Starter quiz
- Which century was 'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley published in?
- 16th century
- 17th century
- 18th century
- 19th century ✓
- 20th century
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- Which three characters' perspectives do we hear in the novel, 'Frankenstein'?
- Victor Frankenstein ✓
- Henry Clerval
- The Creature ✓
- Robert Walton ✓
- Elizabeth Lavenza
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- What is something 'supernatural'?
- Something that originates directly from nature
- A force or being that cannot be explained by the laws of nature ✓
- A force that cannot be controlled by a human being
- A force of darkness that is unnatural
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- In 'Frankenstein', what is Victor Frankenstein experimenting with when he brings his creation to life?
- Metamorphosis
- Blood transfusion
- Spirituality
- Galvanisation ✓
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- In 'Frankenstein', what is Frankenstein's Creature made from?
- Parts of Victor himself
- Donations from charitable supporters
- Stolen body parts ✓
- Parts of wild animals
- Laboratory-created cells
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- If stealing is an unethical activity, what might 'unethical' mean?
- Recommended
- Moral
- Enjoyable
- Immoral ✓
- Profitable
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Exit quiz
- A person's perspective is their...
- personality
- background
- viewpoint ✓
- ambition
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- In 'Frankenstein', whose perspective is the animation of the monster narrated from?
- Robert Walton's
- The Creature's
- Henry Clerval's
- Anonymous third-person narrator
- Victor Frankenstein's ✓
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- In 'Frankenstein', why is Victor so disgusted with his creation?
- because it behaves aggressively towards him
- because it resembles his late mother
- because he finds it repulsive and hideous to look at ✓
- because it is a failed experiment
- because it lacks intelligence and manners
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- In 'Frankenstein', what does Shelley's use of the word "wretch" show us about Victor's feelings towards his creation?
- his love and affection for it
- his disgust and repulsion ✓
- his sympathy and care
- his confusion and bewilderment
- his indifference to it
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- In 'Frankenstein', Shelley uses the colour black when describing the Creature. What does Shelley's use of the colour 'black' suggest about the Creature?
- It suggests that the Creature is disturbed psychologically.
- It suggests that the Creature is happy - like the sunshine.
- It suggests that the Creature is decaying - like a living corpse. ✓
- It suggests that the Creature is full of life and vitality.
- It suggests that the Creature is valuable.
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- Which quotations from 'Frankenstein' suggest that the Creature is starved of vitality, like a living corpse?
- "pearly whiteness"
- "shrivelled complexion" ✓
- "straight lips"
- "horrid contrast"
- "watery eyes" ✓
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Key learning points
- Frankenstein is disgusted and disappointed with his creation.
- Frankenstein’s hatred for his creation is based purely on the way he looks.
- Frankenstein repeatedly runs away from the Creature, thereby cruelly rejecting him.
- Arguably, Frankenstein’s treatment of the Creature is unethical and immoral.
- Frankenstein’s callous treatment of the Creature is a key motivator in the Creature’s subsequent violence in the novel.
Common misconception
Pupils forget that the description of the Creature is written from Frankenstein's perspective.
Shelley describes the Creature so horribly through the eyes of Frankenstein to show his disgust with his creation.
Keywords
Ethical - If something is ethical, it is the moral, right thing to do.
Wretch - A wretch is a miserable being or a wicked being.
To repulse - To repulse is to make someone feel disgusted or horrified.
Perspective - The perspective is the viewpoint the narrative is told from.
To endure - If you cannot endure something, you cannot bear it.
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