1. Check books, review vocab, complete architecture
2. Free write for five minutes: Looking at the passage on p. 54 ("Learn from me ... than he who aspires to become greater than his nature will allow.) In what ways does Victor's warning relate to all mankind?
Discussion questions
- Romanticism
- Victor and God: p. 54
- In what ways does Shelley display Victor's hubris? Look particularly at the contrast in Victor's desire to conquer nature yet ignore its beauty.
- Chpt. 5: Close reading of passage on pp. 58-59 beginning with "How can I describe". Review connotation (an idea or feeling that a word invokes in a person in addition to its literal/primary meaning) and denotation (the literal/primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests).
- Step 1: read passage out lout.
- Step 2: read silently and circle/underline all words with negative connotations/denotations.
- Big question: What kind of tone is Shelley trying to create around the the Creature's creation and creator?
- Chpt. 6: Contrast with prior chapter. Nature.
- What Gothic and Romantic elements have we seen thus far?
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