1. Mary Shelley’s Is the Monster Really a Monster? Modern Frankensteins Chapter Summaries Chapters 11-16 Themes/Allusions/Symbols

2. Mary Shelley’s Chapter Summaries Chapters 11-16 Chapter 11 Creature tells story Learned basic survival: night/day; food; warmth and shelter Saw other people and surprised at their fearful reactions to him Retreated both for “inclemency of season” and “barbarity of man” Begins watching young family Chapter 12 Learns more about family: poor; young boy and girl plus old man Creature does small jobs to help them Begins to learn music, language, culture, etc. and becomes quite intelligent More about family: Felix, Agatha Spirits elevated from nature Chapter 13 Introduction to Safie and how she brightens household Felix teaches Safie their language so Creature also learns through observation Creature questions self; thinks it is a monster: “blot upon the earth, from which all men fled and whom all men disowned” Agony through knowledge Chapter 14 History of DeLacey family (once rich and respected) Met Safie’s family, enemies of state, which caused DeLacey downfall Safie and Felix in love Chapter 15 Creature continues to learn through books and learns to question self from books and letters from Victor it finds Creature visits old man (blind) alone, talks to him, but man freaks when Creatures touches hands Chapter 16 Creature curses Creator Feels all things enjoying life while it is in Hell; hears Felix saying how Creature destroyed family’s senses Creature resolves to find Creator Rescues girl but is shot Kills William and plants evidence on Justine

3. Mary Shelley’s Is the Monster Really a Monster?!? Chapters 11-16 HumanMonster LearnsCulturedHelpfulThoughtful/ReflectiveRevengeMurderManipulative What’s the difference between HUMAN and MONSTER? Is there one? Could Shelley be on to something?

4. Mary Shelley’s Modern Frankensteins The thought of the Creature being FRANKENSTEIN has existed for over a hundred years... It has developed into a cultural phenomenon... Boris Karloff, Frankenstein, 1931 Young Frankenstein, 1974 WHY IS FRANKENSTEIN EVERYWHERE? FrankenBerry Cereal Blackenstein, 1973 Chapters 11-16 Herman Munster, The Munsters Chapters 11-16 Pain Relief Commercial Some fun Frankenstein facts: -First film in 1910 -Igor created in 1939 Son of Frankenstein -Over six sequels in 1930s and 1940s -Even included Blackenstein, a “blacksploitation” film -1960s TV Show The Munsters used Herman Munster character -The Creature has been used to advertise Twix, Volkswagen, Pepsi and Radio Shack