Paradise Lost
This story is from which character's perspective?
Satan
What did Mary's mother do for a profession?
Leading women's rights activist and author.
What does the Hero's journey look like?
Clock face with at most 12 bullet points.
The Enlightenment allowed humanity to question if they can tap into which being's realm?
God's/the divine
The term for Victor's fatal flaw.
Hamartia
Why does Satan turn his back on God and lash out?
He believed his Creator (God/JC/HS) did not provide/prioritize his other creations with an exception to Adam and Eve.
What author was Mary's husband? Who was the couples' good friend?
Percy Shelly was her husband, and they were frinds with Lord Byron.
The Known and Unknown to our charatcer.
Did humanity fully understand the sciences they were discoveringat the time?
No, anything seemed possible and should be explored now that we had the tools.
Victor's change in appreance is an example of what?
Characterization
Does God ever turn his back on any of his creations in the story?
No, God does not destroy/wipe from existence his creations. God even names each one the moment God concieves them.
What is at "6'o clock" on the journey?
Scarifice/death.
Albertus Magnus was what Saint's teacher? Why were Pereclessus's theories interesting at the time?
St. Thomas Aquinas, "the philosohper's stone" miracle science.
What device is used at the beginning of the book?
in Media res.
Does Satan believe that he, as a creation, owes his Creator anything, once he feels that he has been "discarded"?
No, he belives that once the Creator fails their creation, then the creation has no obligation to their Creator.
What era in literature inspired Mary to write such a groundbreaking novel?
The Romantic Era
Can only one charatcer be on the journey? Is the journey always positive? Can both protagonists and antagonists be on a journey mirroring each other?
No, multiple can at the same time. The journey can be positive or begative growth, and any charcter can mirror another's journey, especially if they charaterize themselves in contrast to each other like foils.
Humanity thought they could achieve what attributes of God?
Omniscent, Omnipotent, Omnipresent.
What is P.O.V.? Which P.O.V. do we start with? What is Victor's P.O.V.?
Point of view, we start with the ship captains, and Victors is second hand because it is through the captain's retelling.
What does the title Paradise Lost mean when applied to Satan?
Satan has activley chosen to turn away from God's light/love. Therefore, paradse is lost to him
How many children did Mary have? How many survived? How did her other children die? What did that do to Mary's idea of Creator and creation?
She had 5, 4 died of miscarriage, and 1 survived infancy. She felt as if she failed her role as the Creator to her creations.
What are two other names for the journey?
Comming of Age story, Bildungsroman.
No, God is pure and perfect, we are tainted by original sin.
What interchangeable terms can we apply to Victor and the Creature?
Protagonist and Antagonist (I'd take foils too).