Final Exam Wednesday (6/8) - 8:00 – 9:30
Period 2 – Rm. 275
Period 3 – Rm. 266
Period 7 – Rm. 273
Period 9 – Rm. 264
• Review all notes
• Be sure all novels have been turned back in
• View outline of characters, plot, themes, vocab and figurative elements on
study guide to help focus your review.
• Define characters – symbolism, actions
• Define plot events – what happens, why, what themes it conveys
• Know all background information (authors’ lives, historical context,
allusions, literary terms)
• There will be a short section to read – you must know your literary terms in
order to decipher information and identify accurate answers – this is a skill
you should have developed through this class.
• You will have an essay that deals with formalist criticism (explaining genre)
– this was the main focus of 11th CP – you need to be able to explain what
it is, how its written and how the story you read (on test) adheres to its
characteristics
Shelley’s Life
• Mother died as a result of childbirth
• Isolated / difficult childhood = distant
relationship with father
• Affair with Percy Shelley shocked
society = scandal
• Percy was older and already
married
Shelley’s Influences
• Galvanism
• Industrial Revolution
• Gothicism - genre of literature that combines elements of
both horror and romance.
• Suspense, horror, unreliable narrator, Creature of
Nightmare, connection to nature, supernatural
elements
• Romantic Literature – emphasis on individual’s emotions
and imagination, as well as connect to and an in-depth
description of nature
– Romantic hero, heightened emotion, rebellion,
connection to nature, imagination, emphasis on
individual
Shelley’s Novel as Satire
• Unethical and dangerous use
of technology in the text
highlight and warn against
the abuses of the Industrial
Revolution and unquestioned
scientific advancements of
Shelley’s era.
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The monster represents the
dangers of technology and
the industrial revolution.
Frankenstein Plot Review (The Letters)
• Epistolary (structure of text)
• Written by Walton to his sister Margaret Saville
• Detail the events surrounding his quest (discover
the properties of magnetism; the Northwest
Passage)
• Initially filled with hubris; longing for glory
• Views Frankenstein as a peer; friend
• Learns from Frankenstein’s mistake
• Shows compassion to The Monster
• Abandons quest
Frankenstein Plot Review (Frankenstein’s Narrative)
• Happy childhood
• Rebelled: studied Agrippa, Paracelsus, Magnus
(occult)
• Mother rescues Elizabeth from peasant family
• Views power of lightening (idea for experiment)
• Mother’s scarlet fever
• Ingolstadt (Waldman = mentor)
• Isolation; constructs monster
• Horrified; disgusted (rejects creation; denial)
Frankenstein Plot Review (Frankenstein’s Narrative)
• Frankenstein’s fever and delirium
• Nursed back to health by Henry
• Letter from Elizabeth
• William’s murder; Justine’s confession / execution
• Victor ‘escapes’ into nature (avoids guilt)
• Listens to the Monster’s story
• Promises to create female monster
(companion)
Frankenstein Plot Review (The Monster’s Narrative)
• Longs for friendship; love
• Initially learns through senses (like an infant)
• Rejected by villagers (develops fear of humans)
• Resides in a lean-to attached to DeLacey’s cottage
• Learns through observation; books (Plutarch’s Lives,
Sorrows of Werter, Paradise Lost)
• Attempts connection with old man DeLacey (blind)
• Rejected by DeLacey’s; burns down cottage (vows
revenge)
• Seeks Victor (wants companion)
• Betrayed by Victor (vows revenge)
Frankenstein Plot Review (The DeLacey’s)
• Felix helped Turk (political prisoner)
• Gave the Turk and his daughter passports in his family’s
name
• Sister and father imprisoned as a result
• Upon release – exiled; live in poverty in cottage
• Safie escapes from father; reunited with Felix ( in love)
• Admired by the Monster
• The Monster learns language as Felix teaches Safie
• Eventually reject the Monster out of fear
