Transcript Board Work 2-24

Board Work 2-24
ENG IV
Quiz
• Who were first two Romantic poets in
England?
• What was their book?
• Who was the wild poet star who was
famous for his scandals as well as his
poetry?
• Who was the famous poet and a novelist
couple?
Monsters Revisited
• We look at some things that could be monsters
back at the beginning of the year with Beowulf,
the embodiments of our fears. But what makes
us monsters?
• What causes someone to be a monster? What
are the problems a “monster” faces in society
today?
• What might makes us sympathize with monster
characters? (Consider the “good vampire”
novels and other such things.) What does this
show about us and our society?
Frame Stories
• What is the significance of the frame story?
Why is it told from the perspective of the
captain? What kind of person is the captain?
• What does this point in the story reveal to us
about the monster and Frankenstein? What do
we discover about this man who we see first at
the end of his story? What does seeing him at
the end of his story add, if anything?