Worksheet
Screening Movie: Mary
Shelley's Frankenstein
Mary
Shelley's Frankenstein is a 1994 horror drama
film directed by Kenneth
Branagh and starring Robert De
Niro, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hulce, Helena
Bonham Carter, Ian Holm, John Cleese,
and Aidan Quinn. The picture was
produced on a budget of $45 million and is considered the most faithful film
adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern
Prometheus, despite several differences and
additions in plot from the novel.(Wikipedia)
Key Facts
Full title : Frankenstein: or, The Modern
Prometheus
Author : Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Type of work : Novel
Genre : Gothic science fiction
Language : English
Time and place
written : Switzerland, 1816, and
London, 1816–1817
Date of first
publication : January 1, 1818
Publisher : Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor,
& Jones
Narrator : The primary narrator is Robert Walton, who, in his letters, quotes Victor Frankenstein’s first-person narrative at length;
Victor, in turn, quotes the monster’s first-person narrative; in addition, the
lesser characters Elizabeth Lavenza and Alphonse Frankenstein narrate parts of
the story through their letters to Victor.
Climax : The murder of Elizabeth Lavenza
on the night of her wedding to Victor Frankenstein in Chapter 23
Protagonist : Victor Frankenstein
Antagonist : Frankenstein’s monster
Setting
(time) : Eighteenth century
Setting
(place) : Geneva; the Swiss
Alps; Ingolstadt; England and Scotland; the northern ice.
Pre - viewing Tasks
- Read the Background of the Romantic literature
- Read about the Gothic literature
- Read the brief summary of Frankenstein
- Know the author Mary Shelley
- What is Galvanism ?
While Watching Task
- The beginning- Robert Walton's encounter with Victor.
- Childhood of Victor in Geneva.
- The thunderbolt scene at the birth of William and its symbolic meaning.
- Lectures at Ingolstadt- Professor's warning to Victor
- Victor and Henry's visit to Professor Waldman's lab
- The Creation of the Monster- observe the scene.
- Monster's initial days in Society and in jungal
- Monster and De Lacey family
- Monster and Victor's meeting in the sea of ice
- Bride bed scene
- End scene in which Monster does funeral of Victor.
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Thunderbolt
Scene
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Ending
Scene
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Post -Viewing Tasks
(Give responses to these questions in the
comment section below this blog-post)
- What are some major differences between movie
and the novel Frankenstein ?(Mention any three)
- Did this movie help you in understanding the
plot of the novel?
- Who do you think is real monster?
- From Where Mary Shelley get the idea for the
novel Frankenstein ?
- Do you think the search for the knowledge is
dangerous and destructive?
- What are some myths used by Mary Shelley in the
Frankenstein?
- Write about the narratology of the Frankenstein.
Work Cited:
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/frankenstein/facts.html
http://dilipbarad.blogspot.in/2013/08/worksheet-hamlet-movie-screening.htmlhttp://dilipbarad.blogspot.in/2013/08/worksheet-hamlet-movie-screening.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galvanism
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Shelley%27s_Frankenstein_(film)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankenstein
Mary Shelley. Frankenstein.
