Frankenstein By Mary Shelley
Frankenstein by Mary ShelleyOpen-ended Prompts for AP EnglishLiterature & Composition Exam, 1970-2012Instructions: Create an argument that establishes the best three essay prompts to use for our in-class essay fromthe list of past AP Exam essay prompts below. I will give you a grade on how well you argue your selections inapproximately 5-7 sentences. Complete the following assignment in a new Word document. When finished, dropbox it! It’s due at the end of the period.1.2.3.4.Read thoroughly the list of “AP Open-ended Prompts” below.Then choose three of these questions that you believe would appropriately apply to Frankenstein. Inother words, you’re looking for three prompts that students should be able to write an essay about ifFrankenstein were used as the text.Rewrite each of your three chosen prompts so that they refer directly to Frankenstein.After each of these rewritten prompts write 5-7 justifying your decision. Be sure to answer the twofollowing questions: Why is Frankenstein an appropriate text to use for this prompt? How might a studentwriter respond to this prompt? (Think in terms of how you might craft a successful thesis statement.)See the following for an example of what I am looking for. The example is from Doctor Faustus:1999 AP Prompt Re-writtenFrom The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, choose a character whose mind is pulled inconflicting directions by two compelling desires, ambitions, obligations, or influences.Then, in a well-organized essay, identify each of the two conflicting forces and explainhow this conflict with one character illuminates the meaning of the work as a whole.Justification:This topic reflects a central theme of the play, as the protagonist, Dr. Faustus, isessentially torn between being a moral, God-fearing citizen and an instrument of thedevil. This classic good-versus-evil conundrum is reflected in the characters of the Goodand Bad Angels, personifying the temptation and providing solid evidence for a paper.Other supporting characters such Dr. Faustus’s fellow scholars add complexity to theconflict, while the plot is constantly being furthered because of the struggle. Creating apaper that describes how the conflicting forces add meaning to the work becomes simplewhen we consider the central themes of the story, Dr. Faustus’s tragic flaw, and theusage of temptation to further the plot and teach a lesson to the reader.1970 A. Choose a character from a novel or play of recognized literary merit and write an essay in which you (a)briefly describe the standards of the fictional society in which the character exists and (b) show how the characteris affected by and responds to those standards. In your essay do not merely summarize the plot.1970 B. Choose a work of recognized literary merit in which a specific inanimate object (e.g., a seashell, ahandkerchief, a painting) is important, and write an essay in which you show how two or three of the purposes theobject serves are related to one another.1971. The significance of a title such as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is so easy to discover. However, inother works (for example, Measure for Measure) the full significance of the title becomes apparent to the readeronly gradually. Choose two works and show how the significance of their respective titles is developed through theauthors’ use of devices such as contrast, repetition, allusion, and point of view.1 AP Prompts for Sir GawainMr. Rose
1972. In retrospect, the reader often discovers that the first chapter of a novel or the opening scene of a dramaintroduces some of the major themes of the work. Write an essay about the opening scene of a drama or the firstchapter of a novel in which you explain how it functions in this way.1973. An effective literary work does not merely stop or cease; it concludes. In the view of some critics, a workthat does not provide the pleasure of significant closure has terminated with an artistic fault. A satisfactory endingis not, however, always conclusive in every sense; signif
1 AP Prompts for Sir Gawain Mr. Rose Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Open-ended Prompts for AP English Literature & Composition Exam, 1970-2012 Instructions: Create an argument that establishes the best three essay prompts to use for our in-class
Frankenstein Shelley, Mary Published: 1818 Categorie(s): Fiction, Horror Source: Wikisource 1. About Shelley: Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (30 August 1797 - 1 February 1851) was an English romantic/gothic novelist and the author of Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus. She was married
Mary Shelley and Frankenstein Richard Holmes Mary Shelley was still Mary Godwin, and only 18 years old, when she began the short, untitled horror story that eventually became one of the most infl uential novels of the 19th century: Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus. It was June 1816, and she was holidaying on the Lake of
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley In Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein, a young scientist brings on his own destruction by constructing an artificial man and bringing it to life. Through the characters of Dr. Frankenstein and his creature, this powerful novel explores the themes of ambition, science, moral responsi-
less real to them. Victor Frankenstein may not be as obviously crazy as John Nash, but there is ample evidence to suggest that the so-called monster of Mary Shelley’s novel, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus, may actually be very much like Charles and exist only in the mind of Frankenstein.
Like Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, who erupts into Mary Shelley’s text as occasionally and inevitably as the Monster into Victor Frankenstein’s life, Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus passes, like night, from land to land and with stangely adaptable powers of speech
The Project Gutenberg EBook of Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Frankenstein
context ‘Frankenstein’ was written in I can describe the way Mary Shelley’s personal experiences or viewpoint might shape her ideas AO3: show links to the context ‘Frankenstein’ was written in I can link Frankenstein to what has happening in the early 19th century society AO4: Use a range of vocabulary and punctuation accurately
Two manuscript pages of Frankenstein with corrections by Percy Bysshe Shelley (above), an engraving for the frontispiece of the 1831 edition of Frankenstein (bottom left) and an 1845 letter from Mary Shelley to Claire Clairmont (bottom right)
