1. LQ: How does Shelley present exploration and ambition in the novel?
DEEP THINKING: How is the story of Frankenstein relevant to society today? What makes GOTHIC literature so appealing and to whom? How does literature influence social political opinions, and force us to question the world in which we live?

2. How does the painting represents man and nature?
Discuss and make notes: Why is Arctic exploration an appropriate metaphor for scientific ambition in the early 19th century?
‘The Sea of Ice’ Caspar David Friedrich, 1824), based a polar expedition.
How does the painting represents man and nature?
The first successful expedition to reach the North Pole was in 1831 (13 years after ‘Frankenstein’ was first published) What does this suggest about Walton?
How does this to ‘Prometheus’ and ‘Paradise Lost’.

3. LQ: How does Shelley present exploration and ambition in the novel?
Outstanding Progress: Perceptive understanding of authorial methods in relation to the task; assured engagement with how meanings are shaped by the methods used (A02)
Excellent progress: thorough understanding of authorial methods in relation to the task; thorough engagement with how meanings are shaped by the methods used (A02)
Good Progress: Straightforward understanding of authorial methods in relation to the task’ relevant engagement with how meanings are shaped by the methods used (A02)
DEEP THINKING: How is the story of Frankenstein relevant to society today? What makes GOTHIC literature so appealing and to whom? How does literature influence social political opinions, and force us to question the world in which we live?

4. Write down the key terminology:
Romanticism: Literary movement that values the profound: emotions and natural passions above logic and reason.
Epistolary novel: Novel written (wholly or partly) in the form of letters.
Frame narrative: Result of inserting one or more small stories within the body of a larger story that encompasses the smaller ones.
Discuss and make notes:
Why might an author use the epistolary form or a frame narrative? What effects might be created?
DEEP THINKING: How is the story of Frankenstein relevant to society today? What makes GOTHIC literature so appealing and to whom? How does literature influence social political opinions, and force us to question the world in which we live?

5. Ext: Can you think of any other examples? .
FRAME NARRATIVE: The form echoes in structure the thematic search in the story for something deep, dark, and secret at the heart of the narrative. The form thus also resembles the psychoanalytic process of uncovering the unconscious behind various levels of repressive, obfuscating narratives put in place by the conscious mind. As is often the case (and Shelley's work is no exception), a different individual often narrates the events of a story in each frame. This structure of course also leads us to question the reasons behind each of the narrations since, unlike an omniscient narrative perspective, the teller of the story becomes an actual character with concomitant shortcomings, limitations, prejudices, and motives. The process of transmission is also highlighted since we often have a sequence of embedded readers or audiences, A famous example in film of such a structure is Orson Welles' Citizen Kane. See also the definition for narration.
Ext: Can you think of any other examples? .

6. Ext: Can you think of any other examples? .
Common Themes:
The profound/sublime
Remembered childhood
Mythology
Revolution
Imagination
The exiled hero
Unrequited love
The power of the natural world
Ext: Can you think of any other examples? .

7. ‘Walton is an unreliable narrator’
List evidence (including quotations with page numbers) to support this statement.
Is there any evidence to challenge the statement?
Ext: What is Shelley’s purpose in portraying Walton in this way? .

8. Ext: How does the epistolary form compare with ‘Wuthering Heights? .
Walton’s Letters
Prepare a 5-minute presentation on your allocated extract in response to the questions on your sheet.
Everyone must speak
Quotations with page references
Ext: Skim-read the other Walton letters to refresh your memory. In your exercise book, plot how Walton’s character is revealed from one letter to the next.
Ext: How does the epistolary form compare with ‘Wuthering Heights? .

9. Ext: How do these texts shape your understanding of the novel? .
HOMEWORK:
1. Read Chapter 1 and 2
2. Bring in your research for the next lesson on:
Mary Shelley, Percy Shelley, William Godwin, Mary Wollstonecraft.
Complete the work on ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’.
How does the biographical information shape your understanding of the novel?
Ext: Read A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft.
Ext: How do these texts shape your understanding of the novel? .