Frankenstein UEQ How does Frankenstein reflect the tenets

Frankenstein • UEQ: How does Frankenstein reflect the tenets of Romanticism, its society and its values, and the characteristics of Gothic literature? • What two characteristics of Romanticism most influenced Mary Shelley’s writing of Frankenstein? Support your answer with quoted proof from the author’s introduction.

Frankenstein – Author’s Intro. • What two characteristics of Romanticism most influenced Mary Shelley’s writing of Frankenstein? Support your answer with quoted proof from the author’s introduction.

Frankenstein – Intro. / Paradise Lost • In Milton’s Paradise Lost, why was Satan kicked out of Heaven? • Why were Adam and Eve kicked out of the Garden of Eden? • How might these questions and their answers relate to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?

Frankenstein – The Letters • Explain the idea of a Frame Story and how it applies to the beginning of Frankenstein.

Frankenstein – Chapters 1 and 2 • 1 = What valuable background knowledge do we receive from VF in this chapter? In what way(s) might that information be important to future aspects of this story? • 2 = Generalize how VF learns about alchemy and natural science. How does this fit with one or more

Frankenstein – Chapters 3 and 4 • 3 = Who dies in this chapter? Predict how this loss might affect VF going forward. • 4 = Victor states: “A new species would bless me as its creator and source; many happy and excellent natures would owe their being to me. No father could claim the gratitude of his child so completely as I should deserve theirs. ” • Put this in your own words. What exactly is VF saying in this quote and why might it be a very real problem going forward?

Frankenstein – Chapter 5 • How does Victor respond to monster? How should he have responded? • Which has a greater impact on human development – Nature? or Nurture? • Can Clerval be seen as a foil to VF? Why not? OR In what way(s)?

Frankenstein – Chapter 6 • Who is Justine Moritz? • What characteristics of Romanticism are reflected towards the end of chapter 6? How?

Frankenstein – Chapter 7 • Describe the circumstance surrounding the death in this chapter. Analyze the impact this has on VF. What does he decide to do? • Who has been found guilty of the death? Based on what evidence?

Frankenstein – Chapter 8 • Trace the events and examine the evidence presented at Justine’s trial. Do you believe she is guilty of the crime she is convicted of? Explain your answer in detail.

Frankenstein – Chapter 9 • How do Victor’s losses contribute to his growing sense of responsibility as a creator? • Explain the irony in Victor’s thought “…I ardently wished to extinguish that life which I had so thoughtlessly bestowed…” • Summarize what Victor does at night after the rest of his family has gone to bed. Which Romantic characteristics does this behavior align with • Explain Victor’s need to escape at the end of this chapter.

Frankenstein – Chapter 10 • Explain how Victor’s guilt has affected his health. What is Shelley’s purpose in this recurring plot device? • How is Victor’s reaction toward the Valley of Chamounix a departure from his previous views of nature? • How does Shelley tease her readers at the end of chapter 10? Make some predictions about what we might hear.

Frankenstein – Chapter 11 • What imagery does Shelley employ when monster describes his “awakening? ” Is this effective? Explain. • How does the change in narration to the monster’s point of view affect the reading of the novel? Do you feel sympathy for monster? Why or why not? • What does monster learn from the family in this chapter?

Frankenstein – Chapter 12 • Monster looks upon the De. Lacey’s as “…superior beings, who would be the arbiters of my future destiny. ” Explain the irony. • Monster seems to have a plan at the end of this chapter. In your own words, what is it? Should he proceed? Why or why not?

Frankenstein – Chapter 13 • How is one’s character influenced by one’s education and upbringing? • What is the role of education in monster’s development? • In your opinion, what is the most important thing monster has learned in this chapter? How will this (your answer) propel the plot?

Frankenstein – Chapter 14 • How did the De. Lacey family come to be living in the cottage? • How did Safie come to find and join them?

Frankenstein – Chapter 15 • What are three books that monster reads? What does he learn from each book? • What else does monster read and what does he learn from it? • What does monster hope will happen when he talks to De. Lacey? What actually happens?

Frankenstein – Chapter 16 • What happens to the De. Lacey family after the events of chapter 15? How does monster respond? • What event during monster’s travels confirms his hatred of humans? • What event happens when monster is near Geneva? Who is the boy? Who is the woman? What is the date? • What does monster demand from Victor?

Frankenstein – Chapter 17 • How effective is monster in convincing Victor? • What does Victor decide? What does monster say he will do in the meantime?

Frankenstein – Chapter 18 • Why does Victor’s father think Victor might not want to marry Elizabeth? • Why does Victor want to visit England? What do you make of his talk of slavery? • What is the effect of Victor’s return to the present?

Frankenstein – Chapter 19 • Where does Victor’s journey end, and what does he plan to do there? Why is he afraid?

Frankenstein – Chapter 20 • What happens to Victor’s second monster? • What happens when Monster visits victor? What does monster promise to do? How does Victor misinterpret this promise?

Frankenstein – Chapter 21 • Who is Mr. Kirwin and how does he treat Victor? • What has happened to cause Victor’s arrest? • Detail the events of Victor’s trial. • Explain Victor’s feelings when leaving Ireland going to France.

Frankenstein – Chapter 22 • What is the content of Elizabeth’s letter? How does Victor respond? • How do Victor and Elizabeth get to Evian and why do they stop there?

Frankenstein – Chapter 23 • List Victor’s (human) losses thus far. Include how each has died. • What happens when Victor tries to get the authorities to help him hunt for the creature?

Frankenstein – Chapter 24 • What happens during Victor’s pursuit of monster? (Where do they go / What does monster do) • What sustains Victor during his pursuit? • What does Victor ask Walton to do? What does he warn Walton about monster?

Frankenstein – Continuation • Explain why Victor wouldn’t tell Walton the details about the creation of monster. • How does Walton avoid the threat of a mutiny? • What happens as Walton is writing the story? What is the effect of shifting to the present tense here? • What happens in Victor’s cabin? How does Walton respond?