May 13

AGENDA:

IF you missed class today - you owe me an analysis - choose from the two listed below. Due the day you return to class.




Write an analysis in which you present arguments for and against Frankenstein's relevance for a person today. Your own position should emerge in the course of your essay. You may refer to other works of literature written later for the purpose of contrast or comparison if needed.

or

Choose a complex and important character in Frankenstein who might on the basis of the character’s actions alone be considered evil or immoral. Explain both how and why the full presentation of the character in the work makes us react more sympathetically than we otherwise might. Avoid plot summary. 


HW: Vocabulary this week