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Victor’s Disposition (books allowed yet needed!)

In a clear and cohesive PARAGRAPH, answer the following question:

In what way has Victor’s hubris* brought about the death of Justine?

Be sure to begin with a strong thesis, use textual evidence to support your claims (citing page numbers in parenthetical notation at the end of each piece of evidence), and proofread when you are finished. A paragraph is NOT an essay. It is simply a paragraph with one idea presented. Your job is to be complete, concise, and insightful. You can do it!

Writing an Effective Analytical Paragraph

1. Thesis The paragraph’s main idea. Must be arguable.
2. Transition:  Guide your reader to your first idea.
3. Statement:  Supports your thesis.
4. Context: Introduces quote or summary sentence or phrase that indicates the situation from which the quote was taken.
5. Proof:  The quote (with author & page number in parentheses at the end of the quote).
6. Analysis:  Interpret the quote.  How does this quote prove the thesis?
7. Transition:  Provide another guide or link to second idea.
8. Second Statement: supports thesis
9. Context for second quote.
10. Proof 
11. Analysis of second quote.
12. Commentary/Conclusion:  Relate topic back to larger thesis of paper.

*extreme arrogance or pride


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Victor’s Disposition (books allowed and needed!)

In a clear and cohesive PARAGRAPH, answer the following question:

In what ways are Victor and Robert Walton similar?

Be sure to begin with a strong thesis, use textual evidence to support your claims (citing page numbers in parenthetical notation at the end of each piece of evidence), and proofread when you are finished. A paragraph is NOT an essay. It is simply a paragraph with one idea presented. Your job is to be complete, concise, and insightful. You can do it!

Writing an Effective Analytical Paragraph

1. Thesis The paragraph’s main idea. Must be arguable.
2. Transition:  Guide your reader to your first idea.
3. Statement:  Supports your thesis.
4. Context: Introduces quote or summary sentence or phrase that indicates the situation from which the quote was taken.
5. Proof:  The quote (with author & page number in parentheses at the end of the quote).
6. Analysis:  Interpret the quote.  How does this quote prove the thesis?
7. Transition:  Provide another guide or link to second idea.
8. Second Statement: supports thesis
9. Context for second quote.
10. Proof 
11. Analysis of second quote.
12. Commentary/Conclusion:  Relate topic back to larger thesis of paper.

Instructions for electronically handing in your paper

1. When you are finished with your paper, save it as a PDF to the desktop.
2. Open a web browser and go to www.dropbox.com.
3. Sign into your dropbox account.
4. Find the folder you share with me, and me alone!
5. Drag your paper from the desktop into our shared folder.
6. Check in with Mary to make sure she has access to the paper.
7. Log out of dropbox.
8. Quit the web browser
9. Throw essay in trash
10. High-5 self for being so awesome.

Frankenstein: Vol 2, Chpts 1-4

1. Sentence review!

2. Check books and vocab

3. Review vocab

From last class ...

1. Who is at fault for William's death? Is anyone other than the murderer responsible for what happened?

2. In chapter 7, what statement suggests that Victor views the creature as part of himself?

3. In what ways does Victor's guilt affect his health? What is Shelley's purpose in this recurring plot device?

Discussion questions

1. At the close of chapter 1, in what ways has Victor changed? How does Shelley use Victor's fascination with nature to remind us of his actions against nature?

2. Close reading: p. 100 ("The ascent is precipitous, ...) — what is the tone of this paragraph? Is this Victor's way of expressing remorse for his actions?

3. "You accuse me of murder, and yet you would, with satisfied conscience, destroy your own creature. Oh, praise the eternal justice of man!" (103). Victor believes in an eye-for-an-eye. Is that justice or revenge?

4. How does the tone and language change from chapter three to chapter 4? What does this reveal about the creature's development?

NOTE: track the language of the creature. Pay close attention to when it is overtly negative and overtly positive. What's the correlation between his language and his sense of self? And the correlation between nature and Victor's sense of self.

Frankenstein: Vol 1, Chpts 7-8

1. Sentence time! Last one before we review the different ones we've learned.

2. Check books and annotations

3. Review vocab words

4. Review denotation and connotation

From last class:

• 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?

Discussion questions

1. Who is at fault for William's death? Is anyone other than the murderer responsible for what happened?

2. In chapter 7, what statement suggests that Victor views the creature as part of himself?

3. In what ways does Victor's guilt affect his health? What is Shelley's purpose in this recurring plot device?

Frankenstein: Vol 1, Chpts. 4-6

1. Let's learn a new sentence (#3)
2. Check books and vocab
3. 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?
4. Introduce SPA structure

Discussion questions

• 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?

• Themes thus far?

Frankenstein: Vol. 1, Chpts 1-3

1. A new sentence!
2. Check book
3. Check and review vocabulary


VICTOR

• In what ways does Victor's statement that "the world was to me a secret which I desired to divine" (38) serve as characterization? What is characterization? Think about Walton!
• Is Victor's fascination with the Philosopher's Stone an admirable one? Look closely at the passage on page 42: "Under the guidance of my new preceptors, I entered with the greatest diligence into the search of the philosopher's stone and the elixir of life; but the latter soon obtained my undivided attention. Wealth was an inferior object; but what glory would attend the discovery, if I could banish disease from the human frame and render man invulnerable to any but a violent death!" What is Hubris?
• What does Victor's search for a like-minded thinker tell us about human nature? Why might Shelley have portrayed this characteristic in both Victor and Robert? How are Victor & Robert alike in ideation (formation of ideas/concepts) and language?

HENRY

• In what ways do Henry & Victor differ? Why might Shelley be setting them up as foils? (**A character in a work whose behavior and values contrast with those of another character in order to highlight the distinctive temperament of that character (usually the protagonist)) (Bedford St Martins Press).

ELIZABETH

• In what way does Shelley characterize Elizabeth when she writes "the saintly soul (who) shone like a shrine-dedicated lamp in our peaceful home?" (39). What role does this characterization set for Elizabeth?

THEMES: what's come up so far?

Frankenstein: The Letters

1. Let's learn a new sentence pattern! You love the semi-colon!
2. Check books
3. Check and review vocab
4. Some background.

• Who was Mary Shelley? What is this Frankenstein we speak of?
• Some major themes we'll see: fate vs free will, personal responsibility, loneliness, nature, family, knowledge (it's power and the acquisition of), madness, hubris, and science. This is not an all-inclusive list, but these ideas will pop up quite often.

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?