Literature 2: Frankenstein

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Literature 2:
Frankenstein

1. Take a guess: True or False "The name Frankenstein refers to the monster in the story."

1. True
2. False

2. Take a guess: The story of Frankenstein was written in what year?

1. 1618
2. 1718
3. 1818
4. 1918

3. Take a guess: "The monster in Frankenstein was created out of body parts from dead people."

1. True
2. False

4. Take a guess: Who does the ship captain write to?

1. His brother
2. His sister
3. A paper
4. Victor Frankestein

5. Take a guess: True or False "The monster dies at the end of the book."

1. True
2. False

Background Info

- Written by Mary Shelley in 1818
- First female to write a horror story
- Also known as: The Modern Prometheus
- Contest who could write the best horror story

• Between Mary, her husband Percy Shelley & two friends Lord Byron and John Polidori

Background info

About a monster that is created by a scientist out of dead body parts, but that turns evil and starts murdering people.

Some people think that it is the first science-fiction because of the scientist performing experiments 

Frankenstein (1)

- Book consists of Walton's letters. 

- Starts on a ship to the North Pole

- Captain Robert Walton finds a dying man

- Victor Frankenstein, scientist, tells his story
- Wants to discover the secret of life, so that is why he is making the monster

Frankenstein (2)

- Creates a monster out of dead body parts

- The scientist runs out to find a friend

- When he comes back: monster is gone

- Victor Frankenstein returns to his family in Geneva

- His brother William is murdered by the monster

Frankenstein (3)

- Victor on vacation to the mountains: sees monster again
- Admits to killing William
- Monster wants Victor to create another monster
- Victor tries, but then destroys the second monster

- Monster vows to murder on Victor's wedding night

- Kills his new wife Elizabeth instead of Victor

Frankenstein (4)

- Victor tracks the monster North 
- Captain finds Victor
- Victor dies of an illness & cold
- Monster tells the captain that he was just lonely and in pain
- Monster goes off to kill himself

6. Who was the author of the book Frankenstein?

1. Mary Sharley
2. Mary Shelley
3. Mary Harsey
4. Mary Densley

7. What was the other title of the book Frankenstein?

1. The Modern Calcaneus
2. The Modern Prometheus
3. The Modern Vesuvius
4. The Modern Theseus

8. What was Victor Frankenstein's original goal?

1. Discover the North Pole
2. Discover how to create humans
3. Discover the world
4. Discover the secret of life

9. What happens to the second monster that Victor makes?

1. It runs of into the wilderness
2. It will not come alive
3. It is destroyed by Victor
4. It is stolen away

10. What happens to Victor at the end of the story?

1. He is murdered by the monster
2. He fights the monster and kills his creation
3. He sails back home with the captain
4. He dies of an illness and cold

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Literature 2: Frankenstein
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