F rankenstein

Getting Ready to Read (in your journals) What do you know about Frankenstein? Why is there such controversy over cloning? What is man’s biggest fear? Writing 2.3: Exploring significance of conditions & events.

Surveying the Text How is the text organized? How long is each chapter? What did the publishers and author include before the actual novel? After the end of the novel? Reading 2.1 Analyze features of texts.

What to Expect during the Unit You will be meeting in six Literature Circles throughout the novel. As a class, we will view video clips and discuss certain sections of the novel. At the end of the novel we will conduct a trial to determine if Victor is guilty of negligence, malpractice, emotional and physical distress. We will write an in class essay & have a multiple choice exam.

Characters in Frankenstein (Main Characters) Robert Walton. Walton, a scientist and explorer, is the narrator. Through letters to his sister, Mrs. Margaret Saville, he relates how he met Frankenstein and the fantastic story Frankenstein tells him Victor Frankenstein. After the title character of the novel learns the secret of animation, or of giving life to inanimate object, he gives life to a human of large proportions. Frankenstein tells his tale of discovery and despair to Robert Walton. Reading 2.3 Verify facts

Characters in Frankenstein (Main Characters) Elizabeth Lavenza Frankenstein. Elizabeth is an orphan who is adopted by Frankenstein’s parents and destined to marry Frankenstein. Henry Clerval. Frankenstein’s dear friend, Henry eventually follows Frankenstein to the university and nurses his sick friend to health. The Monster. Frankenstein’s creation is often referred to as the monster or the demon Reading 2.3 Verify facts

Characters in Frankenstein (Main Characters) Justine Moritz. Justine is employed in the Frankenstein hosehold. She cares for the dying Mrs. Frankenstein and is greatly loved by the family. Agatha, Felix, and Mr. De Lacey. Mr. De Lacey is the blind father of Agatha and Felix, the young people who live in the cottage near the place where the monster hides. Safie. Safie is a young Turkish or Arabian woman who flees her father to marry Felix. Reading 2.3 Verify facts

Characters in Frankenstein (Minor Characters) Mrs. Margaret Saville. Walton’s married sister, Mrs. Saville, is the specified audience of the story. Alphonso Frankenstein. Victor’s father, Alphonso, unkonwingly encourages his son;s studies b a passing remark. Alphonso worries about Victor when their correspondence is infrequent. Ernest Frankenstein. Victor’s younger brother does not share Victor’s passion for scientific study. William Frankenstein. William is the youngest of the Frankenstein children. Reading 2.3 Verify facts

Characters in Frankenstein (Minor Characters) Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein. The daughter of Alphonso’s good friend, Caroline marries Alphonso after her father’s death. Mindful of her own poverty-stricken past, she adopts Elizabeth Lavenza from the poor family who has been raising her. Professors Krempe and Waldman. These two scholars influence Frankenstein’s work at the university at Ingolstadt. Mr. Kirwin. He is the magistrate in the village in Ireland where Frankenstein is accused of murder. Daniel Nugent. He is one of the witnesses against Frankenstein. Reading 2.3 Verify facts

Vocabulary - Preface & Letters dilate odious progeny expedient capacious ardent emaciated wretched paroxysm harrowing spasm, convulsion children, offspring thin, wasted Expand distressing, agonizing passionate, enthusiastic suitable, practical hateful miserable spacious, roomy Word Analysis 1.1 & 1.2

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