Two sides to every story… The Monster’s reflection on observing the cottagers

Frame Narrative Remember the structure of the frame for this novel? As we move into the story of the Monster, how are we as readers impacted? How does Mary Shelley change her writing style for each narrator? Robert Walton’s Letters to M. Saville Victor Frankenstein’s tale The Monster’s story

Determining Differences Number off 1-3 In your group, for your assigned narrator, answer the following questions: 1. Describe the narrator. 2. How does Mary Shelley create this persona? 3. Find 3 examples of textual support to prove your answers to questions 1 and 2.

Share your findings Robert Walton Victor Frankenstein Why did Mary Shelley choose to implement this outside frame? What is the impact on the reader? Victor Frankenstein Do we have sympathy for Victor? Why or Why not? The Creation/Monster How has our perception of the monster been altered since we’ve been allowed into his perspective?

The Monster’s Side Read the excerpt taken from Chapter 4 of Volume 2 As you read, annotate the text. Pay attention to diction, syntax and tone and how those elements contribute to the development of the monster’s persona. Answer the question in your RJ. If time, discuss their responses to the questions. If time runs out – assign this as homework and discuss briefly tomorrow.

Guess the narrator… Sometimes I could cope with the sullen despair that overwhelmed me: but sometimes the whirlwind passions of my soul drove me to seek, by bodily exercise and by change of place, some relief from my intolerable sensations. It was during an access of this kind that I suddenly left my home, and bending my steps towards the near Alpine valleys, sought in the magnificence, the eternity of such scenes, to forget myself and my ephemeral, because human, sorrows. Victor

Guess the narrator… Will you smile at the enthusiasm I express concerning this divine wanderer? You would not if you saw him. You have been tutored and refined by books and retirement from the world, and you are, therefore, somewhat fastidious; but this only renders you the more fit to appreciate the extraordinary merits of this wonderful man. Sometimes I have endeavoured to discover what quality it is which he possesses that elevates him so immeasurably above any other person I ever knew. I believe it to be an intuitive discernment; a quick but never-failing power of judgment; a penetration into the causes of things, unequalled for clearness and precision; add to this a facility of expression, and a voice whose varied intonations are soul-subduing music. Walton

Guess the narrator… The pleasant showers and genial warmth of spring greatly altered the aspect of the earth. Men, who before this change seemed to have been hid in caves, dispersed themselves, and were employed in various arts of cultivation. The birds sang in more cheerful notes, and the leaves began to bud forth on the trees. Happy, happy earth! fit habitation for gods, which, so short a time before, was bleak, damp, and unwholesome. My spirits were elevated by the enchanting appearance of nature; the past was blotted from my memory, the present was tranquil, and the future gilded by bright rays of hope and anticipations of joy. Monster

Homework Read the poem, “Lines Composed a Few Miles above Tintern Abbey, On Revisiting the Banks of the Wye during a Tour. July 13, 1798” by William Wordsworth Answer the 4 questions on the bottom of the handout in your RJ Also, make sure you have at least read chapter 1 of Volume 3 before class Tuesday Remember: ALL of volume 3 is due on Wednesday If time, discuss their responses to the questions. If time runs out – assign this as homework and discuss briefly tomorrow.