, love is in fact nothing more than a reaction, but psychologically it could be considered "real." From the story it seems to me that Shelley is portraying love as real to those who believe it is real. So for the narrator, love is very real, because he believes in it. But for his love interest, love may be nothing more than something that can be scientifically proven.
5. Evidence?
The main character's wife is very jealous of the husband's immortality, and therefore turns nasty towards him, making it look like either she wasn't capable of love, or to her love didn't exist. even after loving him. But even almost 300 years after her death, the narrator still loves her and seems to have no interest in moving on, meaning the narrator's love was unconditional.
6. Objections from readers?
Readers could object that maybe the potion did in fact have both effects, not just the immortality, so the narrator's love was only unconditional because of the potion.
2. IP?
The main character drinks an elixir that he believes is the cure to his "love torture," but it in fact was to prevent aging. He confronts the woman that has been giving him trouble. They fall in love (miraculously) but over time she falls out of love due to jealousy or his forever youthfulness. This opens up the question- how is Shelley portraying love, or unconditional love?
3. Why?
It raises questions about the human condition. What does love mean to us? Is it simply a chemical reaction, or does it exist? How is Shelley portraying it through the narrator and his love interest?
4. Solution?
Shelley portrays love as (it seems to me) a chemical reaction. Scientifically, love is in fact nothing more than a reaction, but psychologically it could be considered "real." From the story it seems to me that Shelley is portraying love as real to those who believe it is real. So for the narrator, love is very real, because he believes in it. But for his love interest, love may be nothing more than something that can be scientifically proven.
5. Evidence?
The main character's wife is very jealous of the husband's immortality, and therefore turns nasty towards him, making it look like either she wasn't capable of love, or to her love didn't exist. even after loving him. But even almost 300 years after her death, the narrator still loves her and seems to have no interest in moving on, meaning the narrator's love was unconditional.
6. Objections from readers?
Readers could object that maybe the potion did in fact have both effects, not just the immortality, so the narrator's love was only unconditional because of the potion.