Working with these images (and any other incarnations of the Frankenstein monster with which they may be familiar), have students comment on what the monster has come to mean in our century. Within the " Scholarly Resources" section of the site, click on " The Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Chronology & Resource Site" and follow the link to " Other Web Resources." Here your students will find information about her life, background on the Romantic circumstances that gave rise to her novel, and (what may be of most immediate interest to them) images from some of the many films that have featured her monster. Use the Romantic Circles website to introduce students to Mary Shelley and the legacy of her greatest literary creation. Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. Assess how point of view or purpose shapes the content and style of a text.Ĭ.7. Analyze the structure of texts, including how specific sentences, paragraphs, and larger portions of the text (e.g., a section, chapter, scene, or stanza) relate to each other and the whole.Ĭ.6. Interpret words and phrases as they are used in a text, including determining technical, connotative, and figurative meanings, and analyze how specific word choices shape meaning or tone.Ĭ.5.
Analyze how and why individuals, events, or ideas develop and interact over the course of a text.Ĭ.4. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development summarize the key supporting details and ideas.Ĭ.3. Read closely to determine what the text says explicitly and to make logical inferences from it cite specific textual evidence when writing or speaking to support conclusions drawn from the text.Ĭ.2. Finally students will work in teams to investigate American tales of the supernatural, focusing on comparisons and contrasts and evaluating each author’s techniques of narration.
Teachers will then guide students through a close reading of the novel, focusing on the text as an exploration of the human condition and emphasizing the role of “monsters” in popular culture. Using digital and scholarly resources, students will learn about Shelley’s life and work before exploring the symbolism of monsters in Frankenstein and in society. Students will begin by inquiring after the relationship between modern scary stories and Gothic novels of the 19th century before examining Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein in a literary and historical context. In this lesson students will investigate tales of the supernatural by conducting close analyses of Gothic horror stories. Taking their name from the Gothic architecture that often served as a backdrop to the action, these novels present supernatural events in naturalistic terms, thrilling readers with strange tales filled with mystery and terror. Monsters have haunted the literary imagination from earliest times (e.g., the Cyclops, Grendel, etc.), but a particular interest in horror and the Gothic form dates back to the 18th and early 19th century.
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