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How does Shelly use the “torrent of light” to relate to the story of Prometheus, and how can we interpret the symbolism of fire as a form of light?

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How does Shelly use the “torrent of light” to relate to the story of Prometheus and the use of fire?

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How does Shelly use the “torrent of light” to relate to the story of Prometheus, and how can we interpret the symbolism of fire as a form of light?

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In Chapter 3, Shelley expresses Victor’s reaction after his mother’s death by saying,

“And why should I describe a sorrow which all have felt, and must feel? The time at length arrives when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity; and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.”

How does that response differ to his reaction to Justine's condemnation in chapter 8? What does this reveal about his shifting relationship with grief and death?

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How do the subtly different examples of light show Victor’s changing attitudes towards science and discovery?

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What do the characters of Justine and Elizabeth contribute to the story? How do they deepen our understanding of Shelley’s contextual and familial relations, and specifically, how those relations affected her writing of Frankenstein?

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How did Victor’s lack of personal responsibility lead to the death of his brother and his guilt over the deaths of William and Justine?

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How has Victor's view on life and death changed since creating the creature? Why does he only now mourn over the loss of life?

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How did Victors lack of personal responsibility lead to the fate of his brother?

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What do the characters of Justine and Elizabeth have in common? How much do they contribute to the story?
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How does Victor’s response to death change from his mother’s death to Justine’s death?
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What is the purpose behind having more than one definition of “light”?

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How does the dark represent how Victor actually feels about creating the monster?

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What other parallel could Shelley have used instead of light/dark and what could it mean/foreshadow?

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Is Justine destined to die because of fate?
“The ballots had been thrown; they were all black, and Justine was condemned” (Shelly 157). The context makes it seem like even if Victor had vouched for Justine’s innocence it would have meant nothing. Is this because of fate, or his individual responsibility?

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How would the novel be different without uses of light and dark? What wouldn't change? Respond with direct quotes from the text.

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What is the contrast that light and dark bring to the book, that would otherwise not be there?

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How does Victor’s relationship with death shift throughout the book?

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How does victors creation of the monster show his disconnect with human life?

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Why do the female characters shown mostly through emotional connection?

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How does Justine’s situation foreshadowing the future that is yet to come?

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Why does Victor see his mother’s death as fate but Justine’s death as his fault?

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Could the death of Victors mother have inspired him to want to understand death/meaning of life and then to ultimately create the monster?

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Why does Victor blame things on fate instead of his own personal responsibility?

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Why does Victor’s relationship with death change throughout the book?

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Should Frank own up to some of his terrible deeds, or is it fine that he blames it on fate? Respond with a thorough response and examples from the text

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How did Mary Shelley’s first and secondhand experiences with the socialization of women affect her writing?

Revision: How did Mary Shelley’s first and secondhand experiences with the socialization of women affect the way female characters in Frankenstein are characterized and portrayed?

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How does Victor take death and turn it into life?

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Why are women throughout Frankenstein associated with innocence and purity?

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Why is the role of females associated with death (Elizabeth as an orphan, Caroline as dead, and Justine as to be dead) and was this Shelley's intention?

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Which influences Victor more, his fate or his individual responsibility?

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Does Mary Shelley draw a line between fate and individual responsibility?

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Is Justine used as a scapegoat to avoid more problems in the Frankenstein family?

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Original- “What is the purpose behind having more than one definition of “light”?”
Revisions- Do the different uses and definitions of light come to the same purpose? Ex: “like a cloud that passes over the fair moon, for a while hides but cannot tarnish its brightness” versus “vivid flashes of lightning dazzled my eyes, illuminating the lake, making it appear like a vast sheet of fire“

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Could the creation of the creature affected how Victor looks at and mourns over the loss of a life? How and why?

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How has Victor's view on life and death changed since creating the creature, and how has this affected his reactions to death and loss? Why does he only now mourn over the loss of life?

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What do the characters of Justine, Elizabeth, and Caroline have in common? What characteristics do they contribute to the story in comparison to their male counterparts?

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Has Victor's view on life and death changed positively or negatively since creating the creature? Why does he only now mourn over the loss of life? What triggered this response?

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“Yet from whom has not that rude hand rent away some dear connection? And why should I describe a sorrow which all have felt, and must feel? The time at length arrives when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity; and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.”

Excerpt From: Shelley, Mary. “Frankenstein.” Beneath the Ink, Inc. iBooks.

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How do the similarities of Justine and Elizabeth contribute to the plot and what could they be foreshadowing?

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“Yet from whom has not that rude hand rent away some dear connection? And why should I describe a sorrow which all have felt, and must feel? The time at length arrives when grief is rather an indulgence than a necessity; and the smile that plays upon the lips, although it may be deemed a sacrilege, is not banished.” This is a quote from chapter 3, in which Victor describes his reaction in the face of his own mother's death. How does it differ to his reaction to Justine's condemnation in chapter 8 when he says, “From the tortures of my own heart, I turned to contemplate the deep and voiceless grief of my Elizabeth

. This also was my doing!” Was his relationship with death directly affected by his creation of the creature? How so?

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Does Victor’s early life being surrounded by death contribute to the reason he wants to create life?

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How has victors view on life and death changed since his creation of his creature? What has changed since his mother's death that makes him mourn over the deaths of Justine and William?

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How do Justin and Elizabeth both coming from separate families bring problems into the story?

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How did victor's belief in fate being the determining factor in how someone's life turns out lead to his brothers death?

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What do the characters of Justine and Elizabeth have in common? How much do they contribute to the story? In what way are female characters different to male characters in this time period.

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If Victor took responsibility for what happened to his brother, how would the plot have changed?

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What do the characters of Justine and Elizabeth have in common? How much do they contribute to the story and our understanding of how Shelley’s familial relations affected her writing of Frankenstein?

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O- How does Victor’s relationship with death shift throughout the book?
R- How does Victor’s relationship with death shift after he creates the monster and Will and Justine die?

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How did Victor’s lack of personal responsibility lead to the death of his brother and his guilt over the deaths of William and Justine?