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Planning/priorities/time management. Final response: don’t email me. Physically see me at school. Never email your teacher/professor late at night asking THEM to find a quote for you. This is not a good look.
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Planning/priorities/time management • Final response: don’t email me. Physically see me at school. • Never email your teacher/professor late at night asking THEM to find a quote for you. This is not a good look. • Never arrive late to an assessment/not turn up without contacting the teacher/professor. • I now have the power to simply say no to a re-write. • What is your top priority this year?
THEME an idea that recurs in or pervades a work of art or literature. “Love and honor are the pivotal themes in Ralph’s novel, KD Dreams”
Dangerous knowledge & Ambition Knowledge leads to advances in technology, but is that a good thing? Frankensteinis in one sense the literary manifestation of an entire population’s fear of scientific advancement. It serves both as a reflection of present times and a warning for the future.
Alienation/isolation Alienation: Isolation from a group or an activity to which one should belong or in which one should be involved. Isolation: A lack of contact between persons, groups, or whole societies.
I alienated myself from my family, friends and professors in my ‘workshop of filthy creation’. The workshop was kinda like a solitary chamber , or cell, at the top of the house. My ‘great project’ swallowed me up until it was completed. The isolation made me a total wreck, I was always anxious and nervous… Quotes from pages 39-41
Prejudice Prejudice: Preconceived opinion not based on reason or experience.
Frankenstein explores one of mankind’s most persistent and destructive flaws: prejudice. Nearly every human character in the novel assumes that the monster must be dangerous based on its outward appearance, when in truth the monster is (originally) warm and open-hearted.
I expected this reception. All men hate the wretched. Prejudice… Your unearthly ugliness is almost too horrible for human eyes! Begone vile insect! Wretched devil! Quotes: page 80/81
Prejudice…flip side… THANKSDAD! You’re like a son to me! You’re beautiful! I am so proud!
BEAUTY Lizzie Velásquez – “World’s Most Ugly Woman” ???
Monstrosity Monster: A creature having a strange or frightening appearance, or; One who inspires horror or disgust
A person who inspires horror/disgust A creature with a strange/frightening appearance DO YOU HAVE SYMPATHY FOR EITHER?
FRIENDSHIP Why is friendship so important in the novel?
friendship • Most intimate and intense relationships in the novel occur not between husbands and wives, but between friends • In fact, throughout most of the novel, all the men are either widowers or bachelors, and show little interest in pursuing romance. Friendship, however, is valued highly by all the major characters.
Throughout Frankenstein, friendship is portrayed as an absolute need, and it is through friendships that Victor, Elizabeth, and Walton are saved from all kinds of troubles. • Walton actually describes his initial lack of friendship as "a most severe evil”, echoing the creature's claim that a lack of friendship isn't just undesirable, but actually causes evil. • When solitude and alienation become evil, friends become saviors, and friendship becomes salvation.
Victor’s friends… Elizabeth Robert Walton Henry Clerval
Though he tries, the Creature never develops any friendships.
On Monday, 28th October: Discuss 1-2 themes in Frankenstein.
More themes: • Death • Birth • Education • Family • Justice • Beauty • Sexuality • Etc!!! Click the link below for many other cool themes!!!http://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Themes/
How to get started: ___ and ____ are pivotal themes in Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein. A recurring theme in Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, is… A pervasive theme in Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein, is ______.