Frankenstein

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Frankenstein
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• The entire novel

-Group 1- Cara, Emile, Felici, Karen, Tina,
Tiffany, Wayne
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Multiple Choices
We hope you get the right one!!
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Q Victors interest in science is initially
inspired by his youthful reading of

1. the works of Isaac Newt on
2. the works of Leonardo da Vinci
3. the works of Plato
4. the works of Cornelius Agrippa

Tiffany
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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
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Ref

• Elizabeth didnt stop Victor from leaving.
• My journeyElizabeth was filled with
  disquiet at the idea of misery and grief. It had
  been her care which provided me a companion in
  ClervalShe 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)

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Q Which of the following is wrong about the
monsters 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 familys pleasure and
  pain.

Felici
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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)

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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
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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.

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Q What does the monster feel about
Frankensteins 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 doesnt deserve the
  suffering.

Wayne
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Q In terms of the features of the book
Frankenstein, which of the following is correct?

1. Narration In the beginning of the story,
   Shelley invites readers to believe in Victor's
   story through his point of view.
2. 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.
3. Romanticism - The novel "Frankenstein" was
   written in the Romantic age when writers began to
   experience the new found freedom in politics.
4. 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
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Ref

• Shelly invited readers to believe in Victors
  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 didnt follow the
  style of typical gothic structure. She wrote
  vivid description about nature and use her era as
  the storys 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.

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-Essay Questions-
Emile Tina
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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,
  weve known that while fire makes human superior
  to other creatures, fire can also destroy men if
  it is wrongly used.

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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?

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Fire Knowledge
The Monster The Monster Frankenstein Frankenstein
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Human nature The world Self-distinction Happiness Cruelty A sense of isolation Pain Pursuit of knowledge Creation Obsessive pursuit of knowledge Self-destruction
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Yes and No

• Similarities

• Differences

Prometheus Frankenstein
Cross the Boundary Cross the Boundary
Steals fire for man Creates life
Suffering Suffering
Physical Psychological
Prometheus Frankenstein
Cause Cause
Love Compassion Pursuit of knowledge
Characteristic Characteristic
Forethought Afterthought
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