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Frankenstein - College Term Papers

Frankenstein


1. List the title and author of the work you read.
by Mary Shelley
2. Briefly describe the plot (action) of the work. What happens?
Robert Walton (the first narrator) finds Victor adrift in the Arctic. After a week’s recovery tells his story. As Victor was growing up he had always been interested in alchemy and pseudo-sciences. He hoped to one day to be able overcome death and decay. Victor learned how to create life in the laboratory and collected parts from cadavers to create his creature. After giving his creation life, he was horrified and fled. He was hidden away for two years, then received a letter telling of his little brother’s death. He suspected the creature, but ...

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Elizabeth with whom he was raised. On their wedding night she is strangled by the monster. He follows the monster pledging to destroy it. The story leads to where he is taken aboard the ship. Soon after the story Victor dies. The monster s discovered on board and announces his plans to kill himself.
3. How would you describe the author’s style? Examine the way the author writes, considering word choice, point of view, structure, special techniques (i.e., symbolism).
I really liked the way Shelley told the story from different points of view. She made the story whole by telling what Victor thought and what the creature thought. I also liked the way she didn’t just dive right into the central story, but laid out an outer frame. Shelley tries to make an easily read story by telling it from all angles and makes it a little different with the story inside of the story.
4. Was this an easy work to read? Why or why not?
I believe it was easily read. There was no overly ...

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Added: 9/6/2008 09:37:58 PM
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