Worksheet Screening Movie: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein

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.

Thunderbolt Scene

Ending Scene

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.