Giving Voice to the Monster: Frankenstein

Two of the myths and legends mentioned in the beginning of the essay are:

• Greek

• Native American

• Norse

• Roman

Cultures around the world and throughout time have created myths and legends about artificial creatures.

• Absolutely true

• True

• False

• Absolutely false

-having sense, perception; conscious

• artifice

• sentient

• recoil

• ominous

-cleverness or ingenuity in making or doing something

• recoil

• sentient

• artifice

• calamity

"...to be part of the human community has been strongly, even brutally, denied him to that point..."

• The phrase has a strong connotation.

• The phrase has a mild connotation.

• The phrase has a positive connotation.

• The phrase has a subtle connotation.

The tone of the essay can be identified as

• serious and somber

• serious and lighthearted

• serious and mocking

• serious and cautionary

to shrink back, as in fear or repugnance

• ominous

• sentient

• recoil

• artifice

The parallelism used in paragraph 13 "power and control"; "recognition of personal and moral obligation" reinforces the idea that scientists are 100% caring about their moral obligations towards science and technology.

• Absolutely true

• True

• False

• Absolutely false

One notable name the author mentioned by the end of the essay is

• Bill Williams

• Clive Owens

• Stephen Hawking

• Steve Jobs

According to the author, the genius of Mary Shelley is in-

• setting the climatic meeting place in the Alps

• giving a voice to Frankenstein 's creature

• anticipating the novel's effect on popular culture

• introducing the concept of a mad scientist