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especially ofintertextuality, which are both directly raised by the text.
In her descriptions of herself, the monster frequently refers to her "patchwork nature",
to her scars and the importance these have for her own sense of identity. In a node
entitled "dispersed" she writes.
My real skeleton is made ofscars: a web that traverses me in three-dimensions. What
holds me together is what marks mydispersal. I am most myselfin the gaps between
my parts, though if they sailed away in all directions in a grisly regatta there would be
no thing left here in my place. (dispersed)
The metaphor of the scar is intriguing and interesting, because it is based on the very
prominent but also verypessimistic contemporary notion offragmentation, but also a way
to overcome it in a manner that is not smoothing over or amalgamating, but puts an
emphasis on visible disruption but also visible links, of unity coexisting with
heterogeneity. The monster is a creature ofmixed metaphors. She says
I am like you in most ways. My introductory paragraph comes at the beginning and I
have a good head on my shoulders.
Jackson associates the I of the monster with the I of the text. The choice of the
Frankenstein motifis a very inspired choice, because it offers an excellent opportunity to
mirror the level ofnarrative on the level of the textual medium. What is written about is
reflected on the level ofhow it is written, the form reflects the contents (or maybe, one
could argue, vice versa, the medium hypertext in which Jackson is working inspired the
choice oftopic),
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