I cannot believe we are almost done! In the last month we have finished Frankenstein and moved on to Fifth Business. We have been very busy preparing for our AP test which is very soon. In class we have done multiple choice practices, terms practice, and took a quiz over lenses and eras.
Fifth Business was okay, but quite a bit confusing at times. Once again, I am thankful for class time to discuss the novel and understand it at another level. The changing of names threw me off the most!
Working on the timed open and closed prompts has served as a big help. Also, getting graded on them is really nice and helpful so I can figure out what I need to focus on to improve. I am ready to be done!
Sunday, April 26, 2015
Sunday, April 12, 2015
Frankenstein
Author:
Mary Shelley. She was 21 when the book was published. The idea for this novel came to her in a dream one summer when she was challenged by her husband and his friend to come up with a horror story.
Summary:
-Walton is writing a introduction letter to his sister which informs us that he is on a voyage and meets a man named Victor Frankenstein.
- Frankenstein begins to tell his story. We learn that as a child he was spoiled and not held accountable. His parents adopted a girl (Elizabeth) solely for the purpose of marrying Frankenstein.
- Frankenstein goes off to college and becomes obsessed with the idea of discovering the secret of life.
- He then begins to work on building a monster for several years. After it is created he is disgusted by it and leaves.
- Frankenstein got horribly ill and while he is recovering the monster goes to his home town and kills his brother and is trying to frame their family nanny for the murder.
- Frankenstein sees the monster and the monster confesses to the murder. The monster demands that Victor creates a lady monster for him.
- Victor agrees to the demand and builds the 2nd monster. As soon as it comes to life, Frankenstein destroys her.
- Frankenstein is accused to killing Clerval and goes to jail. He is soon let out because of his bad health.
- Victor marries Elizabeth. The monster kills Elizabeth on their wedding night.
- Frankenstein goes out to get revenge on the monster, finds Walton, and dies on his ship.
- The monster stands over Victor's body and then dies.
Motifs:
Natural Order
Responsibility
Isolation
Regret
Alienation
Theme Statement:
The inaccurate judgment of character based on society’s prejudices contributes toward alienation and unnatural instability.
Important Quotes:
"Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?"
The monster asks this question to Frankenstein. This quote repeats the importance of outward appearance that shows up throughout the whole novel.
Mary Shelley. She was 21 when the book was published. The idea for this novel came to her in a dream one summer when she was challenged by her husband and his friend to come up with a horror story.
Summary:
-Walton is writing a introduction letter to his sister which informs us that he is on a voyage and meets a man named Victor Frankenstein.
- Frankenstein begins to tell his story. We learn that as a child he was spoiled and not held accountable. His parents adopted a girl (Elizabeth) solely for the purpose of marrying Frankenstein.
- Frankenstein goes off to college and becomes obsessed with the idea of discovering the secret of life.
- He then begins to work on building a monster for several years. After it is created he is disgusted by it and leaves.
- Frankenstein got horribly ill and while he is recovering the monster goes to his home town and kills his brother and is trying to frame their family nanny for the murder.
- Frankenstein sees the monster and the monster confesses to the murder. The monster demands that Victor creates a lady monster for him.
- Victor agrees to the demand and builds the 2nd monster. As soon as it comes to life, Frankenstein destroys her.
- Frankenstein is accused to killing Clerval and goes to jail. He is soon let out because of his bad health.
- Victor marries Elizabeth. The monster kills Elizabeth on their wedding night.
- Frankenstein goes out to get revenge on the monster, finds Walton, and dies on his ship.
- The monster stands over Victor's body and then dies.
Motifs:
Natural Order
Responsibility
Isolation
Regret
Alienation
Theme Statement:
The inaccurate judgment of character based on society’s prejudices contributes toward alienation and unnatural instability.
Important Quotes:
"Accursed creator! Why did you form a monster so hideous that even you turned from me in disgust?"
The monster asks this question to Frankenstein. This quote repeats the importance of outward appearance that shows up throughout the whole novel.
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