- What do you think of when you hear the name Frankenstein?
- What images and words come to mind?
- What about when you hear the word Gothic?
Image 1 (Benjamin West, "Saul and the Witch of Endor").
Image 2 (Henry Fuseli, "The Nightmare").
Image 3 (John Hamilton Mortimer, "Carrion Crows hovering over a Skeleton on a Seahorse).
Elements of Gothic Genre
2. Mary Shelley Redux
3. Architecture of Frankenstein
4. Vocab list and vocab worksheet
5. Nightly expectations (annotations!)
6. Look at syllabus
Now ... for some writing fun!
By yourself: What do you think spurs people to explore the unknown?
In small groups: List ways in which people throughout the ages have explored the unknown. Identify some reasons why individuals devote themselves to a life of exploration and discovery. Does such devotion involve sacrifices? Examples?
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