1. Today’s Activities Warm Up: Frankenstein Quiz 3 Lesson: Allusion
Exit Pass: Allusion worksheet

2. Warm Up: Frankenstein Quiz 3
Who was Justine Moritz? What was her relationship to Victor Frankenstein?
What was the creature’s first spoken word in the film?
Why did the creature kill William Frankenstein?
Both Elizabeth and Justine were orphans who were cared for by the Frankensteins. But why did they make Elizabeth a foster daughter / fiancée to Victor and Justine a maid? Did the fact that Justine was an immigrant to Geneva and Elizabeth was not play a role? Explain.
Gothic literature uses supernatural elements (witches, ghosts, the undead, etc) in the story.
What is one supernatural element in Frankenstein?
What is one supernatural element in your outside reading?

3. Frankenstein : Dr. Frankenstein’s Character Development
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Frankenstein : Dr. Frankenstein’s Character Development
Victor Frankenstein begins his story with his happy childhood. What happened to change him into the wretched man that Captain Walton finds?
Event in Frankenstein’s Life Emotional Impact / Result / Change
He sees a tree destroyed by lightning He becomes fascinated with the power of
electricity and galvanism.
4. (etc.)
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DIFFERENCES

4. Independent Reading: Character Development
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Independent Reading: Character Development
How does your character begin? What events change him / her through the story?
Event in Character’s Life Emotional Impact / Result / Change 1.
4. (etc.)

5. Lesson: Allusion
Definition: An allusion is an indirect reference in the text to something external to the text such as a person, place, or another text.
Example:
ALLUSION: The title, Frankenstein, a Modern Prometheus is an allusion to the Greek myth about a Titan who gave the spark of life to humans.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this allusion is to preview the main character and the main source of conflict (the responsibilities related to creating life).

6. Lesson: Allusion
Activity: Explain the allusions listed below on a separate sheet of paper. Please use complete sentences in your responses.
ALLUSION 1: The monster reads the following from John Milton’s Paradise Lost while he is hiding in the woods outside of a family’s cottage: "Did I request thee, Maker, from my clay/To mould me Man, did I solicit thee/From darkness to promote me?“
PURPOSE: The purpose of this allusion to Paradise Lost is to reveal the monster’s feelings about___________________________.
ALLUSION 2: Captain Walton makes a reference to “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” which is a story about a sailor who kills his entire crew and almost himself while he recklessly pursues an impossible goal.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this allusion is to reveal ______________________________.
ALLUSION 3: After he creates the monster, Victor Frankenstein states, “… but when those muscles and joints were rendered capable of motion, it became a thing such as even Dante could not have conceived”.
PURPOSE: The purpose of this allusion to Dante’s Inferno is to reveal _____________.

7. Exit Pass: Allusion Worksheet
Complete the worksheet.
Turn it in before you leave.