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Frankenstein
{ The entire novel}
-Group 1Cara, Emile, Felici, Karen, Tina, Tiffany, Wayne
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Multiple Choices
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
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
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)
Q: Which of the following is wrong
about the monster’s experience?
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“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.
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“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.
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“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
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)
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
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.
Q: What does the monster feel about
Frankenstein’s suffering?
• He pities Frankenstein, but this pity does not turn
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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
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
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.
Emile
&
Tina
-Essay Questions-
{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.
{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?
Fire = Knowledge
The Monster
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Human
nature
The world
Selfdistinction
Happiness
 Cruelty
Frankenstein
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Pursuit of
knowledge
Obsessive
pursuit of
knowledge
Creation
Selfdestruction
 A sense of
isolation
Pain
Yes and No
Similarities
Differences
Prometheus Frankenstein
Prometheus Frankenstein
“Cross the Boundary”
“Cause”
Love &
Pursuit of
Compassion
knowledge
“Characteristic”
Steals fire for
man
Creates life
“Suffering”
Physical
Psychological
Forethought
Afterthought
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