Frankenstein Letter 1-2

What time of year does Letter 1 and 2 take place?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

Check all the themes of the book

• The Pursuit of Dangerous Knowledge

• The Sublimity of Nature

• Monstrosity

• Secrecy

• The Inability of life to have meaning

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Robert Walton was a/an

• Poet

• Physician

• Explorer

• Scientist

Where does Robert Walton want to go?

• Home

• London

• The North Pole

• Russia

What does Robert Walton wish he had in letter 2?

• A crew

• A plan for life

• A friend

• His family

Robert Walton has extreme ambition, but is careful and uses the metaphor that he will "kill no ____________."

• good deed

• shark

• crew member regardless of their disposition

• Albatross

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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What is Robert Walton attempting to do in letter 1?

• Confront his sister for her betrayal and her curses

• Reassure his sister and stop her from worrying

• Get information about raising the dead (p. 3 Line 4-5)

• Locate a crew for his expedition

What is strange about the book Frankenstein itself?

• For a Science Fiction book, it contains heavy amounts of romance

• Mary Shelly plagiarized 25% of it, but was never caught!

• Goes against the conventionality of how books are normally written. It appears as if "Monstrously" put together.

• The book also contains the first mention of Dracula even before Bram Stoker wrote Dracula.

Check all of answers that describe Robert Walton

• Believes you must have a goal in life

• Ambitious

• Studied hard in school

• Believes that family is unnecessary

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CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Robert Walton believes that you must have money to be successful to achieve your dreams.

• true

• false

• This is not covered

• No, this was actually Sir Gawain

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3