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Mary Shelley's |
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 DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Do a detailed character analysis of Frankenstein and the creature. Explain in what ways they are similar and in what ways they are different. Explain the purposes of each of the following characters in the story. Why does Shelley need them? What do they do? Why?
How is Frankenstein similar to the story of Adam and Eve? How is it different? Imagine you are a judge. The conflict you must resolve is who is responsible for the deaths of William, Justine, Henry, and Elizabeth. Whom do you find to be guilty of the crimes, Frankenstein or the creature? Why? Describe the differences between the childhoods of Victor and the creature. How did each childhood affect the adult? Why do you think Shelley set up the novel as a flashback and a flashback-within-a-flashback? What effect does this technique have on the story? How is Frankenstein a tragic hero? Agree or disagree with the following statement: "We are what society makes us." How are Frankenstein's and Walton's stories parallel?
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