Completing the Final Assignments

1. Finish reading the novel in the blocks listed in the three postings below. these are in reverse order.
2. Answer the questions in each of the three postings using thoughtful comments.
3. Complete your poster assignment which is due Monday after Spring Break.
4. The final will be a take-home essay on some aspect of the novel.

Frankenstein Chapters 22 - 24

Answer each of the questions below then include your line(s) and why it stood out to you.

1. How does Shelley show that Frankenstein and the creature are both obsessed with revenge? does either of them win? Explain.
2. How do you think Frankenstein failed or erred as a human being? What traits or attributes, do you think, led to the creature's fate?

Frankenstein Chapters 17 - 21

Answer each of the questions below then include your line(s) and why it stood out to you.

1. What keeps Frankenstein from completing the second creature?
2. Did you find the events in Chapter 21 probable or improbable? Explain.

Frankenstein Chapters 11 - 16

Answer each of the questions below then include your line(s) and why it stood out to you.

1. After reading Paradise Lost, why does the creature think he is like Adam in that book? why does he think he is like Satan? What are the specific reasons that the creature gives for hating his creator?
2. How have the creature's experiences shaped his opinion of himself? Does he have the potential for good as well as evil?
3. Thus far, do you find the creature more or less sympathetic than the character of Victor Frankenstein? Explain.