homework (17th April)
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Mr. Hendrick
Apr 17, 2012, 6:17:13 AM4/17/12
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1. Review all the work we did today:
Chapter 24:
Form and structure:
2. Answer the following questions on ch. 24 (Write a paragraph on each):
- Look at the language used by Victor in his oath of revenge at the beginning of Chapter 24 – what does it suggest about his values and beliefs?
- What might Shelley be symbolising by the increasingly barren and inhuman landscape Victor pursues the creature in?
- What implications might the fact the Victor ‘corrected and augmented’ Walton’s notes on the story ‘in many places’ have for how we read the text?
- What reasons does victor give in his speech which begins ”What do you demand of your captain?” for continuing with Walton’s journey north despite the danger? How do you react to Victor’s character here? How do other characters react to it?
- How far do you agree with Victor’s deathbed view that his actions are not ‘blameable’?
- Why do you think Mary Shelley makes Victor change his mind about his experiments and their value just before he dies?
- How is Walton’s attitude to the Creature different to Victor’s?
- The final sentence of the novel has become very famous – why do you think that might be?
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