Frankenstein

1. Ready? Frankenstein { The entire novel} -Group 1- Cara, Emile, Felici, Karen, Tina, Tiffany, Wayne

2. We hope you get the right one!! Multiple Choices

3. Q: Victor’s interest in science is initially inspired by his youthful reading of: • the works of Isaac Newt on • the works of Leonardo da Vinci • the works of Plato • the works of Cornelius Agrippa Tiffany

4. Q: Which of the following description about Elizabeth is incorrect? • Elizabeth gives testimony in support of Justine on the trial while Victor remains silent even though he knows Justine is innocent. • Elizabeth is kept ignorant of the creature's existence even till their honeymoon. • Both Elizabeth and Justine are sacrificed female figures in the story. • Elizabeth was filled with grief and misery when Victor was about to go to England. Therefore, she tried to dissuade him from leaving. Cara & Karen

5. Ref: • Elizabeth didn’t stop Victor from leaving. “My journey…Elizabeth was filled with disquiet at the idea of misery and grief. It had been her care which provided me a companion in Clerval…She longed to bid me hasten my return, --a thousand conflicting emotions rendered her mute, as she bade me a tearful silent farewell.” (p.153-154)

6. Q: Which of the following is wrong about the monster’s experience? • “Soon a gentle light stole over the heavens, and gave me a sensation of pleasure.” --- The moon comforts the monster. • “When I returned, as often as it was necessary, I cleared their path from the snow, and performed those offices that I had seen done by Felix.” ---The monster learns human kindness from De Lacey family and does it to them. • “A strange multiplicity of sensations seized me.” --- Upon waking up, the monster takes on the memories of the one from which he gets the brain. • “I felt sensation of a peculiar and overpowering nature; they were mixture of pain and pleasure.” --- The monster learns to understand the De Lacey family’s pleasure and pain. Felici

7. Ref: • “My children, my firmest hopes of future happiness were placed on the prospect of your union.” --- Caroline told Victor her deep wish before she died from scarlet fever. (p.43) • “But death was no evil to me if the loss of Elizabeth were balanced with it, and I therefore, with a contented and even cheerful countenance, agreed with my father that if my cousin would consent, the ceremony should take place in ten days, and thus put, as I imagined, the seal to my fate.” (191)

8. Q: About the interaction between Mr. De Lacey and the monster, which of the following is wrong? • The creature approached Mr. De Lacey right away in order to know why the family had such gentle manners. • What Mr. De Lacey said to the monster at first and how he reacted to the monster when his children were home are ironic. • The creature is filled with feelings of revenge and hatred after he came to realize that the De Lacey family had left. • Mr. De Lacey played beautiful music in the cottage, which the creature appreciates and compares to natural music, and it. Cara & Karen

9. Ref: • The creature approaches him to try to gain his sympathy and friendship. Therefore, he might be accepted by others. (p132) • What chiefly struck me was the gentle manners of these people, and I longed to join them, but dared not.

10. Q: What does the monster feel about Frankenstein’s suffering? • He pities Frankenstein, but this pity does not turn into self-abhorence. • He has no feeling for Frankenstein. • He insists that though Frankenstein suffers terribly, the creature himself suffers more. • He thinks that Frankenstein doesn’t deserve the suffering. Wayne

11. Q: In terms of the features of the book Frankenstein, which of the following is correct? • Narration – In the beginning of the story, Shelley invites readers to believe in Victor's story through his point of view. • Setting - In Frankenstein Shelley sets her story in contemporary Europe, which is a-typical of Gothic story. By using the time period of her day, Shelley makes the creature and the events in the story both more realistic and more symbolic. • Romanticism - The novel "Frankenstein" was written in the Romantic age when writers began to experience the new found freedom in politics. • Gothicism- Shelly's setting follows the style of typical gothic story to present plain dialogues and leaves issues of sinister human actions behind. Cara & Karen

12. Ref: • Shelly invited readers to believe in Victor’s story through an sympathetic person Walton. • In the Romantic age, writers began to experience the new found freedom in turning inward to reflect on their hearts and imagination. Political revolution inspired them, too. • Gothicism - Shelly's setting didn’t follow the style of typical gothic structure. She wrote vivid description about nature and use her era as the story’s background. The typical gothic style of writing is usually sinister and including some supernatural events that caused by human evil actions, also the plots are almost always dramatic.

13. Emile & Tina -Essay Questions-

14. {Introduction} • Prometheus, whose name literally means forethought, is a famous ancient Greek god. The most well-known story of him is that he stole fire for man. Originally, fire belongs only to gods. And when Prometheus stole fire for man, he not only crossed the boundary of human territory but brought endless tortures to himself – he was punished by having his liver eaten out repetitively. Moreover, throughout the time, we’ve known that while fire makes human superior to other creatures, fire can also destroy men if it is wrongly used.

15. {Questions} • If Mary Shelly portrays Victor Frankenstein as the modern Prometheus, what element in the book do you think best symbolizes “fire”? • Do you agree that Victor Frankenstein is the modern Prometheus?

16. Fire=Knowledge

17. Similarities Differences YesandNo

18. Hope we did not trouble you. Enjoy Learning! Have a Nice day!-Goodbye-