Ms. Neville's Class Resources

Here are some study tips for your FINAL TEST ON FRANKENSTEIN:

• Be familiar with (and able to recognize support of) the themes we have followed throughout the novel

• Know all characters – keep in mind that some are referred to in multiple ways – first name, last name, role, etc.

EXAMPLES:

Alphonse = Victor’s father

Victor Frankenstein = Victor  = Frankenstein = the creator

Caroline Beaufort = Victor’s mother (her maiden name)

The creature = the monster = the creation

Clerval = Henry Clerval = Henry

• Be aware of the various pieces of literature alluded to in the novel, and the significance of each one

–       Coleridge’s “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner”

–       Milton’s Paradise Lost

–       Goethe’s The Sorrows of Werter

–       Volney’s Ruins of Empires

–       Plutarch’s Lives

• Review your study guide! Many of the questions on the test are directly related to them.

• This test will be entirely objective (multiple choice, true/false, matching, chronology, etc.)

• A few vocabulary words may have crept onto the test…

• Understand the narrative structure of the novel and how the various narrators effect the progression of the plot

• Be aware of the various parallels that run throughout the novel

• Literary terms to know: epistolary novel, frame story, gothic novel, Romanticism, allusion, suspense

• Understand how Mary Shelley’s life experiences influenced her creation of this novel

• Be aware of the various critical approaches to the novel — mythological, feminist, scientific, psychological, etc. (refer to articles read on Tuesday)

HAPPY STUDYING!

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