The Presentation of Frankenstein

Hello Y10

Some excellent work again this week. Well done.

If you've missed any lessons this week, it is still absolutely essential that you complete this homework. It is due on Monday and everyone needs to have a completed six paragraph essay (intro, 4 points or more and conclusion). The question you are answering is:

• How is Frankenstein presented in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein?

We have looked at the presentation of Frankenstein in class. We came up with a range of different points for this. Some of the points made in class included:

• obsessed
• emotionally fragile
• determined
• reckless
• angry
• careless
• heartless
• consumed

Remember, Frankenstein's treatment of the creature is also how Frankenstein is presented. Here, we could say that Frankenstein is heartless and deserves his downfall; it changes the reader's understanding of Frankenstein (and the creature) and you should analyse this in your essay.

You should have your PEE+ grid completed (here it is); use your annotations to support this. I've added an extra layer to encourage you to develop your analysis and write about context. Have one or two points from Chapter 5, two points from Extract from Chapter 10 and possibly one from Extract 11 (if you only have one from Chapter 5). It is formulaic, but will encourage you to stay on task. The success criteria for the Introduction and Conclusion is here. The success criteria for every aspect of a paragraph is here. How very lucky you are!

If you would like to watch a short, excellent film about Frankenstein, look at this. I think you'll find it informative and interesting.

If you have any problems, then you can leave a comment (an appropriate one of course).

Best wishes,

Ms Caldwell