1. Frankenstein
Mary Shelley

2. Journal #4
Victor’s creation is not what he dreamed of and planned. Did you ever create something that was not what you dreamed of or expected? Tell me your story.

3. Vocabulary Check What do these prefixes, suffixes and root words mean?
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-ly
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4. SYMBOLISM (NOTES #4)
A symbol is a person, place, thing, or event that stands for itself and for something beyond itself as well.
Example: A scale is an instrument for measuring weights, but also is used as a symbol for justice.

5. Discussion Questions
Victor’s obsession with natural science results in two years passing with no visits home. How would you evaluate his character at this point?

6. Discussion questions
Victor says, “Learn from me, if not by my precepts, at least by my example, how dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier the man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.”
Who is he talking to? What narrative element ?