- 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 Seashore).
Elements of Gothic Genre
1. Mary Shelley Redux
2. Architecture of Frankenstein
3. Check books
4. Check and review vocab
5. Let's fill in the architecture
A little writing: What is wonder? "This appearance excited our unqualified wonder" (25). Think about the denotation (actual definition) and the connotation (the idea or feeling the word evokes).
Discussion questions: use text evidence to support your claims
1. What is Walton's attitude toward his quest? What does his attitude reveal about his character?
2. Why do you think Walton feels lonely even though he is on board a ship with a full crew? Why do you think Walton is attracted to the stranger?
3. What details suggest that both Walton and the stranger are willing to make big sacrifices in the search for knowledge? Look at similarities and differences. Does knowledge promise immortality?
4. Why do you think Shelley chose to lead into the stranger's story by starting with a frame story about Robert?
Rhime of the Ancient Mariner: written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a leading poet of the Romantic era. In the poem, an old sailor, or mariner, tells the story of a horrific sea voyage that changed his life. Sailing in stormy seas near the South Pole, the mariner’s ship is surrounded by ice. When the crewmen spot an albatross, a huge seagull-like bird, flying through the fog, the ice splits open, freeing the ship. Then, unexpectedly, the mariner shoots the albatross. After this act of cruelty, the ship is cursed. Driven north, it becomes stranded in a hot, windless sea. All of the crew except the mariner die. Ever since, the remorseful mariner has traveled the world to tell his story and to teach others to revere God’s creatures.
Rhime of the Ancient Mariner: written by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, a leading poet of the Romantic era. In the poem, an old sailor, or mariner, tells the story of a horrific sea voyage that changed his life. Sailing in stormy seas near the South Pole, the mariner’s ship is surrounded by ice. When the crewmen spot an albatross, a huge seagull-like bird, flying through the fog, the ice splits open, freeing the ship. Then, unexpectedly, the mariner shoots the albatross. After this act of cruelty, the ship is cursed. Driven north, it becomes stranded in a hot, windless sea. All of the crew except the mariner die. Ever since, the remorseful mariner has traveled the world to tell his story and to teach others to revere God’s creatures.
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