In what ways was Mary Shelley's life with Percy Shelley "tempestuous"?
xxi:
In what ways is Frankenstein "a vibrant intersection of interlocking
cultural concerns" (xxi)?
Who is Prometheus?
xxii:
How is Prometheus like both Satan and Christ?
Who is Frankenstein?
xxiii:
What is a "gothic novel"?
Author's Introduction: 186:
Why did Mary Shelley have reservations about writing an Introduction
to Frankenstein?
186-87:
Why did she decide to do it?
187-88:
Explain: "My husband . . . was, from the first, very anxious that
I should prove myself worthy of my parentage, and enrol myself on the page
of fame" (187-88).
190:
Explain: "Invention, it must be humbly admitted, does not consist
in creating out of void, but out of chaos" (190).
192:
Why does she refer to her novel as "my hideous progeny" (192)?
Journals: 233:
Explain the significance of the dream Shelley describes on March 19th.
Author's Preface: 5:
Who wrote this preface? Why is that significant?
Why does Shelley distinguish this novel from "a mere tale of spectres
or enchantment" (5)?
6:
According to the Preface, what is the author's chief concern in writing
Frankenstein?
