Frankenstein

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Frankenstein The Modern PrometheusChapters 1
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Characters

• The man pulled onto the boat

Who is he?
What about his family life?
Who is Elizabeth?
Who and what is important to him?
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School

• Cornelius Agrippa

Plan of study
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Distractions from plan of study

• Back home

At School
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The Creature

• Process

Victors expectations
Victors reactions
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• What does it do?

Now what?
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Chapters 6 - 10

• Who is Henry?
• Why do you think Shelley introduced this
  character? What is his purpose?

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Elements of Romantic Literature

• Nature-inspired writing
• Enlightenment by emotion
• Others?

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William

• What happened to him?
• Who is to blame?
• How is that conclusion drawn?

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Justine

• Why does she confess?

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Victors state of mind
Depressed Months of sickness No social life,
ignores his family back in Geneva His mental
state leads to his physical ailments
Loss His mother William Justine
Extreme guilt He thinks his creation is
responsible for the death of two family
members Suicidal
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The power of nature

• Nature is often portrayed as omnipresent
• and capable of altering human perception
• and perspective.
• Just as nature can make him joyful, however,
• so can it remind him of his guilt, shame, and
• regret The rain depressed me my oldfeelings
  recurred, and I was miserable.
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Prometheus

• What does he say?
• How important are his style and word
• choice?
• Where do Victor and the creature go?

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Victor and the monster

• Both connected to nature

Victor emotionally
Monster physically at home in
nature concealing aspect no fear
reactions but oddly unnatural in its
appearance
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The transformation of the creature

• BEFORELarge
• Strong
• Wild
• Mysterious
• Ugly

NOW Large Strong Intellectual Sensitive Even
more scary
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Abandonment issues

• The monster clearly understands his existence
  and abandonment by his creator, and he wants
  revenge.

The creature takes on more human characteristics
and becomes more like Victor.
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Creativity Project Part 1

• Analyze the personalities of Victor Frankenstein
  and the creature. Some of this was done via the
  completion of the packet.
• Choose a characteristic that they share with
  each other. Artistically represent that
  characteristic, and choose at least two quotes
  from each character that show this side of them.

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Chapters 17 - 21

• What does the creature want?
• Why does he feel this is his right?

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Affect of Nature on Victor and son

• The Alps according to Victor
• The Alps according to Prometheus

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Victor is at it again

• Envelops himself in the creation of a mate
• for his creature.

Puts off his marriage to Elizabeth - the only
happiness in his life
Travels to England to complete his second
creation
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Characterization of Women

• From passive to powerful How?

Earlier women
She Creature
Mother Elizabeth Justine
To Victor To Prometheus
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and he comes to his senses
Fear sets in
What can he actually control?
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so then

• Victor get a letter from Henry who is ready
• to leave.

What does he do with the remains of
the she-creature?
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Wind

• What symbolic meaning does the wind
• have?

When he finally lands, what does Victor realize?