Greek/Latin Vocab
bona fide
What is genuine?
a. one that inflicts retribution or vengeance.
b. a formidable and usually victorious rival or
opponent
What is a nemesis?
Who are the threshold guardians?
Reading critically by analyzing how gender plays a role in the interpretation of a text.
What is the gender lens?
Tells the outside story through letters.
Who is Captain Robert Walton?
quid pro quo
What is something given or received in exchange for something else called?
an uncanny ability for making money in every venture.
What is the Midas Touch?
Calls the hero to action
Who is the herald?
Reading critically by analyzing how class systems and wealth play a role in the interpretation of the text.
What is the socio-economic lens?
Sickness and depression
What happens to Frankenstein after he creates the monster?
carpe diem
What is seize the day, or the enjoyment of pleasures without concern for the future?
a vulnerable point
What is an Achille's Heel?
7 archetypes
Answers will vary.
Reading critically for personal meaning by connecting your own background, experiences, perceptions, thoughts, and mood to the text.
What is the reader response lens?
Two events that happen to Victor at 17
What is his mother dies and he goes to university?
hubris
What is excessive pride that leads to downfall?
a source of inspiration
What is a Muse?
The hero enters the most dangerous place,
often the headquarters of his most feared
enemy.
What is the "Approaching the Cave" part of the Hero's Journey?
Reading critically by looking for patterns in human behavior and analyzing the conscious and unconscious motives of a character or author.
What is the psychological lens?
A lean-to shed in the country in secret
Where does the monster hide near the DeLacey family to watch them?
referendum
What is the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative?
tending or able to change frequently or easily; versatile
What is protean?
The enemy tries one last time to stop the
hero, sometimes in a life or death moment, and is finally defeated.
What is the Resurrection part of the Hero's Journey?
Reading critically analyzing the text without consideration or knowledge of outside influences like background or historical information.
What is the New Criticism Lens?
Mount Montavert
Where does Victor meet the creature?