Vocabulary

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Vocabulary And Literary Terms
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Story Questions
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Depression of spirits from loss of courage or
hope
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despondence
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A story that itself provides a vehicle for
telling other stories a story within a story
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Frame Tale/Story
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A reference to a person, event, object, or work
from history
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Allusion
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A destructive fire, usually an extensive one
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conflagration
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Any element that recurs throughout the literature
of the world
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motif
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Who is the author of Frankenstein?
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Mary Shelley
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What is one characteristic of Romantic
Literature?
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-Nature-Human Feelings-Compassion for
mankind-Freedom of the individual and Romantic
Hero-Rebellion against society-Far away places
and travel
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What is one of the 3 characteristics of a
Romantic Hero?
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Rejects established norms and conventions2. Has
been rejected by society3. Has the self as the
center of his/her own existence
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What is one characteristic of the Gothic Novel?
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-mysterious settings-an atmosphere of gloom and
terror-supernatural happenings-violence and
horror
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How does the story of Prometheus parallel the
story of Victor Frankenstein?
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Prometheus created a living being from clay in
the image of the godsan act of stealing
knowledgechallenging the supremacy of nature and
the knowledge of the godschallenged the power of
heaven with science (much like Victor)
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Frankensteins purpose in telling Walton the
story of how he came to be in the frozen wastes
is
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To teach Walton a lesson whether or not Walton
is successful in his efforts
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Victor views Elizabeth as
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A possession
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The monster describes his earliest experiences
after his creation as
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Hungry, fearful, thirst-filled, and desolate
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The monster learns to read using three books he
finds in the forest. Two of these books are The
Sorrows of Young Werter and Plutarchs Lives,
what is the third title?
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Paradise Lost
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After the monster looks through the window and
sees Victor destroying the female creation, he
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Kills Henry Clerval
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There was none among the myriads of men that
existed who would pity or assist me and should I
feel kindness towards my enemies? No from that
moment I declared ever-lasting war against the
species (Shelley 97).
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The Creature
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Sometimes I endeavoured to gain from him the
particulars of his creatures formation but on
this point he was impenetrable (Shelley 156).
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Walton
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But I, the true murderer, felt the never-dying
worm alive in my bosom, which allowed of no hope
or consolation (Shelley 59).
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Victor Frankenstein
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For while I destroyed my hopes, I did not
satisfy my own desiresstill I desired love and
fellowship, and I was still spurned (Shelley
165).
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The Creature
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No I am not so selfish. Yet, when I am dead, if
he should appear if the ministers of vengeance
should conduct him to you, swear that eh shall
not live (Shelley 155).
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Victor Frankenstein
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Mary Shelley was how old when she began writing
Frankenstein?
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19 years old
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Approval, commendation
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approbation
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According to Frankenstein, what professor helps
him most in his studies at Ingolstadt?
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Professor Waldman
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The monster has what reaction when he sees his
reflection in the pond?
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He is terrified and dejected
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What must the mariner do to finally release the
albatross from around his neck in the poem Rime
of the Ancient Mariner?
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Pray