Write a paragraph (5-7 sentences) comparing and contrasting the personalities of Elizabeth and Victor. Be sure to include how Elizabeth and Victor complement each other, as well as how Elizabeth balances Victor’s personality.

1. Frankenstein begins and ends with letters written by Robert Walton. Why do you think

that Mary Shelley chose to have him frame the novel? How would your opinions of

Victor Frankenstein and his creation differ if their story was told directly by Victor

Frankenstein himself? What if the story was told solely by the creation?

2. Walton yearns for a friend, much like Victor Frankenstein’s creature does. What does this

tell you about human nature? Is it in our nature to want companionship, someone to

confide in, and someone to care for?

3. In Letter IV, Walton writes, “Yesterday the stranger said to me, “You may easily

perceive, Captain Walton, that I have suffered great and unparalleled misfortunes. I had

determined at one time that the memory of these evils should die with me, but you have

won me to alter my determination. You seek for knowledge and wisdom, as I once did;

and I ardently hope that the gratification of your wishes may not be a serpent to sting you,

as mine has been. I do not know that the relation of my disasters will be useful to you;

yet, when I reflect that you are pursuing the same course, exposing yourself to the same

dangers which have rendered me what I am, I imagine that you may deduce an apt moral

from my tale, one that may direct you if you succeed in your undertaking and console

you in case of failure. Prepare to hear of occurrences which are usually deemed

marvelous.”

A. In the excerpt above, Victor is foreshadowing the creation of his monster and how

it went quickly awry. Are there any other instances of foreshadowing in these

letters?

B. In the excerpt above, the themes of knowledge and wisdom are introduced. Often,

knowledge and wisdom are seen as interchangeable, or as going hand-in-hand, but

are they necessarily the same. Pay attention to how knowledge and wisdom are

portrayed in the book.

4. Walton and Frankenstein are both men of science but in vastly different fields. What does

having two main characters in this field tell you about 1800s Europe? What does it tell

you about the gender roles of th

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read the following excerpt from “greece” by oscar wilde.

the sea was sapphire [colored], and the sky

burned like a heated opal through the air;

we hoisted sail; the wind was blowing fair

for the blue lands that to the eastward lie.

which words does the poet include to the reader visualize the scene?

“the sea was sapphire”

“through the air”

“was blowing fair”

“to the eastward lie”

read this passage from the crisis. what rationale is paine using for going to war with great britain? my own line of reasoning is to myself as straight and clear as a ray of light. not all the treasures of the world, so far as i believe, could have induced me to support an offensive war, for i think it murder; but if a thief breaks into my house, burns and destroys my property, and kills or threatens to kill me, or those that are in it, and to "bind me in all cases whatsoever" to his absolute will, am i to suffer it? what signifies it to me, whether he who does it is a king or a common man; my countryman or not my countryman; whether it be done by an individual villain, or an army of them? if we reason to the root of things we shall find no difference; neither can any just cause be assigned why we should punish in the one case and pardon in the other.

it is waged war against an army of countrymen

it would lead to independence from britain

it would be an offensive war

it would be a defensive war