1a: 2a: Date: Tuesday 24th November Time: 9:30am 3a: 4a: 5a: 1b: Metaphor: Impacts reader’s understanding of a theme/idea by describing something as something that it is not. Alliteration: Impacts reader’s understanding of what a writer/poet wants to communicate. Also impacts rhythm and feel. Hyperbole: Exaggerates an idea and impacts reader’s perception of the idea, […]
They say that fire dances. Temporary entertainers, expending red hot energy at the expense of themselves. Performing a jig with such fluidity as an exotic dancer: legs and arms sharing a tale of sensual beauty. Over rugged wooden dancing stages they move with viscous urgency. They say that fires lick. Hungry, thirsty. Tongues of a […]
How does the director create tension and discomfort? Camera techniques – angles, shots, movements Sounds + music: starts with eerie sounding music, a lone soprano singer, high strings, looming brass. dialogue setting Characters – actor’s body + facial language The first shot is of a red liquid dropping onto paper, we assume that it is […]
4. Analyse how one or more important events represented a turning point for a character. Mary’s Shelley’s ‘Frankenstein’ is a text that is held in esteem for its themes of “thrilling horror,” and is one of the most well known tales of the gothic fiction genre. Throughout the text, Shelley poses several important philosophical questions […]
Plot The novel moves through three different narrators. Discuss the different perspective each narrator offers and what this does to the readers understanding of the events of the novel. The plot in Frankenstein involves the gradual reveal of different character’s perspectives over time, and at some points ends up being a little like a ‘story […]
Consider Victor Frankenstein’s childhood and relationship with his parents. Reflect on what kind of father you would expect him to become because of the early experiences that he has. Notable Quotes: …their child, the innocent and helpless creature bestowed on them by Heaven, whom to bring up to good, and whose future lot was in […]
Describe Robert Walton: personality, desires, narrative voice. Record your initial impressions of Victor Frankenstein. What parallels have you noticed between the two characters thus far? Robert Walton: an Englishman with a strong desire to reach the North Pole to discover some land that has not yet been discovered by any other human before. He wants […]
Find what you can in the short story to describe the setting in the text. Written in 1843; Published in Massachusetts; The man’s bedroom had a squeaky door with a latch; The plan of the murder went on for about a week; Every night, the narrator would go to the old man’s house ‘about midnight;” […]
One of the devices which characterises the gothic genre is the presence of an unreliable narrator. Explore the ways which we could class this narrator as ‘unreliable.’ Use quotes from the text to support your observations. Consider why Poe has made the choice to craft this narrator as ‘unreliable.’ What does it bring to the […]
A narrator is a person who tells a story. A narrator may be inside or outside the story. Kinds of narrators: First (I, we); second (your, yours); third (he, she, they) Limited (can only tell the story from their limited knowledge); omniscient (all knowing, ‘eye of God’). How much can we trust the narrator? eg. […]