“Frankenstein,” by Mary Shelley Reading Response(ENG150)
rompt:
P
“I'd like for us to all think this week about the beginning of Volume III, Chapter III, specifically the
first four paragraphs (pages 173 to the top of 175 in the Broadview edition). This is the scene in
which Victor reflects on his work creating the Female Monster, and decides to destroy her rather
than complete the task. What do you make of Victor's thinking/reasoning here? In approaching this
topic, you might consider how the scene contributes to Shelley's exploration in the novel of one of
the following: gender, justice, independence vs. dependence (or solitude vs. family), the act of
creation, colonialism, etc.? Or, you might comment on the contrasts between this scene and the
earlier description of Victor's creation of the Male Monster. However you approach the scene, aim
to make a focused, specific mini-argument for its importance in the novel.”
(280 word response on the next page; missing in-text citations)
rompt:
P
“I'd like for us to all think this week about the beginning of Volume III, Chapter III, specifically the
first four paragraphs (pages 173 to the top of 175 in the Broadview edition). This is the scene in
which Victor reflects on his work creating the Female Monster, and decides to destroy her rather
than complete the task. What do you make of Victor's thinking/reasoning here? In approaching this
topic, you might consider how the scene contributes to Shelley's exploration in the novel of one of
the following: gender, justice, independence vs. dependence (or solitude vs. family), the act of
creation, colonialism, etc.? Or, you might comment on the contrasts between this scene and the
earlier description of Victor's creation of the Male Monster. However you approach the scene, aim
to make a focused, specific mini-argument for its importance in the novel.”
(280 word response on the next page; missing in-text citations)
