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Warm up - 4/17

• You will be taking notes today—just write this warm up at the top of your notes.

• Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? Why?

“There are some areas of life in which science should never intervene.”

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Frankenstein

By Mary Shelley

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Mary Shelley

• Born in England, 1797• Daughter of Intellectuals– William Godwin– Mary Wollstonecraft

• Married to Percy Shelley• Percy + children died

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Romanticism• Emphasizes emotions, nature,

art, and the imagination over reason and logic

• Reaction to the Scientific Enlightenment

• The Romantics = British Poets of the late 1700s – early 1800s

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Mary Shelley as a Writer

• Wrote Frankenstein when she was 18!

• Did not put her name on the novel when it was first published in 1818

• People thought her husband wrote it because of the preface

• Wrote other poems, novels and shorts stories

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Inspiration for Frankenstein

• The Shelleys lived in the Swiss alps

• Ghost stories on a rainy night w/ Percy & Lord Byron

• Galvinism– 1780s – Luigi Galvani– Muscle contractions

through electric current

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Why is Frankenstein so good?

• More than a horror story; philosophical

• Morally complex characters

• Throughout the novel, Shelley presents the reader with profound questions about:– The role of science in society– Positive/destructive sides of human nature

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Frankenstein: Time & Place

• Setting: late 1700s• Switzerland, Germany and the Arctic• Scientific breakthroughs at the time• Entertainment similar to today’s horror

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The Biggest Misconception About Frankenstein is that the name of the

monster is Frankenstein.

The name of the monster isn’t Frankenstein.

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Frankenstein: Literary Style

• Told through first-person viewpoints and letters between characters– Victor Frankenstein – The Creature

• Frankenstein is a frame story– “Story within a story”

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Characters• Robert Walton — ship captain, explorer, and confidant of Frankenstein • Victor Frankenstein — scientist who designs a living creature from

human remains • The Creature — the un-named human being created by Victor

Frankenstein • Henry Clerval — Victor’s best friend and fellow student • Alphonse and Caroline Beaufort Frankenstein — Victor’s parents • Ernest and William Frankenstein — Victor’s brothers • Elizabeth Lavenza — Victor’s wife • Justine Moritz — servant and friend of the Frankenstein family • Mr. DeLacey, Felix, Agatha, and Safie — Impoverished cottage family

observed by the Creature