Frankenstein Introduction

Who wrote Frankenstein?

• Mary Wollstonecraft

• Mary Shelley

• Percy Bysshe Shelley

• William Wordsworth

Answer explanation

Frankenstein was written by Mary Shelley, daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft and wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley.

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During what literary era was Frankenstein written?

• Romaticism

• Enlightenment

• Industrial Revolution

• Impressionism

Answer explanation

Characteristics of romanticism include intense emotion, nature imagery, a return to the past, and a critique of progress. These will all be characteristics we will see in Frankenstein.

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The subtitle "A Modern Prometheus" is an example of...

• metaphor

• alliteration

• allusion

• idiom

Answer explanation

Prometheus was a titan who defied the Greek gods by giving fire to mankind. He was punished viciously.

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Frankenstein is an example of an epistolary novel. What does this mean you should expect to see?

• Letters from the characters.

• Sonnets.

• Lots of difficult language.

• First-person narration.

Answer explanation

An epistolary novel is made up of different letters written by the characters. Therefore, the narration is very often in first person.

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What is one prediction you have for the story of Frankenstein?

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Who is the monster?

• Victor Frankenstein

• The creature

Answer explanation

The novel will ask us this exact question. We will be considering it throughout our reading.

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