AG 1
As the book begins, we see Frankenstein has a second title, or subtitle - identify the subtitle of Frankenstein.
The Modern Prometheus
He then meets Clerval again, randomly, and then passes out. Tell how long he was laid up in bed for.
Months (two)
From chapter 15, name the book that the monster reads that hits him decidedly differently
Paradise Lost
Detail the bargain struck between Frankenstein and his monster in chapter 17.
He would make the monster a lady monster, and the monster would leave humanity forever
Describe how the monster announces himself at the cemetery Frankenstein visits in chapter 24.
With echoing laughter
Walton the letter writer references “the Ancient Mariner," which is "Rime of the Ancient Mariner." What was the collection it was published in?
"Lyrical Ballads"
Do yourself a favor and find a definition for “natural philosophy” - which class in high school would study “natural philosophy?”
Science
Frankenstein delivers a truly beautiful line, saying “Wandering spirits, if indeed ye wander, and do not rest in your narrow beds, allow me this faint happiness, or take me, as your companion, away from the joys of life.” Name what tragedy immediately follows this.
The monster appears
Name the drug Frankenstein has been taking in larger and larger quantities since his second breakdown, and also research what type of medicine that is. Again, 1800s medicine was wild.
Laudenum
Copy Frankenstein’s final advice to Walton, and how it reflects his own mistakes in life.
Warns against ambition
Describe how the stranger on the ice floe was “restored...to animation” - 1800s medicine was a party.
Rubbed in brandy
List three physical characteristics of the monster
(Draw (Insert > Drawing > New) the monster as described at the beginning of chapter 5.)
Tall, long black hair, dead white/yellow eyes
Say why Justine pleads guilty, even when she’s innocent
To obtain absolution (forgiveness)
Fill in the blanks here: "Knowledge is knowing ___ isn't the monster. Wisdom is knowing ___ is the monster."
Frankenstein - Frankenstein
Tell how the monster plans to die in the arctic - then, callback: name what person in Mary Shelley’s life this funeral would eerily resemble.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Super briefly explain the myth of Prometheus, then predict: what does the subtitle mean?
He stole fire/Frankenstein will steal life
On page 53, we get a pause in the narrative, as Frankenstein talks directly to Walton, back in the present day on the boat, when he says, “I see your eagerness, and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be.” Why doesn’t Frankenstein tell him/us the secret to creating life?
He doesn't want the same fate to befall Walton/us
Victor Frankenstein decides to head to Chamonix - describe his reason why, and then, once more with feeling, how this fits with Romanticism?
He heads to Chamonix/nature to soothe his soul, which is a Romantic thing to do
The monster’s breaking point with humans happens later in chapter 16 though - name the monster’s heroic act in service of humanity, and then “the reward for his benevolence,” after which he swears revenge.
Saves a girl from drowning - he gets shot
Describe how Walton’s tone towards the monster shifts throughout their conversation.
Starts with sympathy, ends with disgust
The origin story of Frankenstein is the stuff of legend, and we get a version of it on page 14 - summarize it in your own words.
Friends on summer vacation in Switzerland, rained all summer, stayed in telling ghost stories, thus Frankenstein
Chapter 2! It’s a basic compare and contrast: how do childhood Frankenstein and Elizabeth differ as children and young people?
Towards the end of chapter 13, the monster has a stunning realization: list how he’s actually better than humans, and then describe how this might change his view towards humanity.
He's stronger, he's faster, he's tougher
In chapter 19, the story turns into a travelogue, and their journey is from Strasburgh (now Strasbourg, right on the France-Germany border) to Rotterdam (in Netherlands), where they’ll eventually head to London. List the cities he and Clerval visit on that path.
Strasbourg - Mannheim - Mayence (Mainz) - Cologne - Rotterdam
List some of the clues that Frankenstein is left by the monster while he chases him on pages 203 and 204.
Footprints, carved messages, left food, word from peasants