Frankenstein Plot Review (The Monster’s Goal)
• Primary Goal – Friendship and Understanding
• Reaches out to Victor (rejected)
• Entered village (attacked and driven out)
• Approaches DeLacey (rejected and attacked)
• Asks for female to be created (destroyed before his eyes)
• Mourns Victor (his only ‘companion’)
Frankenstein Review (Archetypes)
• Romantic Hero – social rebel, uninhibited,
melancholy
• Transgressor – crosses a natural boundary or law
• Outsider – isolated journey; seeks acceptance
• Satanic – Hero – villain whose evil deeds are
justifiable within the novel’s context
• Promethean-Hero – a rebel against a larger order, one
who defies traditional moral categories
• Warrior-Hero – strong; actions determine a nation’s
fate
Frankenstein Plot Review (Allusions)
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Prometheus – God, gave man fire, punished for ambition
Luigi Galvani - discovered ‘animal electricity’; basis for plot
Cornelius Agrippa – occultist / alchemist; conjured spirits
Paracelsus – occultist / alchemist
Albertus Magnus - advocated coexistence of science and
religion
• Epistolary – novel told through a series of letters and
journal entries
• Gothic novel - genre with horror, supernatural, remote
settings, mystery
Frankenstein Plot Review (Allusions)
• Paradise Lost – novel monster reads (Genesis & original
sin)
• Plutarch’s Lives - novel monster reads (biographies of
great Romans)
• The Sorrows of Werter -novel monster reads (unrequited
love)
• Romantic Quest – journey into nature for self-discovery
• Romanticism – genre focused on the individual,
emotional, imaginative
• Shelley – author, wrote due to challenge, many deaths
around her
Frankenstein Plot Review (Characters)
• William – youngest Frankenstein; murdered by the
Monster
• Earnest – middle Frankenstein
• Elizabeth – adopted Frankenstein (from peasants); fears
Victor doesn’t love her; weds Victor; murdered by the
Monster
• Justine – Frankenstein’s servant; arrested / confesses to/
murdered for William’s murder
• Henry – Frankenstein’s best friend; nurses him back to
health; traveling companion; murdered by the Monster;
Victor arrested for and found innocent of Henry’s murder
Frankenstein Plot Review (Characters)
• Beaufort – Caroline’s father; Alphonse’s friend
(Alphonse marries Caroline to protect her)
• Alphonse – Frankenstein’s father; tells him not
to study the occult sciences
• Kirwin – sheriff that arrests Victor for Henry’s
murder, writes Victor’s father / gets Victor the
best room / nurse; helps Victor plan his defense
• Walton – writes letters; on quest; learns from
Victor’s story
• Felix – involvement in a crime cost his family
their house and fortune.
Frankenstein Plot Review (Characters)
• Waldman – encourages Victor to study all branches of
science
• Krempe – warns Victor not to study occult sciences
• Caroline – Victor’s mother; dies from scarlet fever
• Margaret – Walton’s sister; receives the letters
• Victor – transgressor; downfall is hubris; protagonist;
dies before he catches / stops the Monster
• Monster – primary quest for friendship /
understanding; turns to revenge against Frankenstein;
persuades Walton to let him go
Frankenstein Plot Review (Important Details)
• Walton’s Quest – magnetic poles, knowledge,
passageway, unknown
• Frankenstein’s Quest - eternal life / scientific power
• Monster’s Quest - friendship
• Novel’s Structure – epistolary: letters, flashbacks,
concluding action
• Role of Friendship – drives Walton and the monster
• Victor’s Motives – power and ambition / pride
• Monster’s Motives – love, friendship, acceptance
then revenge
Frankenstein Plot Review (Important Details)
• Justine’s Execution – framed, confesses
• The De Lacey’s History – Felix committed crime /
family pays
• Felix’s Actions – freed Safie’s father; made fake
passports
• Monster’s Education – spied on DeLacey’s (Safie
being taught); reads
• Frankenstein’s Promise – create a female
companion for the monster
74. At the ambush, the two murderers’ are joined by a
third murderer because….
