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Claims from Moers:

Claims from Moers:. 220 "Shelley's overreacher is different." (From what, and how?) 221 "Death and birth were thus as hideously mixed in the life of Mary Shelley as in Frankenstein's 'workshop of filthy creation.'"

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Claims from Moers:

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  1. Claims from Moers: 220 "Shelley's overreacher is different." (From what, and how?) 221 "Death and birth were thus as hideously mixed in the life of Mary Shelley as in Frankenstein's 'workshop of filthy creation.'" 222 "[N]o outside influence need be sought to explain Mary Shelley's fantasy of the newborn as at once monstrous agent of destruction and piteous victim of parental abandonment."

  2. in groups: • Each group summarizes one claim. (You may need to alter the quote—responsibly!—with brackets or ellipses to make it stand on its own in a new context.) • 5 points for a clear and accurate summary • 5 points for a clear explanation of how another group's summary is inaccurate or doesn't give enough information

  3. alterations to quotes: excerpted quotes: "Shelley's overreacher is different" from…in that… ellipses: "Death and birth were . . . as hideously mixed in the life of Mary Shelley as in Frankenstein's 'workshop of filthy creation.'" brackets: "[N]o outside influence need be sought to explain Mary Shelley's fantasy of the newborn as at once monstrous agent of destruction and piteous victim of parental abandonment." better in this case: According to Moers, the events of Mary Shelley's life "explain Mary Shelley's fantasy of the newborn as at once monstrous agent of destruction and piteous victim of parental abandonment" (222).

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