English 4 Honors Homework for 1/26/10
by Ashley LaCognata
January 22, 2010
Homework for 1/26/10
1. Read through page 16 of Frankenstein and answer accompanying questions handed out in class
2. Respond to the following prompt after reading:
Urged by her husband, Percy Shelley, to expand her ghost story into a novel, Mary Shelley added Walton’s letters as a frame to Frankenstein’s tale. Do you believe the letters are an effective device for drawing readers into the story? What did you learn about explorers through Walton’s letters? What did you learn about the stranger? Why do you think Shelley chose to lead into the stranger’s story by starting with a frame story about Robert Walton? On a separate sheet of paper write your analysis of the letters as a frame for the novel.
Make sure to answer this as fully as possible!!
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