75. What is symbolic concerning Macbeth’s vision of
Banquo’s ghost?
76. Why is Macbeth’s plan to seek clarification from
the Weird Sisters a flawed idea?
77. How is the second apparition fulfilled?
78. How is the third apparition fulfilled?
79. Why is Hecate angry?
80. Why can Macduff never have true vengeance?
81. What is Macbeth’s reaction to his wife’s death?
82. Who is crowned king at the end of the play?
83. How many men serve as king of Scotland throughout
the play?
84. Which of the following is NOT part of the play’s rising
action?
85. Which of the following is the play’s inciting force?
86. Lady Macbeth’s death is part of the play’s….
87. The climax or turning point of the play is….
88. Macbeth’s inability to kill Macduff is contained in the
play’s….
89. The only exposition is contained in …
90. The celebration of Macbeth’s death and
decapitation is contained in the play’s…
91. ‘…wayward son…loves for his own ends…”
92. “Men must not walk too late.”
93. “When our actions do not, our fears do make us
traitors.”
94. “Dispute it like a man”
95. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.”
96. Figuratively, the statement, “out damned spot” suggests the
speaker is…
97. The statement, “who knew the old man had so much blood in
him” refers to all of the following EXCEPT
98. The statement, “Unnatural deeds do breed unnatural
troubles…Infected minds …will discharge their secrets.”
suggests…
99. Duncan’s statement suggesting there is no art to find the
mind’s eye (intention) in a man’s smile suggests that he is …
100. Macbeth’s statement, “Let this be the be all and end all…”
suggests…
101. hiatus is to gap as
102. millennium is to century as
103. expostulate is to reason as
104. nominal is to exorbitant as
105. callow is to experience as
106. rant is to bombastic as
107. hackneyed is to originality as
108. lassitude is to fatigue as
109. unwieldy is to handle as
110. ennui is to bored as
111. scurrilous is to unfavorable as
112. erudite is to knowledge as
113. caveat is to warn as
114. merriment is to festive as
115. produce is to farming as
SECTION FIVE: ESSAY
Essential Questions: How do I apply may understanding of literary
criticism to prove the genre of a given text?
Directions:
This year, we studied several genres and their key characteristics.
As we investigated the plot of various novels, poems and short
stories, we remained mindful of the author’s tone, purpose and
genre. Attached is a short story by Robert Louis Stevenson. The
text, ”The House of Eld” is primarily denoted as a fable. However,
many literary critics debate the accuracy of the story’s genre
classification. First, read the provided short story. Then, apply
your understanding of genre to complete a five paragraph genre
analysis of the “The House of Eld” that is specific, developed and
focused on answering the provided prompt.
PROMPT:
• Choose a genre we investigated in class: allegory,
dystopian satire, epic or Gothicism
• Explain why “The House of Eld” is characteristic of
your chosen genre.
REMEMBER: Provide a specific guiding thesis that connects at least three
characteristics of your selected genre to “The House of Eld”. Note: all genres could
apply – the accuracy of your response is based upon your ability to provide specific
analysis with connective and accurate examples.. Be sure to use specific examples
to support your answer (specific events and characters). Your response must be at
least 5 well-constructed paragraphs in length. You must have a topic sentence for
each body paragraph that clearly outlines the main point and connects it to your
thesis. Remember, spelling and mechanics do count - - - be sure to proofread!
Your essay will be graded on:
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Format (Persuasive Style, 5+ developed paragraphs: Intro / Body / Conclusion)
Mechanics (spelling, punctuation, etc…)
Thesis (3-tier format; specific thesis; directly answers the prompt)
Transitions (topic sentences / connect all ideas to thesis / maintain focus)
Identification of Genre (define, outline its characteristics directly)
Supporting Evidence (list, summarize and explain text that is representative of your
genre)